A retired lieutenant general of the Serbian Armed Forces, he commanded the Serbian Army from December 2014 until June 2025, when he was dismissed; he retired in November 2025. According to the daily Danas, as Army commander he issued an order on 16 June 2023 ending the service of Military Trade Union president Novica Antić. Following a criminal complaint by the Serbian Armed Forces and a plea agreement, he was given a final conviction in October 2025 and sentenced to six months of house arrest for disclosing classified information. According to the prosecution, he proposed the plea deal; according to the defence, the prosecutor did. The defence also claims he is being persecuted. On 27 September 2026, Aleksandar Vučić granted his request for a pardon and released him from serving the sentence, which he had been serving since September.