10 Facts About Rafael Grossi

Rafael Mariano Grossi was born on 29 January 1961 and is an Argentine diplomat.

Rafael Grossi has been serving as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency since December 3,2019.

Rafael Grossi was formerly the Argentine Ambassador to Austria, concurrent with Slovenia, Slovakia and International Organisations based in Vienna.

In 1983 he graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina with a BA in Political Science, and in 1985 Grossi joined the Argentine foreign service.

Rafael Grossi began working in nuclear policy during a collaboration between the Argentine foreign service and INVAP.

In November 2017, after the disappearance of ARA San Juan, Rafael Grossi had the idea of reviewing the records of the hydro-acoustic stations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization as an alternative to obtain clues about what happened with the submarine.

Rafael Grossi contacted Lassina Zerbo, the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, and convinced him of doing such reviews.

Rafael Grossi's efforts paid off: the agency subsequently reported on "an underwater impulse event" occurred near the last known position of the submarine by the listening posts on Ascension Island and Crozet Islands at.

Since 2022, Rafael Grossi had been in the spotlight to obtain information on nuclear materials from Iran to re-negotiate the JCPOA.

Rafael Grossi told a press conference in Vienna that he is "under political pressure".