Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova
Agency overview
Formed1831 (1991)
JurisdictionGovernment of Montenegro
HeadquartersPodgorica
Agency executive
Websitemup.gov.me

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Montenegrin: Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova Crne Gore / Министарство унутрашњих послова) is a Ministry in the Government of Montenegro, tasked with oversight and strategic planning of law enforcement apparatus in Montenegro, including budgetary oversight and internal affairs, as well as direct control over disaster relief and emergency situations management, maintaining citizen, vehicle and firearms databases, issuance of ID cards, passports, driving and firearms licences. It also has certain jurisdiction over border security management, and operates police aviation unit.

History

Historically, Ministry was the main arm of law enforcement and state intelligence. However, in 2005 the intelligence arm split and became and independent agency, while law enforcement became fully operationally independent, as Police Administration.

Ministers of Internal Affairs, since 1991

Name
(Birth–Death)
Party Term of Office
Pavle Bulatović
(1948-2000)
DPS 15 February 1991 1 August 1992
Nikola Pejaković
(born 1952)
DPS 1 August 1992 17 May 1995
Filip Vujanović
(born 1954)
DPS 17 May 1995 5 February 1998
Vukašin Maraš
(1938-2008)
DPS 5 February 1998 2 July 2001
Andrija Jovićević
(born 1963)
none 2 July 2001 8 January 2003
Milan Filipović
(born 1937)
none 8 January 2003 18 December 2003
Dragan Đurović
(born 1959)
DPS 18 December 2003 25 October 2005
Jusuf Kalamperović
(born 1959)
SDP 25 October 2005 10 June 2009
Ivan Brajović
(born 1962)
SDP 10 June 2009 4 December 2012
Raško Konjević
(born 1979)
SDP 4 December 2012 12 May 2016
Goran Danilović
(born 1971)
Demos 12 May 2016 28 November 2016
Mevludin Nuhodžić
(born 1959)
DPS 28 November 2016 4 December 2020
Sergej Sekulović
(born 1978)
none 4 December 2020 28 April 2022
Filip Adžić
(born 1986)
URA 28 April 2022 Present
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