Yves Lambert (4 June 1936 – 27 March 2021) was a French

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. He was Director General of

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from 1994 to 2000.

Biography

A graduate of the

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(1956) and the

École nationale de l'aviation civile École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(French civil aviation University, promotion 1959), Lambert started his career as head of the technical department of the

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(1961). After that, he became director of the air safety organization Organisation de gestion et de sécurité in

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(1965–1968). In 1972, he was nominated to be the French representative at the

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. He became Secretary General of ICAO in 1976, a position he held until 1988.Monsieur Yves LAMBERT
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to be air navigation director of Direction de la navigation aérienne now called Direction des Services de la navigation aérienne until 1993. In 1994, he was nominated Director General of

, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. Yves Lambert is member of the ''

Académie de l'air et de l'espace The Académie de l'air et de l'espace (AAE) is the French national Air and Space Academy. Established in 1983 in Toulouse on the initiative of André Turcat, the aims of the academy are the following: "To encourage the development of high quality ...

'' and the

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Awards

* Officier of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

* Commandeur of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's estab ...

Médaille de l'Aéronautique The Aeronautical Medal (french: "Médaille de l'Aéronautique") is a state decoration of France established by the decree of February 14, 1945. It is awarded to both military personnel and civilians for outstanding accomplishments related to t ...

Bibliography

* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. (), p. 304, ''LAMBERT, Yves''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Yves French aerospace engineers École Polytechnique alumni École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni Corps de l'aviation civile Corps des ponts École nationale d'administration alumni 1936 births Living people Aviation in France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal International Civil Aviation Organization people French officials of the United Nations