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From International Astronautical Federation
IAF PRESIDENTS
The IAF President is elected for a two year term and may run for two terms in total.
The President chairs the IAF Bureau meetings and is the main representative and figurehead of the IAF during their term.
- 2008- Berndt Feuerbacher, Germany
- 2004-2008 James Zimmerman, United States
- 2000-2004 Marcio Barbosa, Brazil
- 1998-2000 Tomifumi Godai, Japan
- 1994-1998 Karl Doetsch, Canada
- 1990-1994 Alvaro Azcarraga, Spain
- 1988-1990 George Van Reeth, Belgium
- 1986-1988 Johannes Ortner, Austria
- 1984-1986 Jerry Grey, United States
- 1982-1984 Roger Chevalier, France
- 1980-1982 Luboš Perek, Czechoslovakia
- 1978-1980 Roy Gibson, United Kingdom
- 1976-1978 Marcel Barrère, France
- 1974-1976 Léonard Jaffe, United States
- 1972-1974 Luigi Napolitano, Italy
- 1970-1972 André Jaumotte, Belgium
- 1968-1970 Elie Carafoli, Romania
- 1966-1968 Luigi Napolitano, Italy
- 1964-1966 William Pickering, United States
- 1962-1964 Edmond Brun, France
- 1961-1962 Joseph Pérès, France *
- 1959-1961 Leonid Sedov, USSR
- 1957-1959 Andrew Haley, United States
- 1956-1957 Leslie Shepherd, United Kingdom
- 1953-1956 Frederick Durant III, United States
- 1951-1953 Eugen Sänger, West Germany
Note: Following the death in office of Professor Pérès in February 1962, Dr Leslie R. Shepherd was appointed Acting President for the period until the next elections.
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