François Jacq had already been leading the French space agency since 23 May 2025, following the appointment of Philippe Baptiste as Minister for Higher Education and Research.
A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Chief Engineer of the Mines Corps, and holder of a doctorate from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech), François Jacq has held various positions within the French administration and at the head of research and technology organisations.
He served as Chief Executive Officer of the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (ANDRA) from 2000 to 2005. He then headed Météo-France from 2009 to 2013, followed by the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) from 2013 to 2018. He also served as Chairman of the Council of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Until his appointment as head of the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), he was Administrator-General of the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) from 2018 to 2025.
Source: CNES
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