Bechir Torki

بشير التركي (Known as "Dr. Bechir Torki")

Nuclear Physicist, President of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference (1969), Inventor

Born Mar 21, 1931

Mahdia, Tunisia

Passed Away Aug 13, 2009 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan 78 years old

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"A luminous scientific mind dedicated to peaceful energy and human progress."

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Pioneering nuclear physicist who founded Tunisia's Atomic Energy Commission, was elected President of the IAEA General Conference in 1969, and held over thirty international patents in solar desalination.

Biographical Record

Dr. Bechir Torki earned his doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Paris in 1959. Returning to Tunisia, he founded the Tunisian Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and was elected in 1969 as President of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

A visionary inventor, Torki registered numerous international patents in solar-powered thermal water desalination and renewable energy, championing peaceful nuclear science and solar technology for developing nations.

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Marine Cemetery of Mahdia
Mahdia, Tunisia

                         GPS: 35.5047, 11.0747                    

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