Secretary General of the CSTO

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Генеральный секретарь ОДКБ
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since 1 January 2023
CSTO
Member ofCSTO Collective Security Council
SeatCSTO Secretariat, Moscow, Russia
Term lengthFour years, renewable
FormationOctober 1996; 28 years ago (1996-10)
First holderVladimir 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.