Yury Borisov

Yury Borisov
Юрий Борисов
Borisov in 2018
Senator from Arkhangelsk Oblast
Assumed office
19 May 2025
Serving with Ivan Novikov
Preceded byAlexander Nekrasov
Special Presidential Envoy on International Cooperation in Space
In office
18 February 2025  19 May 2025
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded bySergei Krikalev
Succeeded bySergei Krikalev
General Director of Roscosmos
In office
15 July 2022  6 February 2025
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byDmitry Rogozin
Succeeded byDmitry Bakanov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Defence and Space Industry
In office
18 May 2018  15 July 2022
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
Preceded byDmitry Rogozin
Succeeded byDenis Manturov
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
15 November 2012  18 May 2018
MinisterSergey Shoygu
Personal details
Born (1956-12-31) December 31, 1956
Vyshny Volochyok, Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service1974–1998
2012–2018
RankClass 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation

Yury Ivanovich Borisov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Борисов; born 31 December 1956) is a Russian politician, former military strategist, and mathematician currently serving as Federation Council Senator from Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Borisov served as General Director of Roscosmos from 2022 to 2025, from 2018 to 2022, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and from 2012 to 2018, as the Deputy Minister of Defence. He has been awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation and is a recipient of the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd degree.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.