Yuri Nikolajewitsch Balujewski
Juri Nikolajewitsch Balujewski ( Russian Юрий Николаевич Балуевский , scientific transliteration Jurij Nikolaevič Baluevskij ; born January 9, 1947 in Truskavetz , Lviv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Russian officer . The Army General was Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces from July 2004 to June 2008 . Since June 3, 2008, he has been Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council of Russia .
He attended the Army Military School in Leningrad (today Saint Petersburg ) and the Military Academy "MW Frunze" . He was a platoon leader and company commander, part of the operational department of the army staff in the Belarusian military district. In 1974 he served as chief officer of the operational department of the Army Staff of the Group of Soviet Armed Forces in Germany (GSSD). In 1979 he moved to the Operational Department of the Army Staff in the Leningrad Military District.
In 1982 Balujewski joined the operational headquarters of the General Staff of the GSSD, attended the Military Academy of the General Staff . In 1993 he became Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Group in the South Caucasus. In 1995 he became Head of Administration and Deputy Chief of the Operational Headquarters of the General Staff. In 1997 he was promoted to Chief of the Operational Headquarters of the General Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
Baluevsky was appointed Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces by President Vladimir Putin on July 19, 2004 . During his term in office, he is supposed to drive the modernization of the military apparatus. After several internal conflicts with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov , Baluyevsky was replaced in 2008 by Nikolai Yegorowitsch Makarov as Chief of Staff and transferred to the post of Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council, which he held until January 2012.
Balujewski is known for pithy expressions. In 2001 he declared that there were only 1,000 fighters left for an independent Chechnya . All the others were killed by the Russian army. A week later it was corrected by the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB : In fact, there are 5,000 Chechen fighters.
Web links
- Baluyevsky: New Chief of the Russian General Staff , The Jamestown Foundation, June 21, 2004
- Short biography of Juri Balujewski
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| SURNAME | Baluevsky, Yuri Nikolayevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jurij Nikolaevič Baluevskij; Балуевский, Юрий Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Truskavetz , Lviv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union |