- Života Panić
Infobox Military Person
name=Života Panić
lived=November 3 ,1933 - Death date and age|2003|11|19|1933|11|3|
caption=Života Panić circa 1995
placeofbirth=Gornja Crnisava , Yugoslavia
placeofdeath=Belgrade ,Serbia and Montenegro
allegiance=Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ,Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
branch=SFR Yugoslavia ,FR Yugoslavia
serviceyears=1970s-1993
rank=Colonel General
commands=
unit=
battles=Yugoslav wars
awards=
relations=
laterwork=Života Panić (
Serbian Cyrillic : Живота Панић) (November 3 1933 ,Gornja Crnisava ,Kingdom of Yugoslavia –November 19 2003 ,Belgrade , (former) Republic of Serbia and Montenegro) was the last actingminister of defense and army chief of staff in the Yugoslavgovernment .Života Panić held the rank of
General , he was in charge of the Yugoslav people's army after the resignation of generalBlagoje Adžić in 1992. Panić was in office from until the dissolution of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. Panić held the rank of Chief of Staff in the successor to SFRY, theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia until 1993 when he was sacked for scandals relating to his sonGoran Panić who was supplying the army at supposed inflated prices.Panić graduated from Yugoslavian
military school as atank commander and gradually rose through the ranks of theYugoslav People's Army through the 1970s and 1980s. He was given authority over the 1st Army District (Belgrade ) and was the senior officer in charge of the units which fought in thebattle of Vukovar .When the complete
dissolution of former Yugoslavia was steadily occurring aroundApril 27 1992 , Panić's position was no longer applicable to the current political problems and complications. He was offered a position of chief of staff in the newYugoslav Army . Panić began to re-align the Yugoslav army in 1993 with new battle-plans and strategies,Fact|date=March 2008 but was not prepared for the political power struggles that were occurring inBelgrade at the time and retired.He died in
Belgrade onNovember 19 2003 , shortly after his 70th birthday.###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before=Blagoje Adžić
title=Chief of the General Staff ofYugoslav People's Army
and
Chief of the General Staff of theYugoslav Army
years=27 February 1992 -26 August 1993 ¹
after=Momčilo Perišić succession box
before=Blagoje Adžić (acting)
title=Federal secretary of people's defense (acting)
years=27 February 1992 -20 May 1992
after="Position abolished"External links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E6D6143BF932A15752C1A9659C8B63 Article in the New York Times]
* [http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/serbian_digest/88/t88-8.htm Article in the Rutgers University Libraries]
* [http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312&L=justwatch-l&P=R14909&I=-3 Article in the University at Buffalo]
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