# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sergei-b-korolev
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:36.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sergei-b-korolev"
name: "Sergei B. Korolev"
slug: "sergei-b-korolev"
description: "Sergei Borisovich Korolev is a Russian intelligence officer currently serving as first deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB). He previously served as head of the Economic Security Service of the FSB from 2016 to 2021. A secretive figure with extensive connections to the Russian mafia, he is considered one of the leading candidates to succeed Alexander Bortnikov as director of the FSB. He has held the military rank of Army General since 2021. As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was sanctioned by the EU, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, France, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine."
tagline: "Russian security official"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1962-07-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.047284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Borissowitsch_Koroljow"
    title: "Sergei Borissowitsch Koroljow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_B._Korolev"
    title: "Sergei B. Korolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Koroljov_(riigiametnik)"
    title: "Sergei Koroljov (riigiametnik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91_(%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9F)"
    title: "סרגיי קורוליוב (קצין)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Королёв, Сергей Борисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112072473"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump