Ministry of Defence (Serbia)

Ministry of Defence
Министарство одбране; Ministarstvo odbrane
	Emblem of the Ministry of Defence
Ministry overview
Formed	10 April 1862
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Birčaninova 5, Belgrade, Serbia; 44°48′16.9″N 20°27′35.7″E / 44.804694°N 20.459917°E
Employees	112 (2017)
Annual budget	158.8 billion RSD; (€1.35 billion) (2024)
Minister responsible	Miloš Vučević;
Website	www.mod.gov.rs

The Ministry of Defence of Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство одбране, romanized: Ministarstvo odbrane) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of defending the Republic of Serbia from internal and external military threats. The current minister is Miloš Vučević, in office since 26 October 2022.

The Ministry uses Building "B" of the former Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building as its headquarters.

Organization

This is the organisation within the Ministry of Defence:

Minister of Defence
- Cabinet of Minister
  - Section for protocol
- State secretaries
  - Department for emergency situations
  - Department for budget and finances
- Department for public relations
- General Staff
- Defence Policy Sector
  - Department for organization
  - Department for strategic planning
  - Department for international military cooperation
  - Institute for Strategic Research
- Secretariat
  - Department for legal affairs
  - Section for operational affairs
- Human Resources Sector
  - Department for personnel
  - Department for military obligations
  - Department for military education
  - Military Social Security Fund
  - University of Defence
- Material Resources Sector
  - Logistics Department
  - Military Geographic Institute "General Stevan Bošković"
  - Procurement Department
  - Defensive technologies Department
  - Military Technical Institute
  - Technical Overhaul Institute "Đurđe Dimitrijević-Đura"
  - General Logistics Department
    - Military institution "Karađorđevo"
    - Military institution "Morović"
    - Military institution "Dedinje"
    - Military institution "Morava"
    - Military institution "Tara"
    - Military institution "Vrnjačka Banja"
  - Health Care Department
    - Military medical centre Belgrade
    - Military hospital Novi Sad
    - Military hospital Niš
    - Central pharmacy
    - Military medical commission
  - Infrastructure Department
    - Directorate for construction
      - Military construction institution "Beograd"
      - Military institution for the maintenance of buildings and dwellings "Beograd-2"
    - Directorate for urban construction-consulting
      - Military construction centre "Beograd"
      - Military construction centre "Niš"
  - Transport Section
  - Military Medical Academy
- Military Intelligence Agency
- Military Security Agency

List of ministers

Ministers of Army (1862–1918)

This is a list of all the Ministers of Army (and the Acting Ministers of Army) of the Principality of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbia from the creation of the post in 1862 to the creation of Yugoslavia after World War I, in the late 1918. The list continues as a List of Defence Ministers of Yugoslavia.

People's Radical Party Serbian Progressive Party Independent Radical Party Non-party

