Yuri Baluyevsky

Yuri Baluyevsky

General of the Army Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky ( _ru. Юрий Николаевич Балуевский; born 9 January 1947 at Truskavets in the Ukrainian SSR) was the First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from July 2004 to 2008.

In 1970, he graduated from the Leningrad joint-arms command college, in 1980, from the Frunze Academy and in 1990, from the General Staff Academy. From 1970 to 1982, Baluyevsky served with the Soviet Army's Ground Forces, advancing from commander of a motorized rifle platoon to senior officer of a military district operations department. He spent some time with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

From 1982 to 1997, Baluyevsky held positions at the General Staff, the Defense Ministry and in the Group of Russian Forces of the Transcaucasus. In August 1997, he was appointed chief of the General Staff main operations department, and in July 2004, chief of staff of the Armed Forces and first deputy defense minister. Following the controversial tenure of General Anatoly Kvashnin, General Baluyevsky was seen as a lower-profile officer with good strategic planning skills, according to the Jamestown Federation.

Baluyevsky was promoted to General of the Army on February 22, 2005, and by June he was appointed CSTO Chief of Staff, echoing Warsaw Pact practice with Soviet and now Russian CGSs taking mirror positions within the alliance organisations.

On January 19 2008, Baluyevsky warned that Russia was ready to use force, including pre-emptively and with nuclear weapons, to defend itself against the potential threats from "international terrorism or countries seeking global or regional hegemony." [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7198181.stm Russia warns of nuclear defence] . BBC News, 19 January 2008.]

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Almaz-Antey since July 2005.

Traditionally thought of as a commanding officer with good strategic planning skills, Baluyevsky expressed strong criticism over some controversial issues in Russia's military policy, including the relocation of the Navy Headquarters from Moscow to St. Petersburg and the role and place of the General Staff in the management of the Russian military. [RIA Novosti and http://nvo.ng.ru/forces/2008-03-28/1_afront.html] The Chief of General Staff said in a public forum that the move was unnecessary.

On June 2, 2008, Baluyevsky stepped down as Chief of the General Staff, and moved to the position in the Security Council of the Russian Federation. He is succeeded by General of the Army Nikolai Makarov, former Chief of Armaments & Deputy Minister of Defense. [ [http://mil.ru/847/852/1153/index.shtml Начальник Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил РФ - первый заместитель Министра обороны РФ ] ]

External links and Sources

*Interfax-AVN, Russian Armed Forces chief of staff promoted to army general, MOSCOW, Feb 22, 2005
*http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2368275
*http://mil.ru/eng/12005/12062/12080/index.shtml] (Official Biography from the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense.
*http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369943


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