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.
Directors Photograph Name Term start Term end Yuri Koptev 25 February 199211 March 2004 Anatoly Perminov 12 March 2004 28 April 2011 Vladimir Popovkin 29 April 201110 October 2013 Oleg Ostapenko 10 October 2013 21 January 2015 Igor Komarov 21 January 2015 24 May 2018 Dmitry Rogozin 24 May 2018 15 July 2022 Yury Borisov 15 July 2022 6 February 2025 Dmitry Bakanov 6 February 2025 Incumbent
See also Similar positions worldwide Canada: President of the Canadian Space Agency Europe: Director General of the European Space Agency India: Chairman of ISRO United States: Administrator of NASA
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External links Roscosmos