Minister (Birth–Death)		Took office	Left office	Monarch
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)
	Hyppolyte Mondain Иполит Монден (1811–1900)	10 April 1862	2 April 1865	Prince Mihailo
	Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873)	2 April 1865	21 June 1868	Prince Mihailo
	Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906)	21 June 1868	10 August 1872	Prince Milan
	Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873)	10 August 1872	23 March 1873
	Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906)	23 March 1873	2 April 1873
	Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896)	2 April 1873	22 October 1873
	Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892)	22 October 1873	19 August 1875
	Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886)	19 August 1875	4 November 1876
	Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	4 November 1876	1 October 1878
	Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908)	1 October 1878	21 October 1880
	Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896)	21 October 1880	12 February 1882
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)
	Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886)	12 February 1882	21 September 1883	King Milan I
	Jovan Petrović Јован Петровић	21 September 1883	24 November 1885
	Dragutin Filipović Драгутин Филиповић	24 November 1885	23 March 1886
	Đura Horvatović Ђура Хорватовић (1835–1895)	23 March 1886	5 February 1887
	Petar Topalović Петар Топаловић (1840–1891)	5 February 1887	1 June 1887
	Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић Acting	1 June 1887	5 July 1887
	Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	5 July 1887	14 April 1888
	Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892)	14 April 1888	22 February 1889
	Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893)	22 February 1889	16 March 1890	King Aleksandar I
	Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	16 March 1890	11 February 1891
	Radovan Miletić Радован Милетић	11 February 1891	7 May 1891
	Jovan Praporčetović Јован Прапорчетовић	7 May 1891	21 March 1892
	Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893)	21 March 1892	9 August 1892
	Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић	9 August 1892	1 April 1893
	Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	1 April 1893	4 June 1893
	Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	4 June 1893	12 January 1894
	Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903)	12 January 1894	25 June 1895
	Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	25 June 1895	17 December 1896
	Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908)	17 December 1896	11 October 1897
	Dragomir Vučković Драгомир Вучковић	11 October 1897	10 December 1899
	Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921)	10 December 1899	12 July 1900
	Miloš Vasić Милош Васић (1859–1935)	12 July 1900	27 April 1901
	Božidar Janković Божидар Јанковић (1849–1920)	27 April 1901	3 August 1901
	Čedomilj Miljković Чедомиљ Миљковић	3 August 1901	21 December 1901
	Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	21 December 1901	7 October 1902
	Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903)	7 October 1902	29 May 1903
	Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921)	29 May 1903	2 August 1903	King Petar I
	Leonid Solarević Леонид Соларевић (1854–1929)	2 August 1903	21 September 1903
	Milan Andrejević Милан Андрејевић (1853–1916)	21 September 1903	26 January 1904
	Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	26 January 1904	16 May 1905
	Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	16 May 1905	1 March 1906
	Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	1 March 1906	17 April 1906
	Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	17 April 1906	30 March 1908
	Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929)	30 March 1908	23 December 1908
	Mihailo Živković Михаило Живковић (1856–1930)	23 December 1908	1 October 1909
	Ljubomir Stojanović Љубомир Стојановић Acting (1860–1930)	1 October 1909	11 October 1909
	Milutin Marinović Милутин Мариновић	11 October 1909	4 March 1910
	Ilija Gojković Илија Гојковић (1854–1917)	4 March 1910	24 February 1911
	Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929)	24 February 1911	22 May 1912
	Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	22 May 1912	19 September 1912
	Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948)	19 September 1912	3 January 1913
	Miloš Božanović Милош Божановић (1863–1922)	3 January 1913	4 January 1914
	Dušan Stefanović Душан Стефановић (1870–1951)	4 January 1914	22 November 1914
	Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић Acting (1845–1926)	22 November 1914	14 December 1914
	Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948)	14 December 1914	6 December 1915
	Božidar Terzić Божидар Терзић (1867–1939)	6 December 1915	31 May 1918
	Stojan Protić Стојан Протић Acting (1857–1923)	31 May 1918	24 June 1918
	Mihailo Rašić Михаило Рашић (1858–1932)	24 June 1918	1 December 1918

Ministers of Defence (1991–1993; 2006–present)

This list includes Ministers of Defence from 1991 to 1993, and after the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. For previous ministers, see Ministry of Defense (Yugoslavia).

Political Party: n-p DS SNS PS

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1	Jokić, MiodragMiodrag Jokić (born 1935)	11 February 1991	31 July 1991	170 days	Independent	Zelenović
2	Simović, TomislavTomislav Simović (born 1933)	31 July 1991	23 December 1991	145 days	Independent	Zelenović
3	Negovanović, MarkoMarko Negovanović (1935–2023)	23 December 1991	6 November 1993	1 year, 318 days	Independent	Božović Šainović
Part of Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia
4	Stanković, ZoranZoran Stanković (1954–2021)	4 June 2006	15 May 2007	345 days	Independent	Koštunica I
5	Šutanovac, DraganDragan Šutanovac (born 1968)	15 May 2007	27 July 2012	5 years, 73 days	DS	Koštunica II Cvetković
6	Vučić, AleksandarAleksandar Vučić (born 1970)	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	1 year, 37 days	SNS	Dačić
7	Rodić, NebojšaNebojša Rodić (born 1953)	2 September 2013	27 April 2014	237 days	SNS	Dačić
8	Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić (born 1967)	27 April 2014	5 February 2016	1 year, 284 days	SNS	Vučić I
–	Vujović, DušanDušan Vujović (born 1960) Acting	5 February 2016	2 March 2016	26 days	Independent	Vučić I
9	Đorđević, ZoranZoran Đorđević (born 1970)	2 March 2016	29 June 2017	1 year, 119 days	SNS	Vučić I–II
10	Vulin, AleksandarAleksandar Vulin (born 1972)	29 June 2017	28 October 2020	3 years, 121 days	PS	Brnabić
11	Stefanović, NebojšaNebojša Stefanović (born 1976)	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	1 year, 363 days	SNS	Brnabić II
12	Vučević, MilošMiloš Vučević (born 1974)	26 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 79 days	SNS	Brnabić III

References

↑ "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
↑ https://www.balkansec.net/post/vojni-bud%C5%BEet-srbije-u-2024-vi%C5%A1e-para-za-plate-manje-za-naoru%C5%BEanje-i-obuku

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[1] "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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