During his military career, he was the Minister of War, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and a senator.

Her family had a sister, Danica, and a brother, Jovan, who was an officer and a cadet of the 32nd class of the Military Academy.

On April 10, 1903, he was appointed acting commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment, and on October 6 of the same year he was transferred to the position of Adjutant Chief of the General Staff.

He continued his service as the Chief of Staff of the Danube Divisional Area and the commander of the artillery battalion.

During World War I, he was sent to Montenegro, and on July 29, 1914, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin Supreme Command.

He remained in that position until January 20, 1916, after which he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff of the Serbian Supreme Command.

[1][2] After the end of the war, from January to September, he was appointed head of the military mission to the Yugoslav delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

He returned from retirement on November 7, 1940, and again appointed in the government of Dragiša Cvetković as Minister of the Army and Navy.

In this government, he made the decision to join the Axis Powers because the Royal Yugoslav Army was not ready to confront the Germans.