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Ponoš becomes Chief of the Serbian General Staff

On 13 December 2006 Zdravko Ponoš was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces and promoted to lieutenant general. President Boris Tadić signed the decrees in an extraordinary promotion from major general, and at the same time named Miloje Miletić as Ponoš's deputy.

Zdravko Ponoš (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 13 December 2006 Zdravko Ponoš was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces and promoted to lieutenant general. President Boris Tadić signed the decrees in an extraordinary promotion from major general, and at the same time named Miloje Miletić as Ponoš's deputy.

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Factrail. (2026). Ponoš becomes Chief of the Serbian General Staff. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ponos-chief-of-general-staff-2006-12-13

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Accessed 15 October 2026.

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