Nikolai Bordyuzha

Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (; 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 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 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)