Political Leaders: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Leaders of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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Note: the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was approved on October 23, 1956 and came into force on July 29, 1957.

Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Directors-general

W. Sterling Cole     7 Oct 1957 -  6 Oct 1961 (†1987) United States
Sigvard Eklund       6 Oct 1961 - 30 Nov 1981 (†2000) Sweden
Hans Blix            1 Dec 1981 - 30 Nov 1997         Sweden
Mohamed al-Baradei   1 Dec 1997 - 30 Nov 2009         Egypt
Yukiya Amano         1 Dec 2009 - 18 Jul 2019 (†2019) Japan
Mary Alice Hayward  22 Jul 2019 - 25 Jul 2019         United States (acting)
Cornel Feruta       25 Jul 2019 -  3 Dec 2019         Romania (acting)   
Rafael Grossi        3 Dec 2019 -                     Argentina