Secretary General of the CSTO explained

Post:Secretary General
Body:the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Flag:File:Flag of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of the CSTO
Insignia:File:Emblem of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Logo of the CSTO
Incumbent:Imangali Tasmagambetov
Incumbentsince:1 January 2023
Department:CSTO
Member Of:CSTO Collective Security Council
Seat:CSTO Secretariat, Moscow, Russia
Termlength:Four years, renewable
First:Vladimir Zemsky

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 current secretary general is former Kazakh Prime Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov, who took office on 1 January 2023.

History

The CSTO countries selected the first secretary general in October 1996. Since that time, eight different military/security officials have served officially as secretary general. Four countries have been represented, with five secretaries general hailing from Russia, one from Armenia, one from Belarus and one from Kazakhstan. 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.[1]

Leadership

Structure

The CSTO Secretariat includes the following main structural units:

List of secretaries-general

The following have served as heads of the CSTO:[2]

CountryNameTerm startTerm end
Vladimir Zemsky[3] October 1996March 2000
Valeriy Nikolayenko[4] May 200028 April 2003
Nikolay Bordyuzha28 April 200331 December 2016
Valery Semerikov (Acting)1 January 20172 May 2017
Yuri Khatchaturov2 May 20171 November 2018
Valery Semerikov (Acting)1 November 201831 December 2019
Stanislav Zas1 January 202023 November 2022
Imangali Tasmagambetov1 January 2023

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Секретариат ОДКБ . 2023-06-04 . odkb-csto.org.
  2. Web site: Leadership history . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111034314/https://en.odkb-csto.org/25years/istoriya-rukovodstva/ . 11 January 2021 . 2021-01-09 . en.odkb-csto.org.
  3. Web site: Zemsky Vladimir Vasilyevich . 2023-06-04 . en.odkb-csto.org.
  4. Web site: Nikolayenko Valeriy Dmitrievich . 2023-06-04 . en.odkb-csto.org.