Director General of the European Space Agency
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The Director General of the European Space Agency is the highest-ranked official of the European Space Agency
(ESA), a space agency formed by the collaboration of prominent Europe
an nations.
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
(ESA), a space agency formed by the collaboration of prominent Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an nations.
ELDO Secretaries General
Photograph | Name | Term start | Term end | Term length | Ref(s) |
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Dr. Renzo Carrobio di Carrobio | 1964 | 1972 | Eight years | ||
Robert Aubinière Robert Aubinière Robert Aubinière was a french military, born in Paris. He was director of CNES and ELDO Secretaries General .-External links:* * *... |
General 1972 | 1975 | Three years | ||
Dr. George Van Reeth | 1975 | 1975 | Five months | ||
ESRO Directors General
Photograph | Name | Term start | Term end | Term length | Ref(s) |
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Dr. Pierre Auger | 1964 | 1967 | Three years | ||
Sir Herman Bondi | 1967 | 1971 | Four years | ||
Dr. Alexander Hocker | 1971 | 1974 | Three years | ||
Roy Gibson Roy Gibson Roy Gibson was a Director General of ESRO, and the first Director General of ESA, serving from 1975 until 1980.- Early years :Mr Gibson was born in 1924 and educated at the Universities of Oxford and London... |
Dr. 1974 | 1975 | One year | ||
Director General
Photograph | Name | Term start | Term end | Term length | Ref(s) |
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Roy Gibson Roy Gibson Roy Gibson was a Director General of ESRO, and the first Director General of ESA, serving from 1975 until 1980.- Early years :Mr Gibson was born in 1924 and educated at the Universities of Oxford and London... |
Dr. 1975 | 1980 | Five years | ||
Erik Quistgaard | 1980 | 1984 | Four years | ||
Reimar Lüst Reimar Lüst Reimar Lüst is a German astrophysicist. He was the director general of the European Space Agency from 1984 until 1990. Dr... |
Prof. 1984 | 1990 | Six years | ||
Jean-Marie Luton Jean-Marie Luton Jean-Marie Luton is a French aerospace engineer who was the Director General of the European Space Agency from 1990 to 1997. He also served in French space agency CNES and as the head of the aerospace arm of Aérospatiale. He was the Chairman and CEO of Arianespace from 1997 to 2002... |
1990 | 1997 | Seven years | ||
Antonio Rodotà Antonio Rodotà Antonio Rodotà was the fifth Director General of the European Space Agency , serving from 1997 until 2003. He died in Rome on February 23, 2006, aged 70.- Early years :Mr Rodotà was born on 24 December 1935 in Cosenza, Italy... |
1997 | 2003 | Six years | ||
Jean-Jacques Dordain Jean-Jacques Dordain Jean-Jacques Dordain is the current Director General of the European Space Agency and has held the position since 2003.... |
2003 | Incumbent | |||
See also
- Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Chairman of the Indian Space Research OrganizationChairman of the Indian Space Research OrganizationThe Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization is the highest-ranked official of the Indian Space Research Organization , the space agency of the India. The Indian National Committee for Space Research was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman. The Indian Space Research...