Artikel 135 der Verfassung der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien vom 27. April 1992; vgl. CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. In: worldstatesmen.org. Abgerufen am 4. März 2022: „In wartime and peacetime, the Army of Yugoslavia shall be under the command of the President of the Republic, pursuant to decisions by the Supreme Defense Council. The Supreme Defense Council shall be made up of the President of the Republic and presidents of the member republics. The President of the Republic shall preside over the Supreme Defense Council.“
