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Chairs of ESRO/ELDO/ESA Council
 
ESRO
Sir H. MasseyUK1964
A. HockerGermany1965-67
H. C. van de HulstNetherlands1968-70
G. P. PuppiItaly1971-72
M. LévyFrance1973-75
ELDO  
G. BockGermany1964-66
A. C. Paternotte de la VailléeBelgium 19671967
R AubinièreFrance1968-70
W. J. Schmidt-KusterGermany1971
E. A. PlateNetherlands1972-73
 
 
ESA
W. FinkeGermany1975-78
J. StiernstedtSweden1978-81
H. CurienFrance1981-84
H. AtkinsonUK1984-87
H. GrageDenmark1987-90
F. CarassaItaly1990-93
P. G. WintersNetherlands1993-96
H. ParrNorway1996-99
A. BensoussanFrance1999-2002
P. TegnérSweden2002-2005
S.WittigGermany2005-2007
P. TegnérSweden2007
M. LucenaSpain2008-
 
 
ESA Ministerial Councils
14-15 February 1977ParisM. Pedini(I)
30-31 January 1985RomeG. van Aardenne(NL)
9-10 November 1987The HagueH. Riesenhuber(D)
18-20 November 1991MunichC. Aranzadi(E)
9-10 November 1992GranadaH. Curien(F)
18-20 October 1995ToulouseY.Ylieff(B)
4 March 1997ParisY. Ylieff(B)
11-12 May 1999BrusselsLord Sainsbury(UK)
16 November 2000BrusselsLord Sainsbury(UK)
14-15 November 2001EdinburghE. Bulmahn(D)
27 May 2003ParisE. Bulmahn(D)
5-6 December 2005BerlinL. J. Brinkhorst(NL)
25-26 November 2008The HagueM. van der Hoeven(NL)
 
 
ESA/EU Space Councils
25 November 2004BrusselsE. Bulmahn(D)
7 June 2005LuxembourgE. Bulmahn(D)
28 November 2005BrusselsG. W. Adamowitsch(D)
22 May 2007BrusselsM. van der Hoeven(NL)
26 September 2008BrusselsM. van der Hoeven(NL)
 
 
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