Momčilo Perišić
| Momčilo Perišić | |
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Momčilo Perišić in court (Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY)
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| Born |
22 May 1944 Koštunići, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance |
SFR Yugoslavia (1966–1992) FR Yugoslavia (1992–1998) |
| Service/branch |
Yugoslav People's Army (1966–1992) Yugoslav Army (1992–1998) |
| Years of service | 1966–1998 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Battles/wars |
Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War |
Momčilo Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Перишић; born 22 May 1944) is a Serbian former general who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army between 1993 and 1998.
On 6 September 2011, in a first-instance verdict, Perišić was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the Yugoslav Wars and sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. On 28 February 2013, the Appeals Chamber reversed this decision and acquitted him on all counts.
He joined the Yugoslav People's Army and graduated from the military academy in 1966. When the conflict in the former Yugoslavia began, Perišić was the commander of the Artillery School Centre in Zadar. During the Croatian War of Independence, he was involved in the city's shelling. A Croatian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison in absentia for shelling the city, but Serbia never went on to arrest him. In January 1992, Perišić was appointed commander of the newly established 13th Corps in the Bileća. In June 1992, he was appointed Chief of Staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Army, based in Niš. He became its Commander in April 1993.
In one of its last indictiments, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Perišić in February 2005. According to the indictment, he was "exercising his authority, pursuant to the policies and limitations set by the Supreme Defence Council, to provide substantial military assistance to the Armies of Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbian Krajina, which he knew was used, in significant part, in the commission of the crimes". He surrendered in May that same year to face the charges.
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