Momčilo Perišić

Momčilo Perišić (born 22 May 1944) is a Serbian former general who was Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army until 1998. On 6 September 2011, Perišić was found guilty for war crimes and crimes against humanity and was sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. However, on 28 February 2013, the Appeal Chamber acquitted him of all charges.

Military career

He joined the Yugoslav People's Army and graduated from the military academy in 1966. When the conflict in the former Yugoslavia began, Momčilo Perišić was the commander of the Artillery School Centre in Zadar. He participated in the shelling of the city before leaving Croatia - as a consequence, he was sentenced in absence by a Croatian court to 20 years in prison for shelling Zadar, but Serbia never went on to arrest him. In January 1992, he was appointed commander of the newly established 13th Corps in the Bileca region. In June 1992, Momčilo Perišić was appointed Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Yugoslav 3rd Army based in Niš. He became its Commander in April 1993.