# ElBaradei and IAEA awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Date: 2005

On 7 October 2005 the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly to the IAEA and its director general [Mohamed ElBaradei](/people/mohamed-elbaradei) for efforts against the military use of nuclear energy. The committee praised the agency's role in policing non-proliferation and called ElBaradei an unafraid advocate of measures to strengthen that regime.

## People

- Mohamed ElBaradei: https://factrail.ai/people/mohamed-elbaradei

## Sources

- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2005/press-release/
- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2005/elbaradei/facts/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/elbaradei-nobel-peace-prize-2005-10-07