Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia) facts for kids
Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo inostranih poslova/Министарство иностраних послова Slovene: Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Macedonian: Министерството за надворешни работи |
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Formed | 7 December 1918 |
Dissolved | 4 June 2006 |
Jurisdiction | Yugoslavia |
Headquarters | SIV 1, Belgrade (1959–2006) 44°49′13″N 20°25′40″E / 44.82028°N 20.42778°E |
Ministers responsible |
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Parent department | Federal Executive Council (1953–1992) |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia was the ministry responsible for representing the Kingdom of Yugoslavia internationally from 1918 to 1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It may also refer to the ministry which represented Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.
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List of ministers
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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1 | Ante Trumbić (1864–1938) |
7 December 1918 | 22 November 1920 | 1 year, 351 days | Independent | |
2 | (1863–1921) |
Milenko Vesnić22 November 1920 | 1 January 1921 | 40 days | NRS | |
3 | Nikola Pašić (1845–1926) |
1 January 1921 | 5 January 1922 | 1 year, 4 days | NRS | |
4 | (1876–1949) |
Momčilo Ninčić5 January 1922 | 27 July 1924 | 2 years, 204 days | NRS | |
5 | (1876–1935) |
Vojislav Marinković27 July 1924 | 6 November 1924 | 102 days | DS | |
(4) | (1876–1949) |
Momčilo Ninčić6 November 1924 | 6 December 1926 | 2 years, 30 days | NRS | |
– | (1871–1957) Acting |
Miloš Trifunović6 December 1926 | 24 December 1926 | 18 days | NRS | |
6 | (1886–1961) |
Ninko Perić24 December 1926 | 12 April 1927 | 109 days | NRS | |
(5) | (1876–1935) |
Vojislav Marinković17 April 1927 | 3 July 1932 | 5 years, 77 days | DS JNS |
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7 | (1886–1960) |
Bogoljub Jevtić3 July 1932 | 24 June 1935 | 2 years, 356 days | JNS JRZ |
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8 | (1888–1961) |
Milan Stojadinović24 June 1935 | 5 February 1939 | 3 years, 226 days | JRZ | |
9 | (1889–1947) |
Aleksandar Cincar-Marković5 February 1939 | 27 March 1941 | 2 years, 50 days | JRZ | |
(4) | (1876–1949) |
Momčilo Ninčić27 March 1941 | 18 April 1941 | 22 days | Independent |
Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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1 | (1876–1949) |
Momčilo Ninčić18 April 1941 | 1 January 1943 | 1 year, 258 days | Independent | |
– | (1869–1958) Acting |
Slobodan Jovanović2 January 1943 | 26 June 1943 | 175 days | Independent | |
2 | (1876–1952) |
Milan Grol26 June 1943 | 10 August 1943 | 45 days | DS | |
3 | (1891–1977) |
Božidar Purić10 August 1943 | 1 June 1944 | 296 days | Independent | |
4 | Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955) |
1 June 1944 | 17 October 1945 | 1 year, 138 days | HSS |
National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (1943–1945)
No. | Portrait | Commissioner for Foreign Affairs | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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1 | (1869–1956) |
Josip Smodlaka29 November 1943 | 7 March 1945 | 1 year, 98 days | JNOF |
SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
After the Communist Party of Yugoslavia took control of the country in 1945, most of the prewar ministers were removed from politics. Momčilo Ninčić, Bogoljub Jevtić, Milan Stojadinović, Slobodan Jovanović and Božidar Purić remained in exile. Miloš Trifunović, Milan Grol and Ivan Šubašić left politics.
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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– | Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) Acting |
30 November 1945 | 31 January 1946 | 62 days | SKJ | |
1 | (1893–1970) |
Stanoje Simić1 February 1946 | 31 August 1948 | 2 years, 212 days | SKJ | |
2 | Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) |
31 August 1948 | 14 January 1953 | 4 years, 136 days | SKJ | |
3 | (1908–1992) |
Koča Popović15 January 1953 | 23 April 1965 | 12 years, 98 days | SKJ | |
4 | (1921–1991) |
Marko Nikezić23 April 1965 | 25 December 1968 | 3 years, 246 days | SKJ | |
– | (1915–1995) Acting |
Mišo Pavićević25 December 1968 | 25 April 1969 | 121 days | SKJ | |
5 | (1922–2014) |
Mirko Tepavac25 April 1969 | 1 November 1972 | 3 years, 190 days | SKJ | |
– | (1922–1993) Acting |
Jakša Petrić1 November 1972 | 15 December 1972 | 44 days | SKJ | |
6 | (1914–2003) |
Miloš Minić16 December 1972 | 17 May 1978 | 5 years, 152 days | SKJ | |
7 | (1926–2006) |
Josip Vrhovec17 May 1978 | 17 May 1982 | 4 years | SKJ | |
8 | Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011) |
17 May 1982 | 15 May 1984 | 1 year, 364 days | SKJ | |
9 | Raif Dizdarević (born 1926) |
15 May 1984 | 30 December 1987 | 3 years, 229 days | SKJ | |
10 | (born 1924) |
Budimir Lončar31 December 1987 | 11 December 1991 | 3 years, 345 days | SKJ | |
– | (1928–2003) Acting |
Milivoje Maksić11 December 1991 | 28 April 1992 | 139 days | SPS |
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a political union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 Montenegro declared independence and parted ways.
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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1 | (born 1933) |
Vladislav Jovanović15 July 1992 | 30 September 1992 | 77 days | SPS | |
2 | (1930–2002) |
Ilija Đukić30 September 1992 | 4 March 1993 | 155 days | DS | |
(1) | (born 1933) |
Vladislav Jovanović4 March 1993 | 15 August 1995 | 2 years, 164 days | SPS | |
3 | Milan Milutinović (1942–2023) |
15 August 1995 | 8 January 1998 | 2 years, 146 days | SPS | |
4 | (born 1938) |
Živadin Jovanović9 January 1998 | 4 November 2000 | 2 years, 300 days | SPS | |
5 | (born 1963) |
Goran Svilanović4 November 2000 | 16 April 2004 | 3 years, 164 days | GSS | |
6 | (born 1946) |
Vuk Drašković16 April 2004 | 4 June 2006 | 2 years, 49 days | SPO |
See also
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Macedonia)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovenia)