Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Коптев, March 13, 1940) is a former General Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), serving in that role from 1992 to 2004. He was replaced in 2004 by Anatoly Perminov, a former commander of the Russian Space Forces. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Yuri Koptev
Юрий Коптев
Koptev in 2003
Born
Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev

(1940-03-13) March 13, 1940 (age 84)
NationalityRussian
OccupationEngineer
Known forDirector General of the Russian Federal Space Agency

Beginning in 1965, he worked as an engineer at NPO Lavochkin.

Koptev is a Winner of the Golden Space Medal FAI (2000), a State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class and was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd and 3rd classes.

Education

edit

International sanctions

edit

On June 28, 2022, in connection with the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, he was included in the US sanctions list as a person associated with an important state-owned company for the government and the military-technical complex of the Russian Federation - Rostec[2] and the sanction list of the United Kingdom.

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2023 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [3]

References

edit
  1. ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Российского авиационно-космического агентства (Decree 844) (in Russian). President of Russia. 13 July 2001.
  2. ^ "Russia-Related Designations and Designations Updates; Issuance of Russia-Related General Licenses and Related Frequently Asked Questions". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
edit
Government offices
New title Director General of the Russian Federal Space Agency
1992 – 2004
Succeeded by