Director General of the European Space Agency

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Term lengthAt the pleasure of the European Space Agency Council
Websitewww.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Jan_Woerner_ESA_Director_General
Director General of the European Space Agency
Josef Aschbacher
since 2021
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the European Space Agency Council
Websitewww.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.

ELDO secretaries general

Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
Dr. Renzo Carrobio di Carrobio Italy 1964 1972 Eight years [1]
General Robert Aubinière France 1972 1975 Three years [2]
Dr. George Van Reeth Belgium 1975 1975 Five months [3]

ESRO directors general

Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
Dr. Pierre Auger France 1964 1967 Three years [4]
Sir Herman Bondi United Kingdom 1967 1971 Four years [5]
Dr. Alexander Hocker West Germany 1971 1974 Three years [6]
Dr. Roy Gibson United Kingdom 1974 1975 One year [7]

ESA directors general

Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
Dr. Roy Gibson United Kingdom 1975 1980 Five years [8]
Erik Quistgaard Denmark 1980 1984 Four years [9]
Prof. Reimar Lüst West Germany 1984 1990 Six years [10]
Jean-Marie Luton France 1990 1997 Seven years [11]
Antonio Rodotà Italy 1997 2003 Six years [12]
Jean-Jacques Dordain France 2003 1 July 2015 Twelve years [13]
Johann-Dietrich Wörner Germany 1 July 2015 February 2021 Six years [14]
Dr. Josef Aschbacher Austria 1 March 2021 Incumbent [15]

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