11.05.2020.
Supreme Commander’s early promotions to servicemen for extraordinary merit in the fight against the coronavirus
Due to the demonstrated courage and successful execution of tasks in the fight against the coronavirus, and on the basis of Article 112, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, and Article 17, item 9 of the Law on the Serbian Armed Forces, the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vučić, issued decrees on promotions to a higher rank.
The Head of the Military Healthcare Department, Brigadier General Uglješa Jovičić, received early promotion to the rank of Major General, and the Head of the Logistics Department (J-4) of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Colonel Srđan Petković, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
The Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Milan Mojsilović, presented the decrees on behalf of the President of the Republic and the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces and congratulated Major General Jovičić and Brigadier General Petković on their promotions.
Major General Uglješa Jovičić graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad in 1984. During the armed conflicts in the territory of the former SFRY in 1991 and 1992, he was the commander of the medical platoon of the First Guards Artillery Brigade. He completed his specialization in General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade in 1996. During the NATO bombing in 1999, he performed the duty of the head of the Garrison Infirmary in Kragujevac, he received early promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was decorated by the President of the Republic. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2013 at the Medical Faculty in Kragujevac. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 2018. He has been the Head of the Military Healthcare Department since 2018.
During the NATO bombing in 1999, Brigadier General Srđan Petković performed the duty of commander of the technical platoon in the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Third Army’s Niš Corps. He completed the Command and Staff Course in 2009, and the General Staff Course in 2013. He received early promotion to the rank of colonel in 2014. He has been the Director of Technical Overhaul Institute Čačak since 2014, and the Head of the Logistics Department of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces since 2019.According to Major General Uglješa Jovičić, the early promotion to a higher rank is the result not only of his personal work, but also of all colleagues in the military health care, especially at a time when everyone had an extremely important task – to fight Covid-19.
- Without fellow medical workers and colleagues who are the pillar of military health care, we would not be able to fulfil the task that was set before us. I thank the Supreme Commander, the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff for recognizing that we tried to complete our tasks fully, and I thank them for recognizing my personal engagement. This is a big obligation for me and an even bigger honour. I can also say and promise that we will work even better and that we will improve military health care - said General Jovičić.
Brigadier General Srđan Petković said that promotion to a higher rank is a special moment in the career of every professional serviceman.
- For me, the promotion is a huge recognition, satisfaction and honour - on the one hand, and on the other - an obligation and responsibility in performing the upcoming tasks, together with members of the Logistics Department, Central Logistics Base, administrative and executive logistics bodies of the Serbian Armed Forces in creating conditions for an unhindered fulfilment of tasks of formations, units and institutions of the Serbian Armed Forces. I thank my superiors - the Supreme Commander, the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff for placing their trust in me - said General Petković.
The ceremony of presenting promotion decrees was attended by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Major General Petar Cvetković, the Head of the Human Resources Department of the General Staff, Brigadier General Savo Iriškić, and the Head of the Personnel Department, Colonel Zlatko Mišić.
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