Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

Ministry of Internal Affairs
Министарство унутрашњих послова; Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova
	Ministry of Internal Affairs amblem
Ministry overview
Formed	11 February 1991; 33 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2, Belgrade, Serbia; 44°49′12.1″N 20°25′39.1″E / 44.820028°N 20.427528°E
Annual budget	115.5 billion RSD; (€983 million) (2024)
Minister responsible	Ivica Dačić;
Website	www.mup.gov.rs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Mинистарство унутрашњих послова, romanized: Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova; abbr. MUP) or the Ministry of 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
- 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

Gendarmery
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
Helicopter unit
Police Brigade (Belgrade)
Unit for Security of Objects and Personalities
Unit for Witness Protection

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.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1	Bogdanović, RadmiloRadmilo Bogdanović (1934–2014)	11 February 1991	30 May 1991	108 days	SPS	Zelenović
2	Sokolović, ZoranZoran Sokolović (1938–2001)	30 May 1991	20 March 1997	5 years, 294 days	SPS	Zelenović Božović Šainović Marjanović I
–	Stojičić, RadovanRadovan Stojičić (1951–1997) Acting	20 March 1997	11 April 1997 †	22 days	SPS	Marjanović I
–	Đorđević, VlastimirVlastimir Đorđević (born 1948) Acting	11 April 1997	15 April 1997	4 days	SPS	Marjanović I
3	Stojiljković, VlajkoVlajko Stojiljković (1937–2002)	15 April 1997	9 October 2000	3 years, 177 days	SPS	Marjanović I–II
–	Marjanović, MirkoMirko Marjanović (1937–2006) Acting	11 October 2000	24 October 2000	13 days	SPS	Marjanović II
	Tomović, SlobodanSlobodan Tomović (born 1946) Co-Minister	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	93 days	SPS	Minić
	Prelević, BožidarBožidar Prelević (born 1959) Co-Minister	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	93 days	DOS	Minić
	Nikčević, StevanStevan Nikčević (born 1961) Co-Minister	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	93 days	SPO	Minić
4	Mihajlović, DušanDušan Mihajlović (born 1948)	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	3 years, 38 days	LS	Đinđić–Živković
5	Jočić, DraganDragan Jočić (born 1960)	3 March 2004	7 July 2008	4 years, 126 days	DSS	Koštunica I–II
6	Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić (born 1966)	7 July 2008	27 April 2014	5 years, 294 days	SPS	Cvetković Dačić
7	Stefanović, NebojšaNebojša Stefanović (born 1976)	27 April 2014	28 October 2020	6 years, 184 days	SNS	Vučić I–II Brnabić
8	Vulin, AleksandarAleksandar Vulin (born 1972)	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	1 year, 363 days	PS	Brnabić II
9	Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić (born 1967)	26 October 2022	2 May 2024	1 year, 189 days	SNS	Brnabić III
6 (10)	Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić (born 1966)	2 May 2024	Incumbent	182 days	SPS	Vučević

References

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

External links

Official website (in Serbian)

[1] ttp://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/archive/files/lat/pdf/zakoni/13_saziv/1916-23%20lat.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[aug16n1-2] "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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