Dmitry Bakanov
{{Short description|Russian economist}}
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| office = General Director of Roscosmos
| term_start = 6 February 2025
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| president = Vladimir Putin
| predecessor = Yury Borisov
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| office1 = Deputy Minister of Transport
| term_start1 = 26 April 2022
| term_end1 = 6 February 2025
| primeminister1 = Vladimir Putin
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| successor1 = Andrey Nikitin
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|7}}
| birth_place = Leninsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
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| alma_mater = Saint Petersburg State University of Economics
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Bakanov ({{langx|ru|Дми́трий Влади́мирович Бака́нов}}, 7 October 1985) is a Russian economist who has been the General Director of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, since 2025. Before that he was the deputy minister of transport from 2022 to 2025 and the head of Gonets from 2011 to 2019.
Biography
Bakanov was born on 7 October 1985 in Leninsk (now Baikonur), Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.{{Cite web |title=Dmitry Bakanov replaces Yury Borisov as Roscosmos CEO - Kremlin |date=6 February 2025 |work=Interfax |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/109618/ }} He graduated in 2007 from the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics with a degree in economics. From 2006, he worked at several banks as a financial analyst and auditor. In 2008 he worked at the company Sitronics in the internal audit department before moving to its procurement department.{{Cite web |title=Биография Дмитрия Баканова |language=ru |date=6 February 2025 |work=RIA Novosti |url=https://ria.ru/20250206/bakanov-1997667068.html }}
In September 2011 he became the president of the Gonets satellite company, and in October 2016 he became the director, remaining in that role until May 2019. Starting from August 2019, Bakanov began working in the Ministry of Transportation in several roles. On 26 April 2022 he was appointed the deputy minister of transport of Russia. On 6 February 2025, Bakanov was appointed as general director of Roscosmos.
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Category:People from Kyzylorda Region
Category:21st-century Russian economists
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Category:Recipients of the Order of Friendship
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Category:1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation