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==