CERN directors general typically serve 5 year terms beginning on January 1.
| Director-General of CERN | |
|---|---|
| Directeur général or Directrice générale | |
 | |
| 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 |
List
edit| In office | Directors General | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1952–1954 | Edoardo Amaldi (Secretary-General)[1] |  Italy
|
| 1954–1955 | Felix Bloch[2] |  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
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| 1971–1975 | Willibald Jentschke (co-directors) |  Austria
|
| John Adams (co-directors) | United Kingdom
| |
| 1976–1980 | Léon Van Hove (co-directors)[3] |  Belgium
|
| John Adams (co-directors) | United Kingdom
| |
| 1981–1988 | Herwig Schopper[4] |  Germany
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| 1989–1993 | Carlo Rubbia | Italy
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| 1994–1998 | Christopher Llewellyn Smith | United Kingdom
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| 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
|
| 2026–2031 | Mark Thomson | United Kingdom
|
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