Mohamed ElBaradei

Mohamed ElBaradei

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 the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013.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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed ElBaradei has received more than 543,888 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Mohamed ElBaradei is the 17th most popular diplomat (down from 15th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Diplomat.

Mohamed ElBaradei is most famous for his work as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for his efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation.