Mohamed ElBaradei and the IAEA

Awarded for

Efforts to prevent nuclear energy being used for military purposes, and to make its peaceful use as safe as possible

Shared with: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The story behind the prize

As head of the UN nuclear watchdog, ElBaradei led inspections in Iraq before the 2003 war and reported no evidence of a revived nuclear weapons programme. The IAEA checks that nuclear materials are used only for peaceful purposes. He later became a political figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution.

About

Egyptian diplomat and lawyer who was Director General of the IAEA from 1997 to 2009.

Exam facts

• Shared the prize with the organization he headed