Boris Agapov (politician)

Boris Agapov
Борис Агапов
member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive authority of the Sakhalin Oblast
In office 12 October 2005 – 29 June 2012
Preceded by	Vladimir Shapoval
Succeeded by	Zhanna Ivanova
Member of the Federation Council - representative from the authorty of the Altai Republic
In office 19 February 2002 – 12 October 2005
Preceded by	Mikhail Gnezdilov
Succeeded by	Viktor Lopatnikov
Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russia
In office 9 June 1997 – 8 June 1998
Vice-President of Ingushetia
In office March 1993 – 9 June 1997
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	office abolished
Personal details
Born	Boris Nikolayevich Agapov (1946-02-06) 6 February 1946 Bäherden, Turkmenistan, Soviet Union

Boris Nikolayevich Agapov (Russian: Борис Николаевич Агапов; born on 6 February 1946), is a Turkmen-Russian statesman and politician, and former military man who had been member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive authority of the Sakhalin Oblast from 2005 to 2012.

He had also served as a member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive authority of the Altai Republic from 2002 to 2005.

Agapov had served the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 1997 to 1998.

He was the only vice president of Ingusetia from 1993 to 1997.

He is not to be confused with the Soviet poet Boris Agapov, whom he was the same full name.

Biography

Boris Agapov was born on 6 February 1946.

Between 1963 and 1993, he served in various officer positions in units of border troops in Central Asia and other border districts.

In 1967, he graduated from the KGB Higher Border Command School under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

In 1973, he graduated from Far Eastern State University.

In 1978, he graduated from the Military Academy. M. V. Frunze.

In 1984, he was serving in Afghanistan.

From 1987 to 1989, he was the deputy commander of the border district.

From 1989 to 1991, he dealt with issues of protecting the state border of the USSR with Afghanistan.

From 1991 to 1993, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Border Troops - Head of the Main Operations Directorate of Border Troops.

In March 1993, Agapov became the Vice President of Ingushetia.

In 1994, he was elected vice-president of Ingushetia together with President Ruslan Aushev, and held this post until July 1997.

On 9 June 1997, Agapov was the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia.

Since 4 July 1997, he was a member of the Federal Commission on Problems of the Chechen Republic.

Since 1 August 1997, he was a member of the scientific council under the Security Council of Russia.

Since 20 January 1998 - Deputy Chairman of the Temporary Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on problems of development of the Chechen Republic and normalization of the situation in the North Caucasus region.

He left the Security Council on 9 June 1998. And on the same day, he had been the Deputy Executive Secretary of the CIS.

In December 1998, he was the co-chairman of the OPON “For Equality and Justice” (RiS).

On 19 February 2002, Agapov became a member of the Federation Council of - representative of the executive authority of the Altai Republic. On 13 March, he was a member of the Federation Council Committee on Judicial and Legal Issues. On 29 March the committee was reorganized into the Federation Council Committee on Legal and Judicial Issue.

Since 12 October 2005, he became a member of the Federation Council - representative of the executive authority of Sakhalin Oblasy. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Commission for Interaction with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Legal and Judicial Issues and member of the Federation Council Commission for Monitoring the Activities of the Federation Council.

On 29 June 2012, he was replaced by his successor Zhanna Ivanova.