{"id":"henri-ziegler","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henri-ziegler","language":"en","name":"Henri Ziegler","name_en":"Henri Ziegler","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Airbus (1906–1998)","headline":"President of Airbus (1906–1998)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"18 November 1906","date":"1906-11-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Limoges","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45656"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"24 July 1998","date":"1998-07-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military flight engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10497074"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"},{"text":"French resistance fighter","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23833535"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"École polytechnique","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273626"},{"text":"Collège Stanislas de Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2983698"},{"text":"Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155446"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"chairperson of the executive board (26 March 1970 – 31 December 1973)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2534525","start":"1970-03-26","end":"1973-12-31"},{"text":"président-directeur général (30 July 1968 – 26 March 1970)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428322","start":"1968-07-30","end":"1970-03-26"},{"text":"president (1947–1949)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1947","end":"1949"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855216"},{"text":"Croix de guerre 1939–1945","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2547676"},{"text":"Officer of the Legion of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17231621"},{"text":"Resistance Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670473"},{"text":"Legionnaire of Legion of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17231624"},{"text":"Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24954950","date":"1989"},{"text":"Commander of the Order of the British Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12201477"},{"text":"Commander of the Royal Victorian Order","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12193183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Ziegler","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Henri Ziegler born?","a":"Henri Ziegler was born on 18 November 1906 in Limoges."},{"q":"What positions has Henri Ziegler held?","a":"Positions held by Henri Ziegler include: chairperson of the executive board (1970–1973); président-directeur général (1968–1970); president (1947–1949); president."},{"q":"Where did Henri Ziegler study?","a":"Henri Ziegler was educated at École polytechnique, Collège Stanislas de Paris, Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace."}],"related":[{"name":"Eduard Khudaynatov","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/eduard-khudaynatov"},{"name":"Heinz Hermann Thiele","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/heinz-hermann-thiele"},{"name":"Dietmar Hopp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dietmar-hopp"},{"name":"Jeff Bezos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jeff-bezos"},{"name":"Moulay Hafid Elalamy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/moulay-hafid-elalamy"},{"name":"Mugur Isărescu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mugur-isarescu"},{"name":"Jack Ma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-ma"},{"name":"Zhong Shanshan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zhong-shanshan"},{"name":"Meg Whitman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/meg-whitman"},{"name":"Othman Benjelloun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/othman-benjelloun"},{"name":"Pierre-Édouard Stérin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-edouard-sterin"},{"name":"Bernard Arnault","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernard-arnault"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/henri-ziegler-6513056d7e.jpg","width":382,"height":606,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"André Cros","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07.05.1971._Voyage_de_G._Pompidou_%C3%A0_Toulouse._(1971)_-_53Fi3564_(Henri_Ziegler).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Henri Ziegler","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Ziegler","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3132187","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132187","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 07.05.1971. Voyage de G. Pompidou à Toulouse. (1971) - 53Fi3564 (Henri Ziegler).jpg by André Cros (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07.05.1971._Voyage_de_G._Pompidou_%C3%A0_Toulouse._(1971)_-_53Fi3564_(Henri_Ziegler).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Henri Ziegler, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 07.05.1971. Voyage de G. Pompidou à Toulouse. (1971) - 53Fi3564 (Henri Ziegler).jpg — André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Henri Ziegler\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/henri-ziegler. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T08:05:35Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/henri-ziegler","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/henri-ziegler","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/henri-ziegler?lang=ne"}}