Director of SVR

The Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the RF (D/SVR) serves as the head of the Russian for the Civil Intelligence Agency, which is part of the Russian Intelligence Community. The Director reports to the President and the Head of Russian Security Council.

The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director, and he is a civilian or a general or flag officer of the armed forces. The Director is appointed by the President, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the Head of Security Council.

History

On 18 September 1991, Boris Yeltsin appointed the Director of newly created SVR, Mr. Yevgeni Primakov, who led the organization for six years and make the SVR as one of the most successful Intelligence agencies in the world.

The current director is Mikhail Fradkov, who took over on 6 October 2007.

List of Directors

Portrait	Director	Tenure	President(s) served under
	Yevgeni Primakov	December 1991 – 1996	Boris Yeltsin
	Vyacheslav Trubnikov	1996 – May 2000	Yeltsin
	Sergei Lebedev	20 May 2000 – 6 October 2007	Vladimir Putin
	Mikhail Fradkov	October 6, 2007 – Present	Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Putin