Elena Buglova

Elena Buglova or Yelena Buglova is a Belarusian doctor of medicine. She was the Head of the Incident and Emergency Centre of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In 2021, she was promoted to lead the IAEA's Division of Nuclear Security.

Life Buglova was born and lived as a child in Belarus. She went to university in Minsk at what is now called the Belarusian State Medical University.

She joined the IAEA in 2002 to lead its Center for Incidents and Emergencies. after an earthquake and seven metre high tsunami destroyed its power supplies and nuclear material was released. Japan accepted the IAEA's offer of help. The IAEA Director General and Buglova gave a daily press briefing starting on 14 March in Vienna.

At the start of 2021 she was promoted to lead the IAEA's Division of Nuclear Security.