Volodymyr Zamana
Volodymyr Zamana | |
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Colonel General | |
| Spouse(s) | Married, son and two daughters. |
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Zamana (
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]
Biography
Zamana was born in Ombysh Village,
Odesa Military Command tank regiment.[1]
Zamana graduated from the
National University of Defense of Ukraine's Operational and Strategic Faculty in 2004. He was the Deputy Commander of the 8th Army Corps of Land Forces between 2004 and 2005 and was the Commander of the 6th Army Corps
between 2005 and 2007.
Between 2007 and 2009, he was promoted to Chief of Territorial Administration of the Western Operations Command. In 2009 and 2010, he was Deputy Commander for Combat Training - Chief of the Main Directorate for Combat Training and between 2010 and 2011 Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander of Land Forces.
Between August 2011 and February 2012 he served as the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ukraine Armed Forces, becoming Chief of the General Staff on 18 February 2012.[1][4]
At the height of the
Yatsenyuk Government Lebediev was replaced with Admiral Ihor Tenyukh
.
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, disbanded anti-aircraft missile divisions and military air force units he had deprived Ukraine of its air defense system.[3]
Zamana took part in the July
Strength and Honor.[7] But in the election the party won 3.82%, not enough to clear the 5% election threshold and thus no parliamentary seats.[8]
See also
- Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)
- February 2014 Euromaidan riots
References
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ UNIAN(25 February 2019)
- ^ Presidential Decree 128/2012.
- ^ "Ukraine President Yanukovych sacks army chief amid crisis". BBC News. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- UNIAN. 22 February 2014
- ^ "Leader of Strength and Honor party Smeshko names first ten leaders on list of candidates in parliamentary election".
- ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
External links
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