Rafael Grossi re-elected as IAEA director general until 2027

The current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has been approved for another four-year term.

He will hold the post of Director General of the Agency until December 2, 2027. This decision was made by delegates of the 67th General Conference of the IAEA.

“Having just taken my oath of office for a second term, I wanted to start by telling you that the trust you have placed in me to continue to serve you is both moving and inspiring. I am even more motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic than I was on 2 December 2019, when you swore me in as the sixth Director General of this remarkable institution,” Caliber.Az quotes Grossi as saying on the IAEA website.

“At that time, I don’t think any of us imagined that just a few months down the line we would be dealing with a pandemic the global magnitude of which the world had not experienced for a century. And as if that were not enough, we are now faced with a war in Europe in which, for the first time, the safety and security of a major nuclear power programme are under serious threat,” Grossi noted.

He added that all of the mentioned points make it more difficult to combat climate change, poverty, hunger and food shortages.

Rafael Grossi's term would have been expired by December 2, 2023.