4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
In office 1 December 1997 – 30 November 2009
Preceded by
Hans Blix
Succeeded by
Yukiya Amano
Personal details
Born
Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei
(1942-06-17) 17 June 1942 (age 82) Cairo, Egypt
Political party
Constitution Party
Spouse
Aida El Kashef
Children
2
Residence(s)
Vienna, Austria
Alma mater
Cairo University Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies New York University
Website
Official website
Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (Arabic: محمد مصطفى البرادعي, romanized: Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, Egyptian Arabic:[mæˈħæmːædmosˈtˤɑfɑ(ʔe)lbæˈɾædʕi]; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013.[1]
He was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), from 1997 to 2009. At the end of his tenure he was appointed “Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. He and the IAEA 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] ElBaradei was also featured in the Western press regarding politics in Egypt, particularly the 2011 revolution which ousted President Hosni Mubarak and the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
ElBaradei was born and raised in Giza Governorate, Greater Cairo, Egypt. He was one of five children of Mostafa ElBaradei, an attorney who headed the Egyptian Bar Association. ElBaradei's father was also a supporter of democratic rights in Egypt, supporting a free press and an independent judiciary.[3]
ElBaradei is married to Aida El Kashef, a former early-childhood teacher. They have two children: a daughter, Laila, a lawyer living in the UK; and a son, Mostafa, an IT manager living in Vienna. They also have two granddaughters, Maya and Nina.[4]
A native speaker of Arabic, ElBaradei is also fluent in English and French, and knows "enough German to get by, at least in Vienna."[5]
^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.
^"The Nobel Peace Prize 2005".
^"Mohamed ElBaradei". Notable Biographies. 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
^"Director General ElBaradei's Biography". International Atomic Energy Agency. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^"Mohamed ElBaradei Interview—Nobel Prize for Peace". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement. 3 June 2006.
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