Masr ya Masr: March 2013

Loved by some and hated by others, but who is Dr. Mohamed El Baradei?

Belted by so-called Islamists while on his way to vote.

A quick Google search yields the following general biographical information:
Dr. ElBaradei is the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], an inter-governmental organization based in Vienna, and formed under the auspices of the United Nations in 1957. He was appointed to the office effective Dec. 1 1997, and re-appointed to a second term in Sept. 2001. El Baradi was born in Egypt in 1942. He gained a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo, and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He began his career in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1964, serving on two occasions in the Permanent Missions of Egypt to the UN in New York and Geneva. In 1980 he became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. He was also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. Dr. El Baradei is married to Aida Elkachef, a kindergarden teacher at the Vienna International School. They have a daughter, Laila, a lawyer, and a son, Mostafa, a sound engineer, both of whom live and work in London, England. But perhaps the most telling information about the good doctor is found at the Italian website, http://web.tiscali.it/iranian/Notizia%20arch001/15092004c002.htm [NOTE: You must use search words “Alberadi il Presidente di AIEA,” for the Google search to bring back a hit on this site. If you can’t read Italian, Google will translate the site into English.] In the article by Dr. Kameran Pirnia, he states “...Baradei cannot be neutral toward Iran" because of claimed family relationship to Mahdavi Kani. A theorey claimed to be a US generated conspiracyfor Dr. El-Baradei's neutral position towards Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction saga.
Google search reveals that Mahdavi Kani heads up the Iranian Militant Clerics Association, one of the main political groups in Iran’s Theo-Nazi government.
On the other hand from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, we derive the following:

Mohamed ElBaradei محمد البرادعي

ElBaradei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2007
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
In office 1 December 1997 – 30 November 2009
Preceded by	Hans Blix
Succeeded by	Yukiya Amano
Personal details
Born	Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei (1942-06-17) 17 June 1942 (age 70) Cairo, Egypt
Political party	Constitution Party
Alma mater	Cairo University Graduate Institute of International Studies New York University
Profession	Scholar, Diplomat, Activist
Religion	Islam^[1]^[2]
Website	website

Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei (Arabic: محمد مصطفى البرادعى‎, Muḥammad Muṣṭafā al-Barādʿī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmmæd mosˈtˤɑfɑ (ʔe)lbæˈɾædʕi]; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat. He was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2009. He and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. ElBaradei was also an important figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution which ousted the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
ElBaradei is currently the leader of Egypt's Constitution Party, which aims to group the liberal forces of the country, in order to protect and promote the principles and objectives of the 25 January 2011 Revolution according to liberal ideals. He is a prominent figure of the Egyptian opposition.^[3]
On 5 December 2012, ElBaradei was named the coordinator of Egypt's National Salvation Front, which also includes former presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi and Amr Moussa. The National Salvation Front is the coalition of the primary opposition parties against President Mohamed Morsi’s decrees.^[4]^[5]
Family and personal life
^{ElBaradei was born and raised in}^Cairo^,^{Kingdom of Egypt}^{. He was one of five children of Mostafa ElBaradei, an}^attorney^{who headed the Egyptian}^{Bar Association}^{and often found himself at odds with the regime of President}^{Gamal Abdel Nasser}^{. ElBaradei's father was also a supporter of}^democratic^{rights in Egypt, supporting a}^{free press}^{and an}^{independent judiciary}^.^[6]
^{ElBaradei is married to Aida El-Kachef, an}^{early-childhood teacher}^{. They have two children: a daughter, Laila, who is a lawyer living in London; and a son, Mostafa, who is an}^{IT manager}^{living in Cairo. They also have one granddaughter, Maya.}^[7]
^{ElBaradei speaks}^Arabic^{, English, and French, and knows “enough German to get by, at least in}^Vienna^.”^[8]

^[^edit^]^{Education and early career}

^{ElBaradei earned a}^{bachelor's degree}^{in law from the}^{University of Cairo}^{in 1962, a master's degree in}^{international law}^{at the}^{Graduate Institute of International Studies}ⁱⁿ^Geneva^{, and a}^{J.S.D.[9][10]}^{in International Law at the}^{New York University School of Law}^{in 1974.}
^{His diplomatic career began in 1964 in the}^{Ministry of External Affairs}^{, where he served in the Permanent Missions of Egypt to the}^{United Nations}^{in New York and in}^Geneva^{, in charge of political, legal, and arms-control issues. From 1974 to 1978, he was a special assistant to the}^{foreign minister}^{. In 1980, he became a senior}^fellow^{in charge of the International Law Program at the}^{United Nations Institute for Training and Research}^{. From 1981 to 1987, he was also an}^{adjunct professor}^{of international law at the}^{New York University}^{School of Law.}
^{In 1984, ElBaradei became a senior staff member of the IAEA}^Secretariat^{, serving as the agency's legal adviser (1984 to 1993) and Assistant Director General for External Relations (1993 to 1997).}
^{ElBaradei is currently a member of both the}^{International Law Association}^{and the}^{American Society of International Law}^.

^[^edit^]^{Public career as IAEA Director General (1997-2009)}

^{ElBaradei began to serve as Director General of the IAEA, which is based in}^Vienna^{, on 1 December 1997, succeeding}^{Hans Blix}^{of Sweden.}^[11][12]^{He was re-elected for two more four-year terms in 2001 and in 2005. His third and last term ended in November 2009. ElBaradei's tenure has been marked by high-profile,}^{non-proliferation}^{issues, which include the}^inspectionsⁱⁿ^Iraq^{preceding the}^{March 2003 invasion}^{, and tensions over the}^{nuclear program of Iran}^.

1 Family and personal life

2 Education and early career

3 Public career as IAEA Director General (1997-2009)