Dragoljub Ojdanić
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| Dragoljub Ojdanić | |
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| June 1, 1941 | |
 Dragoljub Ojadnic a farewell funeral ceremony of Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade |
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| Place of birth | Ravni near Užice, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Service/branch | SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Years of service | 1964- 2000 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Battles/wars | Kosovo War |
Dragoljub Ojdanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Ојданић) (born June 1, 1941 in Ravni near Užice, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was former Chief of the General Staff and Defence minister of FRY. He is currently indicted with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war by the ICTY.[1]
In 1958 he joined the Yugoslav People’s Army Military Academy and graduated in 1964. 1992. He was deputy commander of 37 korpus (JNA), later (VJ), with command in Užice. He was promoted in rank to Major General on 20 April 1992 and he became thе commander of Užice korpus. Under his command Užice korpus was hired (sicsic) in military operations in eastern Bosnia during war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He served as Chief of the General Staff First Army of FRY in 1993 and 1994. Between 1994-1996 he was commander of First Army. In 1996 he became deputy commander Chief of the General Staff. In 1998 Slobodan Milosević placed Ojdanić as a Chief of the General Staff of Military of Yugoslavia. He was also a Chief of the General Staff during NATO's Operation Allied Force.
In February 2000 after the death of defence minister Pavle Bulatović, he was placed as Defence minister of Yugoslavia and promoted in rank General of the Army of FRY.
On 25 April 2002 Ojdanić was transferred by the Yugoslav government in to a prison cell of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague. After the death of former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosević, Ojdanić attended a farewell funeral ceremony.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Momčilo Perišić |
Chief of the General Staff of Military of Yugoslavia 26 November 1998–7 February 2000 |
Succeeded by Nebojša Pavković |
| Preceded by Pavle Bulatović |
Federal Defence minister of Yugoslavia 7 February 2000–5 October 2000 |
Succeeded by Slobodan Krapović |
