Volodymyr Zamana | |
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| Native name | Володимир Михайлович Замана |
| Birth name | Volodymyr Zamana |
| Born | 3 December 1959 Ombysh Village, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (to 1991) Ukraine |
| Service/ | 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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ukraine President Yanukovych sacks army chief amid crisis". BBC News. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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