Director General of the European Space Agency

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 European nations.

Director General of the European Space Agency
Incumbent
Johann-Dietrich Wörner
since 2015
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the European Space Agency Council
Websitewww.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Jan_Woerner_ESA_Director_General

ELDO Secretaries General
Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
di CarrobioDr. Renzo Carrobio di Carrobio  Italy 19641964 19721972 8Eight years [1]
AubinièreGeneral Robert Aubinière  France 19721972 19751975 3Three years [2]
AubinièreDr. George Van Reeth  Belgium 19751975 19751975 5Five months [3]

ESRO Directors General
Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
AugerDr. Pierre Auger  France 19641964 19671967 3Three years [4]
BondiSir Herman Bondi  United Kingdom 19671967 19711971 4Four years [5]
HockerDr. Alexander Hocker  West Germany 19711971 19741974 3Three years [6]
GibsonDr. Roy Gibson  United Kingdom 19741974 19751975 1One year [7]

ESA Director General
Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
GibsonDr. Roy Gibson  United Kingdom 19751975 19801980 5Five years [8]
QuistgaardErik Quistgaard  Denmark 1980 1984 4Four years [9]
LüstProf. Reimar Lüst  West Germany 1984 1990 6Six years [10]
LutonJean-Marie Luton  France 1990 1997 7Seven years [11]
RodotàAntonio Rodotà  Italy 1997 2003 6Six years [12]
DordainJean-Jacques Dordain  France 2003 1 July 2015 12Twelve years [13]
Johann-Dietrich Wörner  Germany 1 July 2015 Incumbent [14]

See also
  • Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization

References
  1. "Renzo Carrobio di Carrobio". ELDO Secretaries General. European Space Agency. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  2. "Robert Aubinière". ELDO Secretaries General. European Space Agency. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  3. "George Van Reeth". ELDO Secretaries General. European Space Agency. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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  5. "Herman Bondi". Past Directors General of ESRO. European Space Agency. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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  7. "Roy Gibson". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  8. "Roy Gibson". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  9. "Erik Quistgaard". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  10. "Reimar Lüst". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  11. "Jean-Marie Luton". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  12. "Antonio Rodotà". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  13. "Jean-Jacques Dordain". About ESA. European Space Agency. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  14. "Johann-Dietrich Woerner ESA Director General". European Space Agency. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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