Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov (Russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Гера́симов) (Born September 8, 1955) is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Graduated from the Kazan Suvorov Military School (1971-1973), the Kazan Higher Tank Command School named after the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1973-1977), the Military Academy of Armored Forces named Malinovsky (1984-1987), and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia(1995-1997).