List of directors general of CERN

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Director-General of CERN
Directeur général or Directrice générale
Incumbent
Fabiola Gianotti
since 1 January 2016
AbbreviationDG
Reports toCERN Council
AppointerCERN Council
Term length5 years
typical length
PrecursorSecretary-General
FormationOctober 1954
First holderFelix Bloch

CERN directors general typically serve 5 year terms beginning on January 1.

List

In office Directors General Country
1952–1954 Edoardo Amaldi (Secretary-General)  Italy
1954–1955 Felix Bloch   Switzerland
1955–1960 Cornelis Bakker  Netherlands
1960–1961 John Adams (acting director)  United Kingdom
1961–1965 Victor Frederick Weisskopf  United States
1966–1970 Bernard Gregory  France
1971–1975 Willibald Jentschke (co-directors)  Austria
John Adams (co-directors)  United Kingdom
1976–1980 Léon Van Hove (co-directors)  Belgium
John Adams (co-directors)  United Kingdom
1981–1988 Herwig Schopper  Germany
1989–1993 Carlo Rubbia  Italy
1994–1998 Christopher Llewellyn Smith  United Kingdom
1999–2003 Luciano Maiani  San Marino
2004–2008 Robert Aymar  France
2009–2015 Rolf-Dieter Heuer  Germany
2016–2020 Fabiola Gianotti  Italy
2021–2025 Fabiola Gianotti  Italy

References

  1. ^ Rubbia, Carlo (1991). "Edoardo Amaldi: scientific statesman". CERN Reports. 91–09. doi:10.5170/CERN-1991-009.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Rubbia, Carlo; Soergel, Volker; Jacob, Maurice René Michel (1990). Leon Van Hove, 1924–1990. Geneva: CERN. doi:10.17181/CERN.Z7V2.R44Z.
  4. ^ 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
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