| General Director of Roscosmos | |
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| Term length | At the pleasure of thePrime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Yuri Koptev |
| Formation | 25 February 1992 as successor forSoviet space program |
TheGeneral Director of Roscosmos is the highest-ranked official ofRoscosmos, thespace agency of theRussian Federation. The director serves as the seniorspace science adviser to thePresident of Russia.
The deputy director of Roscosmos serves as the agency'ssecond 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 wasYuri Koptev; who led the agency during a financial crisis, and establishedtourist flights to space, and was also the longest-running director, who held the post from 1992 to 2004.
The current directorDmitry Bakanov, was appointed by PresidentVladimir Putin on 6 February 2025.[1][2]
| Photograph | Name | Term start | Term end |
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_01.jpg) | Yuri Koptev | 25 February 1992 | 11 March 2004 |
.jpeg) | 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 |