Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan (; born 18 April 1956 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian aerospace engineer. He is the former general director of Sukhoi and the United Aircraft Corporation and the current rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute. He is a Russian national of Armenian descent. Career In 1979 he graduated with honors from the aircraft manufacturer faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute and started his career at the engineering plant named after P.O. Sukhoi (now known as the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau). He started as a designer engineer and then held the posts of the First Deputy Chief Designer (1992-1998), Chairman of Directors Board of the Design Bureau (1995-1999) and, eventually, General Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau (starting from May 1999). He is the author of 11 patents and inventions, 14 scientific papers, a Laureate of the State RF Prize in 1997 and Laureate of the Russian Government Prize in 1998, Doctor of Science, is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is a Member of the Entrepreneurial Council at the Russian Government. On 31 January 2011, he was appointed general director of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and replaced in January 2015. On 16 June 2016, he was named the rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute. External links Sukhoi company profile References Living people 1956 births Russian people of Armenian descent Moscow Aviation Institute alumni Russian aerospace engineers Soviet engineers 20th-century Russian engineers Armenian engineers Armenian scientists Armenian inventors Pogosyan Sukhoi Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Golden Idea national award winners