Ministry of the Interior (Serbia)

Ministry of Interior
Министарство унутрашњих послова
Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova
Emblem of the Ministry of the Interior
Ministry overview
Formed11 February 1991 (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 of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Mинистарство унутрашњих послова, romanisedMinistarstvo unutrašnjih poslova; abbr. MUP) or the Ministry of the Interior, is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Serbia.

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 Ivica Dačić, in office since 2 May 2024. 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

  • 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
    • Centre 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

List of ministers

Ministers of Internal Affairs (1944–1991)

  • 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)

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

No. Portrait Minister Took office Left office Time in office Party Cabinet
1
Bogdanović, RadmiloRadmilo Bogdanović
(1934–2014)
11 February 199130 May 1991108 daysSPSZelenović
2
Sokolović, 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
3
Stojiljković, 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
4
Mihajlović, DušanDušan Mihajlović
(born 1948)
25 January 20013 March 20043 years, 38 daysLSĐinđić–Živković
5
Jočić, DraganDragan Jočić
(born 1960)
3 March 20047 July 20084 years, 126 daysDSSKoštunica III
6
Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić
(born 1966)
7 July 200827 April 20145 years, 294 daysSPSCvetković
Dačić
7
Stefanović, NebojšaNebojša Stefanović
(born 1976)
27 April 201428 October 20206 years, 184 daysSNSVučić III
Brnabić
8
Vulin, AleksandarAleksandar Vulin
(born 1972)
28 October 202026 October 20221 year, 363 daysPSBrnabić II
9
Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić
(born 1967)
26 October 20222 May 20241 year, 189 daysSNSBrnabić III
(6)
Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić
(born 1966)
2 May 2024Incumbent1 year, 66 daysSPSVučević
Macut

See also

References

  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. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.