Robert Aymar was the Director General of CERN (2004–2008), serving a five year term in that role.
Dr. Aymar was born in 1936 and is of French nationality.
He became involved in the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), the French atomic energy commission, in 1959. Aymar directed the Tore Supra from conception in 1977 through to the start of operations in 1988. 1990 saw his appointment as Head of the Sciences of Matter Directorate of the CEA. Thereafter he served as director of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) from 1994-2003 before his position as CERN's Director General.
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| Preceded by Luciano Maiani |
Director General of CERN 01/01/2004–31/12/2008 |
Succeeded by Rolf-Dieter Heuer |