Antonio RodotÃ
Antonio Rodotà ( born December 24, 1935 in Cosenza, † 23 February 2006 in Rome ) was an Italian industrial managers and Director General of the European Space Agency ( ESA) from June 1997 to June 2003 he was the first Director General of ESA, which directly from the. industry came.
Life
Rodotà studied electrical engineering at the University of Rome. After graduating in 1959, he worked at Selenia ( 1966-1980 ). The next three years he was Director General of the Italian satellite company CNS and moved in 1983 to Alenia Spazio, where he was entrusted with several managerial positions and in 1995 became General Manager. In addition, he was responsible for Finmeccanica (Italy) and Arianespace operates. Rodotà was appointed to the Council of the European Space Agency Director General of ESA is available between June 1997 by June 2003. Rodotà as one of the founding fathers of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system.
His successor was Jean -Jacques Dordain.