List of Directors General of CERN
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CERN Directors General typically serve 5 year terms beginning on January 1.
- 1952–1954: Edoardo Amaldi (General secretary before September's 1954 official foundation)
- 1954–1955: Felix Bloch
- 1955–1960: Cornelis Bakker
- 1960–1961: John Adams (Acting Director)
- 1961–1965: Victor Frederick Weisskopf
- 1966–1970: Bernard Gregory
- 1971–1975: Willibald Jentschke, John Adams (Co-directors)
- 1976–1980: Léon van Hove, John Adams (Co-directors)
- 1981–1988: Herwig Schopper
- 1989–1993: Carlo Rubbia
- 1994–1998: Christopher Llewellyn Smith
- 1999–2003: Luciano Maiani
- 2004–2008: Robert Aymar
- 2009–2015: Rolf-Dieter Heuer
- 2016–2020: Fabiola Gianotti
