| Director-General of CERN | |
|---|---|
| Directeur généralorDirectrice générale | |
Fabiola Gianotti 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.
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
|
| |
|---|---|
| Large Hadron Collider (LHC) |
|
| Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) |
|
| Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) |
|
| Proton Synchrotron (PS) |
|
| Linear accelerators |
|
| Other accelerators |
|
| ISOLDE facility |
|
| Non-accelerator experiments |
|
| Future projects |
|
| Related articles |
|
| |
