Mohamed ElBaradei

They have two children, a daughter named Laila and a son named Mostafa. The daughter is a lawyer working in London while his son lives in Cairo and works as an IT Manager. He has two grand-daughters named Maya and Nina.

He was commemorated by the Egypt Post by a stamp brought out on October 8, 2005 of Nobel laureates.

Mohamed ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, on June 17, 1942. His father Mostafa ElBaradei was an attorney and the head of the Bar association in Egypt.

In 1962 he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Cairo. He completed ‘Master of International Law’ at the ‘Graduate Institute of Studies’ in Geneva.

From the New York University, he obtained a ‘Doctor of Juridical Science’ degree in 1974.

Mohamed ElBaradei started his diplomatic career with the Egyptian ‘Ministry of External Affairs’ in 1964 and was posted at the ‘Permanent Missions of Egypt to the United Nations’ in New York and Geneva. He was given the charge of handling such issues as legal, political and the control of arms.

From 1974 to 1978 he worked as the Egyptian foreign minister’s special assistant.

He was made a senior fellow in charge of the ‘International Law Program’ conducted at the ‘United Nations Institute for Training and Research’.

He worked for the ‘New York School of Law’ as an adjunct professor from 1981 to 1987 and taught international law.

He was a senior staff member and the legal adviser of the IAEA Secretariat from 1984 to 1993.

ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize on October 7, 2005 jointly with IAEA for his efforts on nuclear disarmament and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

He has been awarded by the governments of many countries including the highest honor of his own country.