Nikolai Patrushev | |
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Николай Патрушев | |
![]() Patrushev in 2023 | |
Aide to the President of Russia | |
Assumed office 14 May 2024 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia | |
In office 12 May 2008 – 12 May 2024 | |
Chairman | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
Preceded by | Igor Ivanov Valentin Sobolev (acting) |
Succeeded by | Sergei Shoigu |
Director of the Federal Security Service | |
In office 9 August 1999 – 12 May 2008 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Vladimir Putin |
Succeeded by | Alexander Bortnikov |
Personal details | |
Born | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 11 July 1951
Children | 2, including Dmitry |
Education | Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute |
Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Russia Soviet Union |
Branch/service | Federal Security Service |
Years of service | 1975–2008 |
Rank | General of the Army |
Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (Russian: Никола́й Плато́нович Па́трушев; born 11 July 1951) is a Russian politician, security officer and former intelligence officer who served as the secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 2008 to 2024. He previously served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) from 1999 to 2008. Belonging to the siloviki faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle,[1] Patrushev is believed to be one of the closest advisors to Putin and a leading figure behind Russia's national security affairs.[2] He played a key role in the decisions to seize and then annex Crimea in 2014 and to invade Ukraine in 2022.[3]
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