List of directors general of CERN
Appearance
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Director-General of CERN | |
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Directeur général or Directrice générale | |
since 1 January 2016 | |
Abbreviation | DG |
Reports to | CERN Council |
Appointer | CERN Council |
Term length | 5 years typical length |
Precursor | Secretary-General |
Formation | October 1954 |
First holder | Felix Bloch |
CERN directors general typically serve 5 year terms beginning on January 1.
List
[edit]In office | Directors General | Country |
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1952–1954 | Edoardo Amaldi (Secretary-General)[1] | ![]() |
1954–1955 | Felix Bloch[2] | ![]() |
1955–1960 | Cornelis Bakker | ![]() |
1960–1961 | John Adams (acting director) | ![]() |
1961–1965 | Victor Frederick Weisskopf | ![]() |
1966–1970 | Bernard Gregory | ![]() |
1971–1975 | Willibald Jentschke (co-directors) | ![]() |
John Adams (co-directors) | ![]() | |
1976–1980 | Léon Van Hove (co-directors)[3] | ![]() |
John Adams (co-directors) | ![]() | |
1981–1988 | Herwig Schopper[4] | ![]() |
1989–1993 | Carlo Rubbia | ![]() |
1994–1998 | Christopher Llewellyn Smith | ![]() |
1999–2003 | Luciano Maiani | ![]() |
2004–2008 | Robert Aymar | ![]() |
2009–2015 | Rolf-Dieter Heuer | ![]() |
2016–2020 | Fabiola Gianotti | ![]() |
2021–2025 | Fabiola Gianotti | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Rubbia, Carlo (1991). "Edoardo Amaldi: scientific statesman". CERN Reports. 91–09. doi:10.5170/CERN-1991-009.
- ^ Béné, Georges J.; Enz, Charles P.; Lenk, R. (1984). Felix Bloch, 1905-1983 : 1st Director General of CERN (1954-55). CERN. doi:10.17181/CERN.PYMN.ZUHF.
- ^ Rubbia, Carlo; Soergel, Volker; Jacob, Maurice René Michel (1990). Leon Van Hove, 1924–1990. Geneva: CERN. doi:10.17181/CERN.Z7V2.R44Z.
- ^ Schopper, Herwig; Gillies, James (2024), "Director-General of CERN", Herwig Schopper, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 119–162, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51042-7_7, ISBN 978-3-031-51041-0, retrieved 2024-03-03