People, Positions and Obituaries · 9 September 2026
Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh Re-elected as Secretary-General of APPU for Second Term
Exam-focused facts from the 9 September 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been re-elected as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a second consecutive four-year term.
- He was elected unopposed by acclamation during the 14th APPU Congress in Bangkok on September 4, 2026.
- His second term will begin in January 2027 and run through December 2030.
- The APPU, headquartered in Bangkok, is an intergovernmental organisation of 32 member countries and functions as a regional union of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
- Dr Singh first assumed the APPU Secretary-General's position in January 2023, following his election at the 13th APPU Congress in 2022.
- He has held senior positions including Member, Postal Services Board; Senior Deputy Director General, Department of Posts; Chief Vigilance Officer, Department of Posts; Chief Postmaster General, Uttar Pradesh Circle; and Chief General Manager, India Post Headquarters.
- He was a Gold Medallist in Modern History from the University of Allahabad and earned a Ph.D. in Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.