Vienna - Neither of the two candidates in the election to succeed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei reached a decisive majority in the first rounds of the poll held Thursday, the agency has said.
The favoured candidate, Japanese diplomat and disarmament expert Yukiya Amano (61) however emerged in the lead, beating rival South African Abdul Samad Minty
(69) in the three voting rounds, without achieving the necessary 24 votes out of 35 members of the IAEA's board.
Vienna - With long-serving director Mohammed ElBaradei uninterested in a fourth term, the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to meet Thursday to pick a successor.
Two candidates have thrown their hat into the ring.
Yukiya Amano, 62, is currently Japan's permanent representative and ambassador to the IAEA.
Abdul Minty, 69, has been South Africa's representative to the IAEA since 1995. He is also deputy director general of South Africa's Foreign Affairs Department.
Vienna - Neither of the two candidates in the election to succeed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei reached a decisive majority in the first rounds of the poll held Thursday, the agency has said.
Vienna - With long-serving director Mohammed ElBaradei uninterested in a fourth term, the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to meet Thursday to pick a successor.
