This is a list of the presidents of the CERN Council, the decision-making authority of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. [1]
This is a list of the presidents of the CERN Council, the decision-making authority of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. [1]
| Term | President | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1954–1957 | Sir Ben Lockspeiser |  United Kingdom |
| 1958–1960 | François de Tricornot de Rose |  France |
| 1961–1963 | Jean Willems |  Belgium |
| 1964–1966 | Jan Hendrik Bannier |  Netherlands |
| 1967–1969 | Gösta Funke |  Sweden |
| 1970–1971 | Edoardo Amaldi |  Italy |
| 1972–1974 | Wolfgang Gentner |  Germany |
| 1975–1977 | Paul Levaux | Belgium |
| 1978–1981, July | Jean Teillac | France |
| 1982–1984 | Sir Alec Merrison | United Kingdom |
| 1985–1987 | Wolfgang Kummer |  Austria |
| 1988–1990 | Josef Rembser | Germany |
| 1991–1993 | Sir William Mitchell | United Kingdom |
| 1994–1996 | Hubert Curien | France |
| 1997 | Luciano Maiani |  San Marino |
| 1998–2000 | Hans C. Eschelbacher | Germany |
| 2001–2003 | Maurice Bourquin |  Switzerland |
| 2004–2006 | Enzo Iarocci | Italy |
| 2007–2009 | Torsten Åkesson | Sweden |
| 2010–2012 | Michel Spiro | France |
| 2013–2015 | Agnieszka Zalewska |  Poland |
| 2016–2018 | Sijbrand de Jong | Netherlands |
| 2019–2021 | Ursula Bassler | France |
| 2022– | Eliezer Rabinovici |  Israel |
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