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Robert Singer (born June 1956) is Director General and Chief executive officer of World ORT. Prior to his appointment at World ORT in January 1999, he served as Deputy Head of The Liaison Bureau, of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.

Early life and education
Robert Singer was born to Jewish parents in Ukraine in 1956. At age 14 he and his family emigrated to Israel. He graduated from Tel Aviv University, Israel, in 1976 with a degree in Political Science and History. In 1996 he received the degree of Master of Science (with honours) in Management Engineering, from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

Early career
After graduating from Tel Aviv University, Singer joined the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) where he served as an officer for eleven years. Having served as Chief Education Officer of the Southern Command, he left the Army in 1987 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel - a rank reached at the age of only 29.

After leaving the army in 1987 he joined the The Liaison Bureau, of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel. From 1987 to 1990 he was Department Head for Information and Assistance, overseeing the production of special informational materials for Jews in the Former Soviet Union and evaluation and distribution of humanitarian aid to Jews in the Former Soviet Union. In 1990 he became Division Head for Programming and Aliyah, responsible for Israeli Centres in the Former Soviet Union and for coordinated activities for Israel government ministries among Jews in the Former Soviet Union.

For four years, from 1993 to 1997, Singer was based in New York, where he was Consul and Head of the Prime Minister of Israel's North America Mission. His responsibilities included liaison with the US government, ministries and agencies, research institutes, universities and other bodies. He was also responsible for establishing links with Jewish communities throughout the United States and Canada.

World ORT (1999 to present)
Robert Singer was appointed World ORT Director General at the Board of Directors Meeting held in London, January 1999, succeeding Dr Ellen Isler, and took up his post in mid-March.

Shortly thereafter Singer entered into many agreements with governments in order to formally establish World ORT’s presence in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Within two years of his appointment, agreements had been signed with the governments of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Moldova, Belarus, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, expanding the World ORT network to serve some 27,000 students in Eastern Bloc countries.

In 2007, Singer oversaw the introduction of a World ORT operation in Israel, named Kadima Mada (קדימה מדע, lit. "Go-Ahead Science!"), called in English "Science Journey". The initiative was in response to the breaking away of ORT Israel, a part of the organization founded by World ORT in 1949 but which sought in 2007 to become autonomous and independent. The resulting conflict in the use of the name ORT within Israel led to a four-year legal battle ending in 2011 with a decision by the Supreme Court in favor of World ORT and enabling World ORT to use the name World ORT in Israel within the country.