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{{Short description|Previous CSA President}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sylvain Laporte
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| term_end = 3 September 2020
| predecessor = Luc Brûlé (acting)<br>[[Walter Natynczyk]]
| successor = [[Lisa Campbell (civil servant)|Lisa Campbell]]
| allegiance = [[Canadian Armed Forces]]
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'''Sylvain Laporte''' is a [[Canadian Armed Forces]] veteran who served as the 11th [[president of the Canadian Space Agency]] from March 2015 until September 3, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/government/management/sylvain-laporte.html |title=Sylvain Laporte, Canadian Space Agency President |first=Canadian Space |last=Agency |date=July 8, 2015 |website=aem |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420123452/https://www.canada.ca/en/government/management/sylvain-laporte.html |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lisa-campbell-canada-space-agency-1.5710881|title=Lisa Campbell becomes the first woman to head the Canadian Space Agency|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2020|title=Sylvain Laporte on why he's leaving the Canadian Space Agency|url=https://spaceq.ca/sylvain-laporte-on-why-hes-leaving-the-canadian-space-agency/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618083947/https://spaceq.ca/sylvain-laporte-on-why-hes-leaving-the-canadian-space-agency/|archive-date=June 18, 2020|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> == Early life ==
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In March 2015, Laporte was appointed as the 11th [[Canadian Space Agency]] (CSA) president, taking over from Luc Brule who had been serving as interim president following the departure of [[Walter Natynczyk]]. On October 21, 2019, Laporte appeared at the [[International Astronautical Federation]] alongside representatives from various space organizations including [[NASA]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]], [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]], the [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]], [[Roscosmos]] and the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-agency-leaders-at-iac-2019|title=International Space Agency Leaders at IAC 2019|first=Brian|last=Dunbar|date=October 21, 2019|website=NASA}}</ref>
He announced in September 2020 that he would leave the role of CSA president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spaceq.ca/canadian-space-agency-president-sylvain-laporte-is-leaving-after-serving-one-term/ |title=Canadian Space Agency President Sylvain Laporte is leaving after serving one term|website=Spaceq.ca |date=March 13, 2020}}</ref>
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