List of directors general of CERN

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Director-General of CERN
Directeur général or Directrice générale
Dr Fabiola Gianotti (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Fabiola Gianotti
since 1 January 2016
AbbreviationDG
Reports toCERN Council
AppointerCERN Council
Term length 5 years
typical length
PrecursorSecretary-General
FormationOctober 1954
First holder Felix Bloch

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

List

In officeDirectors GeneralCountry
1952–1954 Edoardo Amaldi (Secretary-General) [1] Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1954–1955 Felix Bloch [2] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1955–1960 Cornelis Bakker Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1960–1961 John Adams (acting director)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1961–1965 Victor Frederick Weisskopf Flag of the United States.svg United States
1966–1970 Bernard Gregory Flag of France.svg France
1971–1975 Willibald Jentschke (co-directors)Flag of Austria.svg Austria
John Adams (co-directors)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1976–1980 Léon Van Hove (co-directors) [3] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
John Adams (co-directors)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1981–1988 Herwig Schopper [4] Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1989–1993 Carlo Rubbia Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1994–1998 Christopher Llewellyn Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1999–2003 Luciano Maiani Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino
2004–2008 Robert Aymar Flag of France.svg France
2009–2015 Rolf-Dieter Heuer Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2016–2025 Fabiola Gianotti Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2026–2031 Mark Thomson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

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