Života Panić

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Života Panić
Born3 November 1933
Yugoslav wars

Života Panić (

Minister of Defense of Yugoslavia and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia
.

Biography

Panić, who held the rank of

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) through the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1993, he was dismissed from his post for scandals relating to his son, Goran, who was supplying the army at supposed inflated prices.[citation needed
]

Panić graduated from Yugoslavian

Yugoslav Army. Panić began to re-align the Yugoslav army in 1993 with new battle-plans and strategies,[citation needed] but was not prepared for the political power struggles that were occurring in Belgrade at the time and retired.[citation needed
]

Panić died in Belgrade on 19 November 2003, shortly after his 70th birthday.[citation needed]

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Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
27 February – 20 May 1992
Succeeded by
Himself
as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia
Preceded by
Himself
as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia
20 May 1992 – 26 August 1993
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Federal Secretary of People's Defence of Yugoslavia
Acting

27 February – 20 May 1992
Succeeded by
Position abolished