Mohamed ElBaradei

Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei was born 17 June 1942 and trained as a lawyer before moving into diplomacy. In 1997 he became Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a post he held until 2009, working to prevent nuclear energy from military use and ensure its safe civilian application. That effort earned him and the IAEA the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. He left the role as Director General Emeritus and returned to Egypt as the country convulsed: the 2011 revolution toppled Hosni Mubarak, and two years later a coup reshaped the state again. For one month in the summer of 2013 - 14 July to 14 August - ElBaradei served as Egypt's interim vice president, a brief turn at the center of the storm before stepping away.