Vladimir Shamanov

Vladimir Shamanov
MP
Vladimir Shamanov MP
Владимир Шаманов
	Official portrait, 2010
Member of the State Duma
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 October 2016
Constituency	Party list
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; 19 January 2001 – 15 November 2004
Preceded by	Yury Goryachev
Succeeded by	Maria Bolshakova (acting); Sergey Morozov;
Personal details
Born	15 February 1957 (age 69); Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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); Russia
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; ;

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Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 15 February 1957) is a Russian politician and retired colonel general who last served as the commander of the Russian Airborne Forces from May 2009 to October 2016. Since he was elected in the 2016 Russian legislative election, Shamanov has been member of the State Duma, and he was the head of the Defense Committee until 2021.