Director of the Federal Security Service

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
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Ministry of Security (1992 – 1993) / Federal Counterintelligence Service (1993 – 1995)
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 * Emblem_of_the_Department_of_Counterintelligence_Operations.svg
 * Viktor Barannikov 
 * January 15, 1992 - July 27, 1993
 * rowspan=10| Boris Yeltsin
 * Emblem_of_the_Department_of_Counterintelligence_Operations.svg
 * Nikolai Golushko
 * July 28, 1993 – February 28, 1994
 * SStepashin.jpg
 * Sergei Stepashin
 * March 3, 1994 – April 12, 1995

Federal Security Service (since 1995)
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 * SStepashin.jpg
 * Sergei Stepashin
 * April 12, 1995 – June 30, 1995
 * Emblem_of_Federal_security_service.svg
 * Anatoly Safonov (Acting)
 * June 30, 1995 – July 24, 1995
 * Mikhail_Barsukov.jpg
 * Mikhail Barsukov
 * July 24, 1995 – June 20, 1996
 * Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov.jpg
 * Nikolai Kovalyov
 * June 20, 1996 – July 25, 1998
 * RIAN archive 100306 Vladimir Putin, Federal Security Service Director.jpg
 * Vladimir Putin
 * July 25, 1998 – August 9, 1999
 * rowspan="2"|Nikolai Patrushev.jpg
 * rowspan="2"|Nikolai Patrushev
 * rowspan="2"|August 9, 1999 – May 12, 2008
 * Vladimir Putin
 * Vladimir Putin
 * rowspan="2"|Bortnikov 2019 crop.jpg
 * rowspan="2"|Alexander Bortnikov
 * rowspan="2"|May 12, 2008 – Incumbent
 * Dmitry Medvedev
 * Vladimir Putin
 * }
 * }