Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бордю́жа, born 1949 in
Oryol) is a
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
general
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and
politician
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.
Biography
In 1972, he graduated from Perm Military School of the High Command of the Russian
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
and later attended
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
intelligence courses in
Novosibirsk.
From 1989 to 1991, he was Head of KGB
human resources
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, 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
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, and also Chief of the
Russian presidential administration
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.
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/ref> 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
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
.
From 1999 to 2003, Bordyuzha served as the Russian ambassador to Denmark.
On 28 April 2003, he was appointed Secretary General
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of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
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, a military pact of the Commonwealth of Independent States
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.
He holds the rank of Colonel General.
Honours and awards
Russian Federation
* Order For Merit to the Fatherland
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
, 4th class
* Order of Courage
* Order of Friendship
The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...
* Medal For Distinction in Protection of the State Borders
*
Soviet Union
* Medals "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st and 2nd classes
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* Medals "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
Foreign
* Order of Friendship
The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...
(Kazakhstan)
* Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)
See also
*Commanders of the border troops USSR and RF
Commanders (in chief) – in the meaning of chief, commander, commanding general, supreme commander, or manager, etc. – of the border troops and organs of state security of the USSR and the RF were as follows.
External links
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*Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
russian: Шанхайская Организация Сотрудничества
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References
External links
Bordyuzha's biography
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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 of Courage
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class