On 2 July 2009, Yukiya Amano of Japan was elected as the Director General for the IAEA, defeating Abdul Samad Minty of South Africa and Luis E. Echávarri of Spain.
Dana 2. srpnja 2009. godine, Yukiya Amano je izabran za izvršnog direktora IAEA-e, koji je porazio Abdul Samad Mintyja iz Južne Afrike i Luis E. Echávarrija iz Španjolske.