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Russian colonel general and politician In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Bordyuzha.
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Nikolay Bordyuzha
Николай Бордюжа
Bordyuzha in 2007
3rd Secretary General of the CSTO
In office
28 April 2003 – 2 May 2017
Preceded byValeriy Nikolayenko
Succeeded byValery Semerikov
Personal details
BornNikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha
(1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 75)
Oryol, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Soviet Army
 Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1968–present
RankColonel-General

Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бордю́жа; born 20 October 1949) 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 Russia, and also Chief of the Russian presidential administration. 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 and held that position until December 2016.

He holds the rank of Colonel General.

Honours and awards

Russian Federation

Soviet Union

Foreign

See also

References

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

External links

Preceded byAndrey Kokoshin Secretary of the Security Council of Russia
1998 - 1999 		Succeeded byVladimir Putin
Preceded byValentin Yumashev Chief of the Russian presidential administration
7 December 1998, – March 1999 		Succeeded byAlexander Voloshin
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