Question: Yukiya Amano, who passed away, recently, was Head of which organization?
(a) International Monetary Fund
(b) World Health Organisation
(c) International Atomic Energy Agency
(d) United Nations Environment Programme
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
(a) International Monetary Fund
(b) World Health Organisation
(c) International Atomic Energy Agency
(d) United Nations Environment Programme
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 22nd July, 2019, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano passed away. He was 72.
- Amano, born in Yugawara, Japan was the 5th Director-General of IAEA.
- He was serving as the head of International Atomic Energy Agency from 2009.
- Amano was deeply involved in the years-long negotiations that led to the landmark Iran nuclear deal during Barrack Obama’s tenure as US President.
- As head of the IAEA, Amano also dealt with the aftermath of the devastating 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.
- In this nuclear accident three reactors sank into meltdowns after a devastating tsunami in 2011.
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