Russian politician and security officer (born 1951)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Platonovich and the family name is Patrushev.
Nikolai Patrushev
Николай Патрушев
Patrushev in 2019
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2008
President
Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by
Igor Ivanov Valentin Sobolev (acting)
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
(1951-07-11) 11 July 1951 (age 72) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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 has served as the secretary of the Security Council of Russia since 2008.[1][2] 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,[3] Patrushev is believed to be one of the closest advisors to Putin and a leading figure behind Russia's national security affairs.[4] He played a key role in the decisions to seize and then annex Crimea in 2014 and to invade Ukraine in 2022.[5] He is considered as very hawkish towards the West and the United States. Patrushev is seen by some observers as one of the likeliest candidates for succeeding Putin.[6][7][8][9]
^BackGround, People: PATRUSHEV, Nikolai Platonovich, Russia Profile, Moscow, Undated Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved: 8 January 2013.
^Russia trolls world by saying it cannot stop its citizens from fighting in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (25 June 2015)
^"Ukraine conflict: Who's in Putin's inner circle and running the war?". BBC News. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^Troianovski, Anton (30 January 2022). "The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin's Ear". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference spectator-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Kovačević, Filip (10 March 2022). "The Second Most Powerful Man In Russia". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^"After Putin: 12 people ready to ruin Russia next". POLITICO. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^Weiss, Michael (August 2023). "The Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin: A Foreign Office Special Episode". Foreign Office with Michael Weiss.
^Reporter, Isabel van Brugen (2 November 2023). "Who is Nikolai Patrushev? Putin loyalist touted as his successor". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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