| Ninoslav Krstić | |
|---|---|
 Lt. Col. Gen. Ninoslav Krstić as Commander of Joint Security Forces during Insurgency in the Preševo Valley in 2001 | |
| Born | July 10, 1946 |
| Died | July 5, 2012 (aged 65) |
| Place of birth | Niševac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Allegiance |
 SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel General |
| Commands held | Joint Security Forces (2001) |
| Battles/wars |
Kosovo War Insurgency in the Preševo Valley |
| Other work | Head of Forum for Security and Democracy |
Ninoslav Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Нинослав Крстић; 10 July 1946 – 5 July 2012) was a Serbian general who served as Commander of Joint Security Force during Insurgency in the Preševo Valley.
Biography[]
He was born on July 10, 1946, in the village of Niševac, near Svrljig. He graduated from technical high school, and after that from the Military Academy (1968). He graduated from the highest military schools: the Command and Staff Academy (1984) and the School of National Defense (1989). During his career, he was on duty from company commander to corps commander. He was reassigned five times, he served in Nis, Leskovac, Kosovska Mitrovica, Belgrade, Novi Sad. He became a general in 1994 and was appointed commander of the Novi Sad Corps. On the Day of the Yugoslav Army, June 16, 1998, he was appointed Chief of Staff and also Deputy Commander of the First Army. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general on December 25, 1998. During the aggression on Yugoslavia, at the end of March 1999, NATO planes hit the command post of the First Army, then General Srboljub Trajković and several officers of the Yugoslav Army were killed, while Krstić was slightly injured. He was appointed head of the VJ inspection on December 28, 1999.
He was appointed head of the command of the Joint VJ and Police, which will enter the buffer zone in southern Serbia, in March 2001. He signed an agreement with KFOR Commander Karl Cabidjoz on behalf of the VJ on the VJ's entry into the buffer zone.
He was removed from the post of commander of the Joint Forces by the decision of FRY President Vojislav Kostunica, and at the request of the VJ Chief of Staff, Colonel General Nebojsa Pavkovic.[1]
Krstić died on 5 July 2012 after a short illness.[2]
References[]
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