Mohamed ElBaradei

Mohamed ElBaradei
محمد البرادعي
ElBaradei in 2005
Interim Vice President of Egypt
In office
14 July 2013 – 14 August 2013
PresidentAdly Mansour (interim)
Preceded byMahmoud Mekki
Succeeded byVacant
Leader of the Constitution Party
In office
28 April 2012 – 14 August 2013
DeputyGeorge Isaac
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySayyed Kassam (acting)
Hala Shukrallah
4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
In office
1 December 1997 – 30 November 2009
Preceded byHans Blix
Succeeded byYukiya Amano
Personal details
Born
Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei

(1942-06-17) 17 June 1942
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyConstitution Party
SpouseAida El Kashef
Children2
Residence(s)Vienna, Austria
Alma materCairo University
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
New York University
WebsiteOfficial website

Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (Arabic: محمد مصطفى البرادعي, romanized: Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmːæd mosˈtˤɑfɑ (ʔe)lbæˈɾædʕi]; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2009, then as vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July to 14 August 2013.[1]

As Director General of the IAEA, he and the organization were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way".[2] At the end of his tenure, he was appointed "Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency". ElBaradei was featured in the Western press due to his views regarding Egyptian politics, particularly the 2011 revolution which ousted President Hosni Mubarak and the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

  1. ^ الاقتصادية : وكالة الأنباء المصرية: الشرطة سيطرت بالكامل على ميدان رابعة العدوية Archived 31 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Aleqt.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-14.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2005".