Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...

Leonid Semenovich Maltsev ( Belarusian:Леанід Сямёнавіч Мальцаў; born August 29, 1949) was the

Minister of Defence of Belarus The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus (russian: Министерство обороны Республики Беларусь; be, Мiнiстэрства абароны Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the government organi ...

from 1995–96 and 2001–09.

Biography

He served in the

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from 1967 after graduation from

Minsk Suvorov Military School The Minsk Suvorov Military School (MnSVU) ( be, Мінск Сувораўскае ваеннае вучылішча; russian: Минское суворовское военное училище) is one of the Suvorov Military Schools in Belarus a ...

. In 1971, Maltsev graduated from Kiev Higher Military Command School (cum laude). He served in the

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany The Western Group of Forces (WGF),. previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG). and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG),. were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. The Group of Soviet Occupati ...

as an infantry platoon commander. In 1972 he became a mechanized infantry company commander. In 1974 he was the commander of a motorized rifle battalion. In 1979 he graduated from

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

. In 1979 Maltsev served in the

Far East Military District The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...

as a deputy commander of the infantry regiment and in 1980 as the commander of a motorized rifle regiment of the school, in 1982 as a Chief of Staff Motorized Rifle Division, and in 1986 as a Commander Infantry Division. From 1987 to 1990 he was a head of the district training center for junior professionals in

Far Eastern Military District The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...

( Chita). In 1992 Maltsev graduated from the General Staff Academy in

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(with honors). After graduation from the Academy in 1992 he started serving in

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On July 10, 1992 he became first deputy commander of the 28th Combined Arms Army, after the reduction and on 7 April 1993 he was appointed commander of the 28th Army Corps. In August 1994 Maltsev became Chief of Staff - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. On October 10, 1995 he was appointed Belarus Minister of Defense. On November 1, 1996 he was fired from the post of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus "for misconduct'' discrediting the rank of officer (appearance in a public place while intoxicated)''». In March 1997 on the decision of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS, he was appointed First Deputy Chief of Staff for Coordinating Military Cooperation of the

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. On November 29, 2000 he was appointed Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council. From September 24, 2001 to December 4, 2009 he again served as the Minister of Defense. He succeeded

Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov (; ; born on 26 November 1941) is a retired Belarusian Army colonel general and former Minister of Defence of Belarus. Chumakov commanded the 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 1980. In June 1986, he became com ...

.Decree of the President of Belarus № 532 of September 24, 2001 "On the appointment of L. Maltsev Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus»
/ref>Decree of the President of Belarus on December 4, 2009 № 569 "On the appointment of L. Maltsev State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus»
From December 4, 2009 to November 2, 2013 Leonid Maltsev served as State Secretary of Security Council. From 2014-2016, he served as the head of State Border Committee.

References

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