Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бордю́жа, born 20 October 1949 in Oryol) is a Russian general and politician.

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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 by	Valeriy Nikolayenko
Succeeded by	Valery Semerikov
Personal details
Born	Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 74) 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

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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.

• Commanders of the border troops USSR and RF
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation