Director of the Federal Security Service

{{Short description|Head of Russia's principal security agency}} {{Infobox official post | post = Director | body = the Federal Security Service of Russia | native_name = {{small|Директор Федеральной Службы Безопасности}} | insignia = Emblem_of_Federal_security_service.svg | insigniasize = 75px | insigniacaption = Coat of Arms of the Federal Security Service | flag = Russia, Flag of the FSB 2008.svg | flagsize = | flagborder = yes | flagcaption = Flag of the Director of the FSB | image = Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = Alexander Bortnikov | acting = | incumbentsince = 12 May 2008 | department = Federal Security Service | style = | type = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = | reports_to = President of Russia | residence = Lubyanka Building, Moscow | seat = | nominator = | appointer = President | appointer_qualified = with confirmation by the Federation Council | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = Chairman of the KGB | formation = 12 April 1995 | first = Nikolai Golushko (FSK) | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = | deputy = First Deputy Director, Sergei Korolev | salary = | website = {{URL|www.fsb.ru}} }}

The '''Director of Russia's Federal Security Service''' ('''Директор Федеральной Службы Безопасности''') is the head and chief executive officer of the Federal Security Service, which is one of several Russian intelligence agencies. The Director of FSB reports directly to the president of Russia. The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the FSB.

The Director is a civilian or a general of the armed forces nominated by the president, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia and must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Federation Council.

==List==

=== KGB of the RSFSR (1991) / Federal Security Agency of the RSFSR/Russia (1991 – 1992) / Ministry of Security (1992 – 1993) / Federal Counterintelligence Service (1993 – 1995)=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name {{small|(born–died)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office ! rowspan=2| President(s) ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}} |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office |- | 1 | 80px | '''Viktor Ivanenko ''' {{small|(1947–2023)}} | 5 May 1991 | 15 January 1992 | {{ayd|May 5, 1991|January 15, 1992}} | rowspan=4| Boris Yeltsin |- | 2 | 80px | '''Viktor Barannikov ''' {{small|(1940–1995)}} | 15 January 1992 | 27 July 1993 | {{ayd|January 15, 1992|July 27, 1993}} | |- | 3 | 80px | '''Nikolai Golushko''' {{small|(1937–2025)}} | 28 July 1993 | 28 February 1994 | {{ayd|28 July 1993|28 February 1994}} | |- | 4 | 80px | '''Sergei Stepashin''' {{small|(born 1952)}} | 3 March 1994 | 12 April 1995 | {{ayd|March 3, 1994|April 12, 1995}} | |}

===Federal Security Service (since 1995)=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name {{small|(born–died)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office ! rowspan=2| President(s) ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}} |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office |- | 1 | 80px | '''Sergei Stepashin''' {{small|(born 1952)}} | 12 April 1995 | 30 June 1995 | {{ayd|12 April 1995|30 June 1995}} | rowspan=6| Boris Yeltsin | |-style="background:#e6e6aa;" | — | 80px | '''{{ill|Anatoly Safonov|ru|Сафонов, Анатолий Ефимович}}''' {{small|(born 1945) ''acting''}} | 30 June 1995 | 24 July 1995 | {{ayd|30 June 1995|24 July 1995}} | |- | 2 | 80px | '''Mikhail Barsukov''' {{small|(born 1947)}} | 24 July 1995 | 20 June 1996 | {{ayd|24 July 1995|20 June 1996}} | |- | 3 | 80px | '''Nikolai Kovalyov''' {{small|(1949–2019)}} | 20 June 1996 | 25 July 1998 | {{ayd|20 June 1996|25 July 1998}} | |- | 4 | 80px | '''Vladimir Putin''' {{small|(born 1952)}} | 25 July 1998 | 9 August 1999 | {{ayd|25 July 1998|9 August 1999}} | <ref>[http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/history/leaders.htm FSB directors list]</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 5 | rowspan="2"| 80px | rowspan="2"| '''Nikolai Patrushev''' {{small|(born 1951)}} | rowspan="2"| 9 August 1999 | rowspan="2"| 12 May 2008 | rowspan="2"| {{ayd|9 August 1999|12 May 2008}} | rowspan="2"| <ref>[http://polit.ru/news/1999/08/17/535093/ Yeltsin signed decrees on appointments of ministers of power. Nikolai Patrushev was appointed director of the Federal Security Service]</ref> |- | Vladimir Putin |- | rowspan="2"| 6 | rowspan="2"| 80px | rowspan="2"| '''Alexander Bortnikov''' {{small|(born 1951)}} | rowspan="2"| 12 May 2008 | rowspan="2"| ''Incumbent'' | rowspan="2"| {{ayd|12 May 2008}} | Dmitry Medvedev | rowspan="2"| <ref>[http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=180745&cid=5 FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov appointed]</ref> |- | Vladimir Putin |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Director of the Federal Security Service}} * *FSB Category:Federal Security Service