Ministry of Finance (Yugoslavia)

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The Ministry of Finance of Yugoslavia refers to the finance ministry which was responsible for financial system of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941 and the communist SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It may also refer to the finance ministry of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1992 to 2003.

List of ministers

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Stojan Protić	People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 December 1918	20 December 1918	1857–1923
Momčilo Ninčić	People's Radical Party (NRS)	20 December 1918	16 August 1919	1876–1949
Vojislav Veljković	Democratic Party (DS)	16 August 1919	19 February 1920	1865–1931
Velizar S. Janković	People's Radical Party (NRS)	19 February 1920	16 May 1920
Kosta Stojanović	Democratic Party (DS)	16 May 1920	3 January 1921 (Died in office)	1867–1921
Milorad Drašković Acting Minister	Democratic Party (DS)	3 January 1921	31 March 1921	1873–1921
Kosta Kumanudi	Democratic Party (DS)	31 March 1921	16 December 1922	1874–1962
Milan Stojadinović	People's Radical Party (NRS)	22 December 1922	28 July 1924	1888–1961
Mehmed Spaho	Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO)	28 July 1924	6 November 1924	1883–1939
Milan Stojadinović	People's Radical Party (NRS)	6 November 1924	8 April 1926	1888–1961
Nikola Uzunović Acting Minister	People's Radical Party (NRS)	8 April 1926	13 April 1926	1873–1954
Ninko Perić	People's Radical Party (NRS)	15 April 1926	24 December 1926	1886–1961
Bogdan Marković	People's Radical Party (NRS)	26 December 1926	28 July 1928	1880–1938
Niko Subotić		28 July 1928	7 January 1929
Stanko Švrljuga	Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	7 January 1929	19 June 1931	1880–1958
Đorđe Đurić	Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	19 June 1931	September 1931
Milorad Đorđević	Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	September 1931	22 December 1934
Milan Stojadinović	Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	22 December 1934	24 June 1935	1888–1961
Milan Stojadinović	Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	22 December 1934	24 June 1935	1888–1961
Marko Kožul	Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	24 June 1935	7 March 1936
Dušan Letica	Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	7 March 1936	5 February 1939	1884–1945
Vojin Đuričić	Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	5 February 1939	26 August 1939	1888–1944
Juraj Šutej	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	26 August 1939	18 April 1941	1889–1976

Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Juraj Šutej	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	18 April 1941	10 August 1943	1889–1976
Milan Martinović		10 August 1943	1 January 1944
Nenad Grigozono		1 January 1944	8 July 1944
Juraj Šutej	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	8 July 1944	7 March 1945	1889–1976

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Sreten Žujović	Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ)	7 March 1945	6 May 1948	1899–1976
Dobrivoje Radosavljević	Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ)	6 May 1948	14 January 1953	1915–1984
Radisav Nedeljković	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	14 January 1953	30 January 1954	1911–1996
Neda Božinović	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	30 January 1954	1 January 1956	1917–2001
Avdo Humo	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	1 January 1956	19 April 1958	1914–1983
Nikola Minčev	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	19 April 1958	1 June 1962	1915–1997
Kiro Gligorov	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	1 June 1962	18 May 1967	1917–2012
Janko Smole	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	18 May 1967	17 May 1974	1921–2010
Momčilo Cemović	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	17 May 1974	16 May 1978	1928–2001
Petar Kostić	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1978	16 May 1982	1928–
Jože Florijančić	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1982	13 December 1983	1935–
Vlado Klemenčić	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	13 December 1983	16 May 1986	1926–
Svetozar Rikanović	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1986	16 March 1989
Branko Zekan	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 March 1989	1991

FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)

No.	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1	Kovač, Oskar Oskar Kovač [ sr ] (1937–2021)	14 July 1992	11 September 1992	59 days	SPS
2	Jovanović, Dragan Dragan Jovanović	11 September 1992	2 March 1993	172 days	Independent
–	Zebić, Jovan Jovan Zebić [ sr ] (1939–2007) Acting	2 March 1993	6 July 1993	126 days	SPS
3	Ognjanović, Vuk Vuk Ognjanović (born 1939)	6 July 1993	15 September 1994	1 year, 71 days	DPS
4	Zebić, Jovan Jovan Zebić [ sr ] (1939–2007)	15 September 1994	12 June 1996	1 year, 271 days	SPS
5	Raičević, Tomica Tomica Raičević (born 1943)	12 June 1996	20 March 1997	281 days	SPS
6	Gazivoda, Božidar Božidar Gazivoda (born 1940)	20 March 1997	20 May 1998	1 year, 61 days	DPS
7	Pešić, Dragiša Dragiša Pešić (1954–2016)	20 May 1998	24 July 2001	3 years, 65 days	SNP
8	Ranković, Jovan Jovan Ranković (born 1930)	24 July 2001	7 February 2002	198 days	DSS
–	Dugalić, Veroljub Veroljub Dugalić (born 1955) Acting	7 February 2002	17 March 2003	1 year, 38 days	G17+

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