An apparatus for recovering a decision-directed carrier according the present invention comprises a) a first conjugate complex sample generating part for generating a first conjugate complex sample in accordance with an received complex sample; b) a frequency recovering part for receiving the first conjugate complex sample and for recovering a carrier frequency of the first conjugate complex sample by compensating a carrier frequency offset of the input signal; c) a phase recovering part for receiving the first conjugate complex sample and for recovering a carrier phase of the input signal by compensating a carrier phase offset of the input signal; and d) a symbol decison part for selecting a symbol in accordance with the output value from said means c) and for outputting the selected symbol to said means a).