Secretary General of the CSTO
Diplomatic head of the CSTO
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The secretary general of CSTO is the chief civil servant of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance. The officeholder is one of the foremost political official in the organization. The secretary general is elected for a three-year term.[1] The current secretary general is Kyrgyz politician Taalatbek Masadykov, who took office on 1 January 2026.
- CSTO Collective Security Council
- Three years, renewable
| Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization | |
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| Генеральный секретарь ОДКБ | |
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| Member of | CSTO Collective Security Council |
| Seat | CSTO Secretariat, Moscow, Russia |
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| Formation | October 1996 |
| First holder | Vladimir Zemsky |
History
The CSTO countries selected the first secretary general in October 1996[2]. Since that time, eight different military/security officials have served officially as secretary general. Five countries have been represented, with five secretaries general hailing from Russia and one each from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The position has also been occupied temporarily on two occasions by an acting secretary general between appointments.
Secretariat
The Secretariat has divisions in charge of legal, financial, economic and other issues. The number of quota posts in the Secretariat is assigned to the CSTO member states in proportion to their contributions to the budget. The appointment of officials to the quota positions of the Secretariat is carried out by the Secretary General on a rotational basis every three years on the proposal of the CSTO member states.[3]
Leadership
- CSTO Secretary General: Taalatbek Masadykov (Kyrgyzstan)
- Deputy Secretary General
- Valery Semerikov (Russian Federation)
- Samat Ordabaev (Kazakhstan)
- Mirlan Turgunbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Structure
The CSTO Secretariat includes the following main structural units:
- Department of Political Cooperation
- Department for the Management of Military Security Problems
- Department for Countering Challenges and Threats
- Case Management Department
- Organizational and Planning Department
List of secretaries-general
The following have served as heads of the CSTO:
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Country | Ref. | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
Vladimir Zemsky (1939–2004) |
October 1996 | March 2000 | 3 years, 5 months |  Russia |
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| 2 | |
Valeriy Nikolayenko (born ?) |
May 2000 | 28 April 2003 | 2 years, 11 months | Russia |
[5][6] |
| 2 |  |
Nikolay Bordyuzha (born 1949) |
28 April 2003 | 31 December 2016 | 13 years, 247 days | Russia |
[5] |
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Valery Semerikov (born 1954) acting |
1 January 2017 | 2 May 2017 | 121 days | Russia |
[5] |
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Yuri Khatchaturov (born 1952) |
2 May 2017 | 1 November 2018 | 1 year, 183 days |  Armenia |
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Valery Semerikov (born 1954) acting |
1 November 2018 | 31 December 2019 | 1 year, 60 days | Russia |
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Stanislav Zas (born 1964) |
1 January 2020 | 31 December 2022 | 2 years, 364 days |  Belarus |
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Imangali Tasmagambetov (born 1956) |
1 January 2023 | 31 December 2025 | 2 years, 364 days |  Kazakhstan |
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| 5 | |
Taalatbek Masadykov (born 1961) |
1 January 2026 | Incumbent | 266 days |  Kyrgyzstan |
[7] |
See also
- Secretary General of NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) equivalent
