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| honorific_prefix = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]<br>[[General of the Army (Russia)|General of the Army]]
| name          = Valery Gerasimov
| native_name   = {{lang|ru|Вале́рий Гера́симов}}
| image         = Valery Gerasimov official photo version 2022-10-03.jpg
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| caption       = Gerasimov in an official portrait from 2019
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|8|df=y}}
| death_date    = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place   = [[Kazan]], [[Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Tatar ASSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| allegiance    = {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} (1976–1991) <br>{{flag|Russian Federation}} (1991–present)
| branch        = [[Soviet Armed Forces]]<br>[[Russian Armed Forces]]
| serviceyears  = 1976–present
| rank          = [[File:Russia-Army-OF-9-2013.svg|35px]] [[Army General (Russia)|General of the Army]]
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| commands      = [[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief of the General Staff]] <br/> Deputy Chief of the General Staff <br/> [[Central Military District]] <br/> [[Moscow Military District]] <br/> [[Leningrad Military District]] <br/> [[58th Army]] <br/> [[144th Guards Motor Rifle Division]]
| battles       = [[Second Chechen War]]<br/>[[Syrian Civil War]]
| awards        = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] <br/> [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]] <br/> [[Order of St. George|Order of St. George (3rd and 4th Class)]]
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}}'''Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov''' ({{lang-rus|Валерий Васильевич Герасимов|p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf}}; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian [[General of the Army (Russia)|General of the Army]]. He is the current [[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief]] of the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|General Staff]] of the [[Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|Armed Forces]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. He was appointed by [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] on 9 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/russian-army-general-staff-chief-gerasimov-ten-russian-military-servicemen-suspected-of-involvement-in-ilovaisk-tragedy-sbu-395041.html|title=Russian Army General Staff Chief Gerasimov, ten Russian military servicemen suspected of involvement in Ilovaisk tragedy - SBU|work=Kyiv Post|date=5 August 2015|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

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