Director General of the European Space Agency

Incumbent
Josef Aschbacher
since 2021

Term length| At the pleasure of the European Space Agency Council
Website| www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Jan_Woerner_ESA_Director_General

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.

## Contents

* 1 ELDO Secretaries General
* 2 ESRO Directors General
* 3 ESA Director General
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## ELDO Secretaries General

Image  | Name  | Country  | Term start  | Term end  | Term length  | Ref(s)

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| 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)

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| 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)

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| 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  | February 2021  | 12Six years  | [14]
| Josef Aschbacher  |  Austria  | 1 March 2021  | Incumbent | [15]

## 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. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Renzo_Carrobio_di_Carrobio. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
2. ↑ "Robert Aubinière". ELDO Secretaries General. European Space Agency. 2009-06-15. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Robert_Aubiniere. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
3. ↑ "George Van Reeth". ELDO Secretaries General. European Space Agency. 2010-08-26. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/George_Van_Reeth. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
4. ↑ "Pierre Auger". Past Directors General of ESRO. European Space Agency. 2009-06-15. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Pierre_Auger. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
5. ↑ "Herman Bondi". Past Directors General of ESRO. European Space Agency. 2010-03-16. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Herman_Bondi. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
6. ↑ "Alexander Hocker". Past Directors General of ESRO. European Space Agency. 2009-07-18. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Alexander_Hocker. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
7. ↑ "Roy Gibson". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2014-06-30. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Roy_Gibson. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
8. ↑ "Roy Gibson". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2014-06-30. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Roy_Gibson. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
9. ↑ "Erik Quistgaard". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2013-03-01. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Erik_Quistgaard. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
10. ↑ "Reimar Lüst". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Reimar_Luest. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
11. ↑ "Jean-Marie Luton". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Jean-Marie_Luton. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
12. ↑ "Antonio Rodotà". Past Directors General of ESA. European Space Agency. 2007-12-11. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Antonio_Rodota. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
13. ↑ "Jean-Jacques Dordain". About ESA. European Space Agency. 2015-07-01. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Jean-Jacques_Dordain. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
14. ↑ "Johann-Dietrich Woerner ESA Director General". European Space Agency. 2015-07-01. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Johann-Dietrich_Woerner_ESA_Director_General. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
15. ↑ "Josef Aschbacher next ESA Director General". European Space Agency. 2020-12-17. https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_Council_appoints_Josef_Aschbacher_as_next_ESA_Director_General. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

## External links

* "Past Director Generals of ESA". History. European Space Agency. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Past_Director_Generals_of_ESA.
* "Past Director Generals of ELDO". History. European Space Agency. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/ELDO_Secretaries_General.
* "Past Director Generals of ESRO". History. European Space Agency. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/ESRO_Director_Generals.

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* Arianespace
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