Ponoš dismissed as army chief
At the end of December 2008 President Boris Tadić dismissed Zdravko Ponoš as Chief of the General Staff, using his constitutional power to appoint and relieve army officers, after a public dispute between Ponoš and Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac.
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At the end of December 2008 President Boris Tadić dismissed Zdravko Ponoš as Chief of the General Staff, using his constitutional power to appoint and relieve army officers, after a public dispute between Ponoš and Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac. His deputy Miloje Miletić took over command until a successor was appointed.
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Zdravko Ponoš
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Ponoš dismissed as army chief. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.rts.rs — sourcerts.rs · verified
- 2.politika.rs — sourcepolitika.rs · verified
- 3.srbija.gov.rschecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: pono+dismiss · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Ponoš dismissed as army chief. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ponos-dismissed-2008-12-30
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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