Education
In 1971 Leonid Maltsev graduated from Kiev Higher Military Command School (cum laude). In 1979 he graduated from Frunze Military Academy.
In 1971 Leonid Maltsev graduated from Kiev Higher Military Command School (cum laude). In 1979 he graduated from Frunze Military Academy.
He served in the Soviet Army from 1967 after graduation from Minsk Suvorov Military School. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany as an infantry platoon commander. In 1972 he became a mechanized infantry company commander.
In 1974 he was the commander of a motorized rifle battalion.
From 1987 to 1990 he was a head of the district training center for junior professionals in Far Eastern Military District (Chita). In 1992 Maltsev graduated from the General Staff Academy in Moscow (with honors).
After graduation from the Academy in 1992 he started serving in Armed Forces of Belarus. On July 10, 1992 he became first deputy commander of the 28th Combined Arms Army, after the reduction and on 7 April 1993 he was appointed commander of the 28th Army Corps.
On October 10, 1995 he was appointed Belarus Minister of Defense.
On 1 November 1996 he was fired from the post of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus "for misconduct discrediting the rank of officer (appearance in a public place while intoxicated)». On November 29, 2000 he was appointed Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council. From September 24, 2001 to 4 December 2009 he again served as the Minister of Defense.
He succeeded Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov.
From December 4, 2009 to November 2m 2013 Leonid Maltsev served as State Secretary of Security Council. In 2014 he was appointed head of State Border Committee.