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Yukiya Amano is Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The IAEA, an intergovernmental organization based in Vienna, is the global
centre for cooperation in nuclear applications, energy, science and technology.
Established in 1957, the Agency works with its Member States and partners to
promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies and prevent the
proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Mr. Amano served as Chair of the Agency’s Board of Governors from
September 2005 to September 2006. He was Japan’s Resident Representative to
the Agency from 2005 until his election as Director General in July 2009. He
assumed his duties as IAEA Director General on 1 December 2009. He has
extensive experience in disarmament and non-proliferation diplomacy, as well
as nuclear energy issues.
At the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Mr. Amano was Director-General for the
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department from 2002 until 2005.
He previously served as a governmental expert on the U.N. Panel on Missiles
and on the U.N. Expert Group on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Education. Mr. Amano contributed to the 1995, 2000 and 2005 Nuclear Non-
proliferation Treaty Review Conferences, and he chaired the 2007 Preparatory
Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
A graduate of the Tokyo University Faculty of Law, Mr. Amano joined the
Japanese Foreign Ministry in April 1972, when he began a series of international
postings in Belgium, France, Laos, Switzerland, and the United States.
Mr. Amano was born in 1947, is married and speaks English, French and
Japanese.
Career Summary
August 2005–August 2009: Permanent Representative and Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the International Organizations in
Vienna and Governor of the IAEA
April 2007: Chairman of the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the
2010 NPT Review Conference
September 2005–September 2006: Chairman of the Board of Governors of the
IAEA
August 2002: Ambassador, Director-General for Disarmament, Non-
Proliferation and Science Department, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2001: Visiting Scholar, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA
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July 2001: Governmental Expert on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Education to the UN Group
April 2001: Governmental Expert on Missiles to UN Panel
February 2001: Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard
University, USA
January 2000: Chairman of the G7 Nuclear Safety Group
August 1999: Deputy Director-General for Arms Control and Scientific Affairs,
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 1997: Consul General of Japan in Marseilles, France
August 1994: Counselor, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on
Disarmament, Geneva, Switzerland
August 1993: Director, Nuclear Energy Division, Japanese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
February 1993: Director, Nuclear Science Division, Japanese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
February 1990: Director, OECD Publications and Information Center, Tokyo,
Japan
October 1988: Director for Research Coordination and Senior Research Fellow,
Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan
April 1972: Joined Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Education and Academic Experience
2001-2002: Visiting Scholar, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA
2001: Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University,
USA
2000-2001: Lecturer, International Politics, Sophia University, Japan
1991-1992: Lecturer, International Politics, Yamanashi University, Japan
1988-1990: Director for Research Coordination and Senior Research Fellow,
Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
1974-1975: Studies at University of Nice, France
1973-1974: Studies at University of Besancon, France
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1972: Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
Publications
» A Japanese View on Nuclear Disarmament (The Non-Proliferation Review,
2002)
» The Significance of the NPT Extension (Future Restraints on Arms
Proliferation, 1996)
» La Non Proliferation Nucleaire en Exteme-Orient (Proliferation et Non-
Proliferation Nucleaire, 1995)
» Sea Dumping of Liquid Radio Active Waste by Russia ( Gaiko Jiho, 1994)