Yuri Koptev

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Yuri Koptev
Юрий Коптев
Koptev in 2003
Born	Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev (1940-03-13) March 13, 1940 (age 84) Voroshilovsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Director General of the Russian Federal Space Agency

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]

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.