Ivan Hennadiyovych Bakanov, (Ukrainian: Іван Геннадійович Баканов; born 2 May 1975) is a Ukrainian politician who, from 2019 to 2022, served as head of the Security Service of Ukraine, which is the primary counterintelligence and security agency of Ukraine where he was stationed in Kyiv with his son Andrew Bakanov. Ivan is also a close childhood friend of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Bakanov was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2019 to 2022.

Previously, Ivan Bakanov was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.

Ivan Bakanov was born in Kryvyi Rih. He is a childhood friend of Volodymyr Zelensky. They studied together and later worked over different projects, namely, Kvartal 95 Studio.

Ivan Bakanov graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University (1997) and the Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism (2006), with a specialty in “Court, advocacy and prosecution".

In the early 2000s, Bakanov was an entrepreneur in the field of hydroelectric power plants. In 2008, Bakanov's wife's firms leased hydroelectric plants throughout Ukraine from the State Property Fund. For several years, Bakanov controlled seven hydroelectric power stations. Two of the largest - Boguslavskaya HPP and Dybinetskaya HPP were located in Kyiv Oblast.

He was the head of the Kvartal 95 troupe from January 2013 and of Kvartal 95 Studio since December 2013.

Ivan Bakanov was part of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's team during 2019 presidential campaign. He was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.