IAF Honorary Ambassadors

In 2021, the IAF President launched the IAF Honorary Ambassadorship Programme, aimed at keeping the IAF Past Presidents and Vice Presidents deeply engaged with the Federation.
Thanks to their extensive network and their broad knowledge of the IAF, the Federation is constantly promoted worldwide as the global leading space advocacy body at various meetings and gatherings throughout the year.

Mishaal ASHEMIMRY

Aerospace Consultant & Special Advisor to CEO, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Saudi Arabia

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Anil KUMAR

Director, ISTRAC, Fellow of Prestigious Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

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Tanja MASSON-ZWAAN

Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Leiden University

Netherlands

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Pilar ZAMORA ACEVEDO

Executive Director, Colombian Space Agency (AEC)

Colombia

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Pascale EHRENFREUND

President, President of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

France

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Nobu OKADA

Founder & CEO, Astroscale

Japan

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Andreas LINDENTHAL

Executive Board Manager, Rivada Space Networks GmbH

Germany

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Anthony TSOUGRANIS

Europe Team Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

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Xiaojun WANG

President, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

China

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Dominique TILMANS

President, EURISY

Belgium

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Mary SNITCH

Lead, External Engagements, Lockheed Martin Corporation

United States

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Sergey SAVELIEV

Deputy Director General for International Cooperation, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

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Deganit PAIKOWSKY

Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel

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Mohammed Nasser AL AHBABI

Senior Advisor, EDGE Group

United Arab Emirates

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Bruce CHESLEY

Senior Associate, Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI)

United States

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Jean-Yves LE GALL

Former President, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

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Minoo RATHNASABAPATHY

Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

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S. SOMANATH

past Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

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