Vladimir Yevgenyevich Fortov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Фортов; 23 January 1946 – 29 November 2020) was a Russian physicist and politician who served as director of the Joint Institute for High Temperatures (1992–2013) and as president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2013–2017).

Vladimir Putin, who at the time was the president of Russia, only signed the appointment of Fortov on 8 July 2013.

[3] On 20 March 2017, elections for the president of the Academy were scheduled, and Fortov ran as one of the three candidates.

Unexpectedly the previous day all candidates retracted their nominations, and the elections were canceled.

[4] On 22 March, Fortov resigned, citing health issues, and Valery Kozlov was appointed acting president.