# Secretary of the Security Council of Russia

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation is the head of the Security Council office and the national security advisor to the Russian President. The Secretary is appointed by and reports directly to the President.
The Secretary organizes the work of the Council, attends Council meetings and coordinates the security policy of the Russian government. However, the role has been a de facto sinecure position for those who have served as heads of security agencies. For instance, Vladimir Rushailo served as interior minister of Russia from 1999 to 2001.
The office is not de jure a powerful position, and its influence significantly depends on who holds it. Former secretary Nikolai Patrushev was described as being one of closest advisors to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was key in influencing Putin to invade Ukraine in 2014 and in 2022.
Former defense minister Sergei Shoigu has served as Secretary since May 12, 2024.

## Secretaries of the Security Council

| № | Name | Photo | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Appointed by |
| № | Name | Photo | Start of term | End of term | Length of service | Appointed by |
| 1 | Yury Skokov | | 3 April 1992 | 10 May 1993 | 1 year, 37 days (402 days) | Boris Yeltsin |
| 2 | Yevgeny Shaposhnikov | | 11 June 1993 | 18 September 1993 | 99 days | Boris Yeltsin |
| 3 | Oleg Lobov | | 18 September 1993 | 18 June 1996 | 2 years, 274 days (1,004 days) | Boris Yeltsin |
| 4 | Alexander Lebed | | 18 June 1996 | 17 October 1996 | 121 days | Boris Yeltsin |
| 5 | Ivan Rybkin | | 19 October 1996 | 2 March 1998 | 1 year, 134 days (499 days) | Boris Yeltsin |
| 6 | Andrei Kokoshin | | 3 March 1998 | 10 September 1998 | 191 days | Boris Yeltsin |
| 7 | Nikolay Bordyuzha | | 14 September 1998 | 19 March 1999 | 186 days | Boris Yeltsin |
| 8 | Vladimir Putin | | 29 March 1999 | 9 August 1999 | 133 days | Boris Yeltsin |
| 9 | Sergei Ivanov | | 15 November 1999 | 28 March 2001 | 1 year, 133 days (499 days) | Boris Yeltsin |
| 10 | Vladimir Rushailo | | 28 March 2001 | 9 March 2004 | 2 years, 347 days (1,077 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| 11 | Igor Ivanov | | 9 March 2004 | 17 June 2007 | 3 years, 100 days (1,195 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| - | Valentin Sobolev (acting) | | 17 June 2007 | 12 May 2008 | 330 days | Vladimir Putin |
| 12 | Nikolai Patrushev | | 12 May 2008 | 12 May 2024 | 16 years, 0 days (5,844 days) | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 13 | Sergei Shoigu | | 12 May 2024 | present | 283 days | Vladimir Putin |

## First Deputy Secretaries of the Security Council

* Mikhail Mityukov (7 December 1996 – 24 April 1998)
* Vyacheslav Mikhailov (8 June 1998 – 25 May 1999)
* Vladislav Sherstyuk (31 May 1999 – ? March 2004)
* Mikhail Fradkov (31 May 2000 – 28 March 2001)
* Nikolai Solovyov (24 June 2002 – ? March 2004)
* Vladimir Bulavin (30 May 2008 – 11 March 2013)
* Yury Averyanov (29 March 2013 – 1 February 2023)
* Rashid Nurgaliyev (since 6 February 2023)

## Deputy Secretaries of the Security Council

* Vladislav Nasinovsky (23 December 1992 – 30 August 1993)
* Yury Nazarkin (11 January 1993 – 30 August 1993)
* Vladimir Rubanov (9 August 1993 – 25 June 1996)
* Aleksandr Troshin (26 October 1993 – 25 June 1996)
* Valery Manilov (27 October 1993 – 18 September 1996)
* Vladimir Denisov (25 June 1996 – 29 October 1996)
* Sergei Kharlamov (25 June 1996 – 29 October 1996)
* Nikolai Mikhailov (31 June 1996 – 11 September 1997)
* Boris Berezovsky (29 October 1996 – 4 November 1997)
* Leonid Mayorov (29 October 1996 – 30 May 1998)
* Yury Deryabin (5 December 1996 – 30 March 1998)
* Boris Agapov (9 June 1997 – 8 June 1998)
* Aleksandr Ageyenkov (17 October 1997 – 8 August 1998)
* Vladimir Potapov (21 August 1998 – ? ? 2004)
* Grigory Rapota (21 August 1998 – 27 November 1998)
* Aleksei Molyakov (30 May 1998 – ? ? 1999)
* Aleksei Moskovsky (8 June 1998 – 28 March 2001)
* Viktor Melnikov (8 August 1998 – 16 September 1998)
* Oleg Chernov (4 January 1999 – ? ? 2004)
* Aleksei Ogaryov (2 February 1999 – 2 August 1999)
* Vladimir Vasilyev (31 May 1999 – 28 March 2001)
* Valentin Sobolev (31 May 2000 – 23 March 2012)
* Vyacheslav Soltaganov (28 March 2001 – ? ? 2004)
* Nikolai Solovyov (19 May 2001 – 24 June 2002)
* Valentin Stepankov (5 August 2003 – 1 June 2004)
* Yevgeny Nazdratenko (30 August 2003 – ? ? 2004)
* Yury Zubakov (28 May 2004 – 3 June 2011)
* Nikolai Spassky (28 May 2004 – 24 June 2006)
* Vladimir Nazarov (9 August 2006 – 17 October 2016)
* Yury Baluyevsky (3 June 2008 – 9 January 2012)
* Nikolai Klimashin (3 June 2011 – 3 December 2013)
* Yury Averyanov (20 January 2012 – 29 March 2013)
* Yevgeny Lukyanov (23 March 2012 – 15 December 2016)
* Sergei Buravlyov (14 December 2013 – ? ? 2017)
* Rashid Nurgaliyev (22 May 2012 – 6 February 2023)
* Mikhail Popov (since 29 March 2013)
* Sergei Vakhrukov (since 31 October 2016)
* Aleksandr Grebenkin (since 23 December 2016)
* Oleg Khramov (since 17 January 2017)
* Yury Kokov (since 26 September 2018)
* Aleksandr Venediktov (since 21 February 2019)
* Aleksei Shevtsov (since 6 February 2023)

## Assistants to the Secretary of the Security Council

* Anatoly Krivolapov (2 August 2004 – 10 December 2008)
* Vladislav Sherstyuk (16 September 2004 – 24 December 2010)
* Vladimir Nazarov (25 January 2005 – 9 August 2006)
* Yury Averyanov (17 May 2006 – 20 January 2012)
* Vladimir Zavershinsky (11 June 2008 – 21 October 2013)
* Nikolai Klimashin (29 October 2010 – 3 June 2011)
* Yevgeny Lukyanov (24 December 2010 – 23 March 2012)
* Mikhail Popov (20 January 2012 – 29 March 2013)
* Aleksandr Grebenkin (25 May 2012 – 23 December 2016)
* Ilya Shinkaryov (15 November 2013 – 25 February 2016)
* Sergei Vakhrukov (6 December 2013 – 31 October 2016)
* Aleksandr Venediktov (23 December 2016 – 21 February 2019)
* Aleksandr Abelin (1 December 2016 – 1 January 2022)
* Aleksei Pavlov (19 March 2009 – 7 May 2012, 25 May 2012 – 20 January 2023)
* Nail Mukhitov (since 2 April 2016)
* Yevgeny Anoshin (since 31 January 2023)
* Dmitry Gribkov (since 27 February 2023)