Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been chosen as the new head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, succeeding the late Yukiya Amano.
Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, tweets that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors selected Grossi as its new director general.
The #IAEA Board of Governors selected Argentinian candidate R. Grossi for the position of IAEA Director General.
Grossi is Argentina’s ambassador to the Vienna-based IAEA.
In this photo taken on October 2, 2019, one of the four candidates for the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Argentina’s Rafael Grossi, speaks to the press after an agency hearing. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
He previously represented the IAEA in nuclear talks with Iran.
The IAEA is tasked with monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities to ensure they abide by the terms of the 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Three other candidates were nominated for the job: Cornel Feruta of Romania, its chief coordinator under Amano and the acting director general since his death in July; Marta Ziakova of Slovakia; and Lassina Zerbo of Burkina Faso.
— AP
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