Volodymyr Zamana
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 |
| 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. 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. 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. The Ukrainian military prosecutor's office claimed that because he had, while in office, deprived Ukraine of its air defense system.