Gérard Rozenknop (born 23 January 1950 in Paris 19e), is a French

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. He was director-general of the '' École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university) from 6 January 1999 to 28 November 2008.

Biography

Rozenknop studied at the Lycée Condorcet, before graduating from the '' École Polytechnique'' (X 69) and the '' École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (IAC 72). He began his career at the air transport department of the

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in 1974. In 1977 he worked for ten years at the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal and then to Bangkok (

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programs). In 1987 he was appointed Head of the aeronautics department of ENAC and in 1994 director of the ''direction régionale de l'aviation civile Sud-Est'' at

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. On 6 January 1999 he became director of the '' École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university), until 28 November 2008 and the nomination of his successor, Marc Houalla.Décret du 27 novembre 2008 portant nomination du directeur de l'Ecole nationale de l'aviation civile - M. Houalla (Marc)

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. ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozenknop, Gerard French aerospace engineers École Polytechnique alumni École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni Corps de l'aviation civile Corps des ponts 1950 births Living people Aviation in France Directors of the École nationale de l'aviation civile