General Director of Roscosmos

General director of Roscosmos
since 6 February 2025
Roscosmos
Reports toPrime Minister of Russia
SeatV.V. Tereshkova National Space Centre, Moscow
AppointerPrime Minister of Russia
Term lengthNo fixed term
FormationFebruary 25, 1992 (1992-02-25)
First holderYuri Koptev

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 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.[1][2]

Directors

Photograph Name Term start Term end
Yuri Koptev 25 February 1992 11 March 2004
Anatoly Perminov 12 March 2004 28 April 2011
Vladimir Popovkin 29 April 2011 10 October 2013
Oleg Ostapenko 10 October 2013 21 January 2015
Igor Komarov 21 January 2015 24 May 2018
Dmitry Rogozin 24 May 2018[3] 15 July 2022
Yury Borisov 15 July 2022 6 February 2025
Dmitry Bakanov 6 February 2025 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zak, Anatoly (6 February 2025). "The Russian space agency, Roskosmos". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Trevelyan, Mark; Antonov, Dmitry; Stolyarov, Gleb (6 February 2025). "Kremlin replaces Russian space boss after tenure scarred by failed moonshot". Reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Дмитрий Рогозин назначен генеральным директором госкорпорации «Роскосмос»". kremlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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