General Director of Roscosmos
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{{Infobox Political post
| post = General Director
| body = Roscosmos
| insignia = Roscosmos logo en.svg
| insigniasize = 150px
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| image = Bakanov dv.jpg
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| incumbent = Dmitry Bakanov
| incumbentsince = 6 February 2025
| residence =
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| termlength = At the pleasure of the Prime Minister
| formation = 25 February 1992 as successor for Soviet space program
| inaugural = Yuri Koptev
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| website =
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The General Director of Roscosmos is the highest-ranked official of Roscosmos, the space agency of the Russian Federation. The director serves as the senior space science adviser to the President of Russia.
The deputy director of Roscosmos serves as the agency's second in command and is responsible to the administrator for providing overall leadership, planning, and policy direction for the agency. They represent Roscosmos to the Presidential Administration, State Duma, heads of federal and other appropriate government agencies, international organizations, and external organizations and communities. They also oversee the day-to-day work of Roscosmos’ functional offices.
The first director was Yuri Koptev; who led the agency during a financial crisis, and established tourist flights to space, and was also the longest-running director, who held the post from 1992 to 2004.
The current director Dmitry Bakanov, was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on 6 February 2025.{{Cite web |last=Zak |first=Anatoly |date=2025-02-06 |title=The Russian space agency, Roskosmos |url=https://www.russianspaceweb.com/roskosmos.html#2025 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=RussianSpaceWeb}}{{Cite news |last=Trevelyan |first=Mark |last2=Antonov |first2=Dmitry |last3=Stolyarov |first3=Gleb |date=6 February 2025 |title=Kremlin replaces Russian space boss after tenure scarred by failed moonshot |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/kremlin-fires-boss-russias-space-agency-2025-02-06/ |access-date=7 February 2025 |work=Reuters}}
Directors
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| scope="row" | Yuri Koptev | 25 February 1992 |11 March 2004 |
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| scope="row" |Anatoly Perminov | 12 March 2004 | 28 April 2011 |
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| scope="row" | Vladimir Popovkin | 29 April 2011 |10 October 2013 |
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| scope="row" | Oleg Ostapenko | 10 October 2013 | 21 January 2015 |
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| scope="row" | Igor Komarov | 21 January 2015 | 24 May 2018 |
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| scope="row" | Dmitry Rogozin | 15 July 2022 |
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| scope="row" | Yury Borisov | 15 July 2022 | 6 February 2025 |
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| 6 February 2025 | Incumbent |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.Roscosmos.ru Roscosmos]