Vladimir Shamanov

Vladimir Shamanov
MP
Vladimir Shamanov MP
Владимир Шаманов
	official portrait, 2010
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 October 2016
Chairman of the Defence Committee of the State Duma
	In office; 5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Preceded by	Vladimir Komoyedov
Succeeded by	Andrey Kartapolov
2nd Governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast
	In office; January 19, 2001 – November 15, 2004
Preceded by	Yury Goryachev
Succeeded by	Maria Bolshakova (acting); Sergey Morozov;
Personal details
Born	15 February 1957 (age 68); Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Spouse	Lyudmila Shamanova
Education	Tashkent Higher Tank Command School; Frunze Military Academy; General Staff Academy;
Awards	Hero of Russian Federation
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991); Russian Federation
Branch/service	Soviet Airborne Forces; Russian Airborne Forces;
Years of service	1978–2016
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	328th Guards Parachute Regiment; 58th Army; Russian Airborne Forces;
Battles/wars	First Nagorno-Karabakh War Operation Goranboy; ; First Chechen War First Battle of Grozny; Battle of Bamut; ; Dagestan War; Second Chechen War Battle of Grozny; ; Russo-Georgian War Battle of Kodori Valley; ;

Vladimir Anatolievich Shamanov (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 15 February 1957) is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from May 2009 to October 2016 and a Russian politician. After his retirement in October 2016, Shamanov became head of the State Duma Defense Committee.