Zdravko Ponoš

Zdravko Ponoš
Born (1962-11-03) 3 November 1962
Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Allegiance  Serbia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 FR Yugoslavia
 SFR Yugoslavia
Service/branch Military of Serbia
Rank Lt. General

Zdravko Ponoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Понош) is the former Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces.

Career

President Boris Tadić invoked his constitutional powers of Commander-in-chief of the Military of Serbia and dismissed Zdravko Ponoš on 30 December 2008 as Chief of General Staff. Ponoš made public accusations against the Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac in the media. It was also revealed that he had ignored the minister, and had not submitted a single report in a year.[1][2]

Personal life

Besides his native Serbian he also speaks English and Russian.

Military offices
Preceded by
Ljubiša Jokić
as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro		 Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
12 December 2006 – 30 December 2008		 Succeeded by
Miloje Miletić

References

  1. ↑ Tadic dismisses Chief of General Staff Ponos Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Serbian army chief of general staff dismissed over dispute with defense minister Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine.


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