Rafael Grossi

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Director General of IAEA

On August 2, 2019, Grossi was presented as the Argentine candidate to become the Director General of IAEA. [12] On 28 October, 2019, the IAEA Board of Governors held its first vote to elect the new Director General, but none of the candidates secure the two-thirds majority in the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors needed to be elected. The next day, 29 October, the second voting round was held, and Grossi won 24 of the 23 needed votes required for Director General Appointment, and became the first Latin American to head the organisation. [13] [14] He assumed office on 3 December 2019. [2] In August 2022, Grossi led a team of IAEA inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine. [15] [16] Since 2022, Grossi had been in the spotlight to obtain information on nuclear materials from Iran to re-negotiate the JCPOA. In September 2022, he continued to express concerns about traces of uranium found at three Iranian nuclear sites. Grossi told a press conference in Vienna that he is "under political pressure". Iran has long denied that it seeks nuclear weapons for defense purposes. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "IAEA Board Appoints Rafael Grossi as Director General, Starting in December". IAEA. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31.
  2. 1 2 "Rafael Mariano Grossi". International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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  7. ↑ "Quién es el "embajador nuclear" argentino que colaboró en la investigación" (in Spanish). Perfil. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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  15. ↑ IAEA Imagebank (2022-08-29), Lydie Evrard (02011236) , retrieved 2022-08-29
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Rafael Grossi
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Official portrait, 2020
6th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Assumed office
3 December 2019 [1]
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
2020–present		Incumbent
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