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
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

List of officeholders

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
AubinièreGeneral Robert Aubinière France 19721972 19751975 3Three years
AubinièreDr. George Van Reeth Belgium 19751975 19751975 5Five months

ESRO directors general

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

ESA directors general

Image Name Country Term start Term end Term length Ref(s)
GibsonDr. Roy Gibson United Kingdom 19751975 19801980 5Five years
QuistgaardErik Quistgaard Denmark 1980 1984 4Four years
LüstProf. Reimar Lüst West Germany 1984 1990 6Six years
LutonJean-Marie Luton France 1990 1997 7Seven years
RodotàAntonio Rodotà Italy 1997 2003 6Six years
DordainJean-Jacques Dordain France 2003 1 July 2015 12Twelve years
Johann-Dietrich Wörner Germany 1 July 2015 February 2021 12Six years
Josef Aschbacher Austria 1 March 2021 Incumbent

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