List of heads of Roscosmos

Director of Roscosmos
Incumbent Yuriy Borisov since July 15, 2022
Term length	At the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Yuri Koptev
Formation	February 25, 1992 as successor for Soviet space program
Website	Roscosmos

The directors of Roscosmos are the highest-ranked officials 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 is Yuriy Borisov, was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on July 15, 2022.

Directors

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

See also

• List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA

External links

• Roscosmos