Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Mинистарство унутрашњих послова, romanizedMinistarstvo unutrašnjih poslova; abbr. MUP) or the Ministry of Interior, is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Serbia.

Ministry of Internal Affairs
Министарство унутрашњих послова
Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova
Ministry of Internal Affairs amblem
Ministry overview
Formed11 February 1991; 33 years ago (1991-02-11)
JurisdictionGovernment of Serbia
HeadquartersBulevar Mihajla Pupina 2, Belgrade, Serbia
44°49′12.1″N 20°25′39.1″E / 44.820028°N 20.427528°E / 44.820028; 20.427528
Annual budget115.5 billion RSD
(983 million) (2024)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.mup.gov.rs

The Ministry is responsible for local and national Police services with municipal and district branches throughout the country. Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief. The ministry is also responsible for issuing passports and personal identification to citizens.

The current minister is Bratislav Gašić, in office since 26 October 2022. As of August 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a total of 42,817 employees, of whom 28,266 are uniformed officers.[2] Of those, 70.2% have secondary education, while 27.8% have higher or high education.[2]

Organization edit

  • Minister of Interior
  • Cabinet of Minister:
    • Bureau for Strategic Planning
    • Bureau for International Cooperation and European Integration
    • Bureau for Complaints and Representations
    • Bureau for Cooperation with the Media
  • Service of Internal Control
  • Secretary of State
  • Secretariat:
    • Department for Normative-Legal and General Legal Affairs
      • Department of Normative-Legal Affairs
      • Department of General-Legal Affairs
    • Department of housing
  • Directorate of Police:
    • Crime Police Directorate
    • General Police Directorate
    • Traffic Police Directorate
    • Border Police Directorate
    • Directorate for Administrative Affairs
    • Center of Operations
    • Directorate for Analytics
    • Directorate of Technology
    • Directorate of Connection and Cryptography
    • Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija
    • Regional Police directorates
  • Finance, Human Resources and Joint Affairs Sector:
    • Department of Human Resources
    • Department for Joint Affairs
    • Department for Nutrition & Accommodations
    • Department for Professional Education Training, Development and Science
  • Sector for Internal Police Control
  • Sector for Search and Rescue

Special police units edit

List of ministers edit

Ministers of Internal Affairs (1944–1991) edit

  • Milentije Popović (1944–1946)
  • Slobodan Penezić (1946–1953)
  • Vojin Lukić (1953–1962)
  • Vladan Bojanić (1962–1963)
  • Milisav Lukić (1963–1965)
  • Životije Srba Savić (1965–1966)
  • Slavko Zečević (1966–1976)
  • Viobran Stanojević (1976–1982)
  • Svetomir Lalović (1982–1989)
  • Radmilo Bogdanović (1989–1991)

Ministers of Internal Affairs (1991–present) edit

Political Party:   SPS   DOS   SPO   ND / LS   DSS   SNS   PS

No. Portrait Minister Took office Left office Time in office Party Cabinet
1Bogdanović, RadmiloRadmilo Bogdanović
(1934–2014)
11 February 199130 May 1991108 daysSPSZelenović
2Sokolović, ZoranZoran Sokolović
(1938–2001)
30 May 199120 March 19975 years, 294 daysSPSZelenović
Božović
Šainović
Marjanović I
Stojičić, RadovanRadovan Stojičić
(1951–1997)
Acting
20 March 199711 April 1997 †22 daysSPSMarjanović I
Đorđević, VlastimirVlastimir Đorđević
(born 1948)
Acting
11 April 199715 April 19974 daysSPSMarjanović I
3Stojiljković, VlajkoVlajko Stojiljković
(1937–2002)
15 April 19979 October 20003 years, 177 daysSPSMarjanović I–II
Marjanović, MirkoMirko Marjanović
(1937–2006)
Acting
11 October 200024 October 200013 daysSPSMarjanović II
Tomović, SlobodanSlobodan Tomović
(born 1946)
Co-Minister
24 October 200025 January 200193 daysSPSMinić
Prelević, BožidarBožidar Prelević
(born 1959)
Co-Minister
24 October 200025 January 200193 daysDOSMinić
Nikčević, StevanStevan Nikčević
(born 1961)
Co-Minister
24 October 200025 January 200193 daysSPOMinić
4Mihajlović, DušanDušan Mihajlović
(born 1948)
25 January 20013 March 20043 years, 38 daysLSĐinđić–Živković
5Jočić, DraganDragan Jočić
(born 1960)
3 March 20047 July 20084 years, 126 daysDSSKoštunica III
6Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić
(born 1966)
7 July 200827 April 20145 years, 294 daysSPSCvetković
Dačić
7Stefanović, NebojšaNebojša Stefanović
(born 1976)
27 April 201428 October 20206 years, 184 daysSNSVučić III
Brnabić
8Vulin, AleksandarAleksandar Vulin
(born 1972)
28 October 202026 October 20221 year, 363 daysPSBrnabić II
9Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić
(born 1967)
26 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 177 daysSNSBrnabić III

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/archive/files/lat/pdf/zakoni/13_saziv/1916-23%20lat.pdf
  2. ^ a b "U MUP-u 42.817 zaposlenih, najviše sa srednjim obrazovanjem". n1info.com (in Serbian). FoNet. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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