page_title: Director general
section_title: European Union
hierarchical_section_title: Director general / European Union
caption_attribution_description: English: On 20 August 2015 the Director General of ESO, Tim de Zeeuw (right), and the Director General of ESA, Johann-Dietrich Wörner (left), signed a cooperation agreement between the two organisations at ESO’s offices in Santiago, Chile.
context_page_description: A director general or director-general or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. The term is commonly used in many countries worldwide, but with various meanings.
context_section_description: In the European Commission and the Council of the European Union, each department (called a directorate-general) is headed by a non-political director-general. This is roughly equivalent to a British permanent secretary.
caption: ESO and ESA Directors-general sign cooperation agreement.[4]
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