Volodymyr Zamana

Volodymyr Zamana
Native name
Володимир Михайлович Замана
Birth nameVolodymyr Zamana
Born (1959-12-03) 3 December 1959 (age 64)
Ombysh Village, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union (to 1991)
 Ukraine
Service / branch Soviet Army
 Ukrainian Ground Forces
Rank Colonel General
Spouse(s)Married, son and two daughters.

Volodymyr Mykhailovych Zamana (Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Замана; born 3 December 1959) is a Ukrainian colonel general, and Chief of the General Staff from 2012 to 2014.[1] On 19 February 2014, at the height of the February 2014 Euromaidan riots, president Viktor Yanukovych dismissed Zamana from his position as Chief of the General Staff, replacing him with pro-Russian Admiral Yuriy Ilyin.[2] After Yanukovych fled the country for Russia, Zamana was installed as a parliamentary commissioner in control of defence minister by the Parliament of Ukraine on 22 February 2014.

On 25 February 2019 Zamana was detained on charges of high treason.[3] The Ukrainian military prosecutor's office claimed that because he had, while in office, deprived Ukraine of its air defense system.[3]

  1. ^ "Chief of the General Staff – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine". Ministry of Defence of Ukraine website. MoD Ukraine. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Ukraine President Yanukovych sacks army chief amid crisis". BBC News. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 10459074-ex-chief was invoked but never defined (see the help page).