Nikolay Bordyuzha

Nikolay Bordyuzha
Nikolay Bordyuzha
Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
	In office; 28 April 2003 – 2 May 2017
Preceded by	Valeriy Nikolayenko
Succeeded by	Yuri Khatchaturov
Personal details
Born	Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha; 1949; Oryol, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1968–present
Rank	Colonel-General

Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бордю́жа, born 1949 in Oryol) is a Russian general and politician.

Biography

In 1972, he graduated from Perm Military School of the High Command of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces and later attended KGB intelligence courses in Novosibirsk.

From 1989 to 1991, he was Head of KGB human resources, and from 1992 to 1998 served as First Deputy Chief and later Chief of Russia's Federal Borderguard Service.

On 7 December 1998, he was appointed Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and also Chief of the Russian presidential administration.[1] He served in this position until 18 March 1999. During this period he was viewed by some analysts as a possible successor to President Boris Yeltsin.

From 1999 to 2003, Bordyuzha served as the Russian ambassador to Denmark.

On 28 April 2003, he was appointed Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a military pact of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

He holds the rank of Colonel General.

Honours and awards

Russian Federation

Soviet Union

Medals "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st and 2nd classes
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medals "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes

Foreign

Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)
Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)

References

Yeltsin Swings His Ax (Then Retreats to His Hospital Bed)

External links

Bordyuzha's biography (in Russian)

Preceded by Andrey Kokoshin	Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation 1998 - 1999	Succeeded by Vladimir Putin
Preceded by Valentin Yumashev	Chief of the Russian presidential administration 7 December 1998, – March 1999	Succeeded by Alexander Voloshin

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[1] Yeltsin Swings His Ax (Then Retreats to His Hospital Bed)