Nikolay Bordyuzha
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Nikolay Bordyuzha | |
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Николай Бордюжа | |
 Bordyuzha in 2007 | |
| 3rd Secretary General of the CSTO | |
| In office 28 April 2003 – 2 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Valeriy Nikolayenko |
| Succeeded by | Valery Semerikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha 20 October 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 20 October 1949 in Oryol) is a Russian general and politician.
Biography
[edit]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 and held that position until December 2016.
He holds the rank of Colonel General.
Honours and awards
[edit]Russian Federation
[edit]- Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class
- Order of Courage
- Order of Friendship
- Medal For Distinction in Protection of the State Borders
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Soviet Union
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Bordyuzha's biography (in Russian)
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1949 births
- Living people
- People from Oryol
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
- Ambassadors of Russia to Denmark
- Soviet Army officers
- Russian colonel generals
- Kremlin Chiefs of Staff
- KGB officers
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)