Nebojša Pavković (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Павковић; born 10 April 1946) is a former Serbian army general who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia from February 2000 to June 2002.
He also served as the Commander of Third Army of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War, from December 1998 to February 2000.
He finished teacher training college in Aleksinac in 1966, and was conscripted into the Yugoslav People's Army on 20 July 1970.
[2] For success as commander leadership he received numerous medals and awards; Slobodan Milošević awarded him the Order of Freedom for commanding the Third Army during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
[5][6] On 26 February 2009, the ICTY convicted Pavković of the charges and sentenced him to 22 years in prison.