Director of the Federal Security Service
(Redirected from
Director of FSB
)Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia | |
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Директор Федеральной Службы Безопасности | |
Federal Security Service | |
Reports to | President of Russia |
Residence | Lubyanka Building, Moscow |
Appointer | President with confirmation by the Federation Council |
Formation | 12 April 1995 |
First holder | Nikolai Golushko (FSK) |
Deputy | First Deputy Director, Sergei Korolev |
Website | www |
The Director of Russia's Federal Security Service (Директор Федеральной Службы Безопасности) is the head and
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
No. | Portrait | Name | Period | President |
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Ministry of Security (1992 – 1993) / Federal Counterintelligence Service (1993 – 1995) | ||||
1 | Viktor Barannikov | January 15, 1992 - July 27, 1993 | Boris Yeltsin | |
2 | Nikolai Golushko | July 28, 1993 – February 28, 1994 | ||
3 | Sergei Stepashin | March 3, 1994 – April 12, 1995 | ||
Federal Security Service (since 1995) | ||||
1 | Sergei Stepashin | April 12, 1995 – June 30, 1995 | ||
— | Anatoly Safonov (Acting) |
June 30, 1995 – July 24, 1995 | ||
2 | Mikhail Barsukov | July 24, 1995 – June 20, 1996 | ||
3 | Nikolai Kovalyov | June 20, 1996 – July 25, 1998 | ||
4 | Vladimir Putin[1] | July 25, 1998 – August 9, 1999 | ||
5 | Nikolai Patrushev[2] | August 9, 1999 – May 12, 2008 | ||
Vladimir Putin | ||||
6 | Alexander Bortnikov[3] | May 12, 2008 – Incumbent | Dmitry Medvedev | |
Vladimir Putin |
References