Mohamed ElBaradei

Mohamed ElBaradei
محمد البرادعي
ElBaradei in 2005
Interim Vice President of Egypt
In office 14 July 2013 – 14 August 2013
President	Adly Mansour (interim)
Preceded by	Mahmoud Mekki
Succeeded by	Vacant
Leader of the Constitution Party
In office 28 April 2012 – 14 August 2013
Deputy	George Isaac
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Sayyed Kassam (acting) Hala Shukrallah
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 81) 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: [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.^[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]