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'{{Infobox Scientist |name = Jean-Marie Luton |image = Jean-MarieLuton.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = |birth_date = [[August 4]], [[1942]] |birth_place = Chamalières, near [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[France]] |death_date = |death_place = |residence = [[Paris]] |nationality = [[france|French]] |field = [[Aerospace Engineering]] |work_institution = [[European Space Agency]]</br>[[CNES]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = Director General of [[European Space Agency]] |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = }} '''Jean-Marie Luton''' served as the fourth Director General of [[ESA]] from 1990 until 1997. In addition to this he has previously served in French space agency [[CNES]] and as the head of the aerospace arm of [[Aerospatiale]]. He was the Chairman and CEO of [[Arianespace]] from 1997 to 2002. == Early years == Jean-Marie Luton was born on 4 August 1942, in Chamalières, near [[Clermont-Ferrand]] in [[France]]. He graduated from the prestigious [[Ecole Polytechnique]] in 1961 with an engineering degree. He subsequently joined the Aeronomy Department of the French national scientific organization, [[Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique]] (CNRS) where he worked on geophysics research and an experiment in the [[NASA]] OGO-6 satellite. == Career == Jean-Marie Luton was named Special Research Advisor at [[CNES]] in 1971. later the same year he was shifted to the Ministry of Industrial and Scientific Development. Here he participated in the negotiations that eventually led to the creation of the [[European Space Agency]]. In 1974, he joined the French national space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) as the head of the Research Programe. He subsequently went on to become the Head of the Planning and Development Division in 1975 and the Program Director in 1978. In 1984, he was named as the Assistant Director General of the CNES. He was in charge of relations with governmental authorities, relations between [[CNES]] and its subsidiaries, and financial planning. During the same period he also served as the French delegate to the ESA Council, and as the Chairman of ESA's Administrative and Finance Committee. He also represented the French national space agency (CNES) at the Conseil d'Administration of company [[Arianespace]]. He went on to join the French firm [[Aerospatiale]] as Director of Space Programmes in the Strategic and Space Systems Division in 1997. He was subsequently named the Director General of CNES in February 1989, and Director General of ESA in 1990, then Chairman and CEO of [[Arianespace]] in July 1997. In 2002, he became the Chairman of the Board of [[Arianespace]]. He retired in 2007. == Retirement == M. Luton holds the French distinguished titles of Officer of the Légion d’Honneur and Commander of the National Order of Merit. He is also a member of the [[International Academy of Astronautics]] (IAA) and the [[Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France]] (AAAF). He was awarded Astronautics Prize by the [[International Academy of Astronautics]] in 1985. == Source == * [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/About_ESA/SEMQQH63R8F_0.html Jean-Marie Luton] [[Category:European Space Agency personnel]]'