Viktor Trufanov

Colonel General Viktor Trofimovich Trufanov (Russian: Виктор Трофимович Труфанов) was the Head of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia (2006-2011).

Viktor Trufanov Виктор Труфанов
Head of the Russian Coast Guard
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	Vyacheslav Serzhanin
Succeeded by	Yuri Alexeyev
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-06) 6 December 1952 (age 72) Borovsky, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan)
Alma mater	Dzerzhinsky KGB Higher School

Biography

He was born in December 6, 1952 in the village of Borovsky in the Borovsky District of the Kostanay Region in Kazakhstan.

In 1974 Trufanov graduated from Alma-Ata Higher Command School of the KGB Border Guard. In 1984 he finished the KGB Dzerzhinsky Higher School (now the FSB Academy).

From 1974 to 2003 he served in the KGB of and in the Russian FSB.

In 2003 Trufanov was appointed as a deputy head of the Border Services of the Russian Federal Security Service.^[1]

Viktor Trufanov is married with one daughter.

Awards

His state awards:

• Order "For Military Merit."
• Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
• Golden Knight of Honour in "Public Recognition" (2004)
• Medal of Honor

and series of departmental awards and commemorative.