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    ESA > About Us > Ministerial Council 2012

    Ministerial Council over the years

    Ministerial Council, The Hague, 2008

    ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level

    The Ministers in charge of space activities in the ESA's 18 Member States and Canada met at the two-day Council meeting in The Hague, agreeing to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next phases of a set of ongoing programmes.

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    Ministerial Council, Berlin, 2005

    Berlin 2005

    At the Ministerial Council in Berlin in 2005, from left to right: Hans de Groene, Chair Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Karlheinz Kreuzberg and European Commissioner Günter Verheugen.

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    Ministerial Council, Paris, 2003

    Paris 2003

    At the Ministerial Council in Paris in 2003, from left to right: Jean-Jacques Dordain, then Director of Launchers, ESA Director General Antonio Rodotà and Chair of Council at Ministerial Level Edelgard Bulmahn.

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    Ministerial Council, Edinburgh, 2001

    Edinburgh 2001

    At the Ministerial Council in Edinburgh in 2001, from left to right: Jean-Pol Poncelet, Daniel Sacotte, Antonio Rodotà, Romano Prodi and Edelgard Bulmahn.

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    Ministerial Council, Toulouse, 1995

    Toulouse 1995

    François Fillon, then French Minister for Telecommunications and Space and ESA Director General Jean-Marie Luton at the Council at Ministerial Level, Toulouse, 1995.

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    Ministerial Council, The Hague, 1987

    The Hague, 1987

    ESA Director General Reimar Lüst and Heinz Riesenhuber, Chair of the Council at Ministerial Level, The Hague, 1987.

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    Ministerial Council, Rome, 1985

    ESA Director General Reimar Lüst and Gijs van Aardenne, Chair of the Council at Ministerial Level, Villa Madama, Rome, 1985.

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    Ministerial Council, Paris, 1977

    Paris 1977

    ESA Director General Roy Gibson and Mario Pedini, Chair of the Council meeting at Ministerial Level, Paris, 1977.

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