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Josef Aschbacher (Credit: ESA–Philippe Sebirot, 2016) PARIS (ESA PR) Today, the ESA Council appointed Dr Josef Aschbacher as the next Director General of ESA, for a period of four years. He will succeed Prof. Jan Wörner, whose term of office ends on 30 June 2021. Dr Aschbacher is currently ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, ESA’s centre for Earth Observation near Rome. Born in Austria, Dr Aschbacher studied at the University of Innsbruck, where he obtained Masters and PhD degrees in Natural Sciences. He has over three decades of experience working in international organisations, including ESA, the European Commission, the Austrian Space Agency and Asian Institute of Technology.

Krung thep mahanakhonFrance generalJosef aschbacherPhilippe sebirotEuropean commissionProgramme coordinatorNatural sciencesAustrian space agencyHead of programme planningAsian institute of technologyUniversity of innsbruckHead of the copernicus space officeEuropean commission joint research centre in ispraSpace applications instituteDirector generalEarth observation programmes