Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo inostranih poslova/Министарство иностраних послова Slovene: Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Macedonian: Министерството за надворешни работи
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building
Ministry overview
Formed	7 December 1918;106 years ago (1918-12-07)
Dissolved	4 June 2006;19 years ago (2006-06-04)
Jurisdiction	Yugoslavia
Headquarters	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building, 24–26 Kneza Miloša, Belgrade
Ministers responsible	Ante Trumbić, first Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Drašković, last Minister of Foreign Affairs
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.

List of ministers

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Trumbić, Ante Ante Trumbić (1864–1938)	7 December 1918	22 November 1920	1 year, 351 days	Independent
2		Vesnić, Milenko Milenko Vesnić (1863–1921)	22 November 1920	1 January 1921	40 days	NRS
3		Pašić, Nikola Nikola Pašić (1845–1926)	1 January 1921	5 January 1922	1 year, 4 days	NRS
4		Ninčić, Momčilo Momčilo Ninčić (1876–1949)	5 January 1922	27 July 1924	2 years, 204 days	NRS
5		Marinković, Vojislav Vojislav Marinković (1876–1935)	27 July 1924	6 November 1924	102 days	DS
(4)		Ninčić, Momčilo Momčilo Ninčić (1876–1949)	6 November 1924	6 December 1926	2 years, 30 days	NRS
–		Trifunović, Miloš Miloš Trifunović (1871–1957) Acting	6 December 1926	24 December 1926	18 days	NRS
6		Perić, Ninko Ninko Perić (1886–1961)	24 December 1926	12 April 1927	109 days	NRS
(5)		Marinković, Vojislav Vojislav Marinković (1876–1935)	17 April 1927	3 July 1932	5 years, 77 days	DS JNS
7		Jevtić, Bogoljub Bogoljub Jevtić (1886–1960)	3 July 1932	24 June 1935	2 years, 356 days	JNS JRZ
8		Stojadinović, Milan Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961)	24 June 1935	5 February 1939	3 years, 226 days	JRZ
9		Cincar-Marković, Aleksandar Aleksandar Cincar-Marković (1889–1947)	5 February 1939	27 March 1941	2 years, 50 days	JRZ
(4)		Ninčić, Momčilo Momčilo Ninčić (1876–1949)	27 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
1		Ninčić, Momčilo Momčilo Ninčić (1876–1949)	18 April 1941	1 January 1943	1 year, 258 days	Independent
–		Jovanović, Slobodan Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958) Acting	2 January 1943	26 June 1943	175 days	Independent
2		Grol, Milan Milan Grol (1876–1952)	26 June 1943	10 August 1943	45 days	DS
3		Purić, Božidar Božidar Purić (1891–1977)	10 August 1943	1 June 1944	296 days	Independent
4		Šubašić, Ivan Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955)	1 June 1944	17 October 1945	1 year, 138 days	HSS

National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (1943–1945)

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No.	Portrait	Commissioner for Foreign Affairs	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Smodlaka, Josip Josip Smodlaka (1869–1956)	29 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
–		Tito, Josip Broz Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) Acting	30 November 1945	31 January 1946	62 days	SKJ
1		Simić, Stanoje Stanoje Simić (1893–1970)	1 February 1946	31 August 1948	2 years, 212 days	SKJ
2		Kardelj, Edvard Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979)	31 August 1948	14 January 1953	4 years, 136 days	SKJ
3		Popović, Koča Koča Popović (1908–1992)	15 January 1953	23 April 1965	12 years, 98 days	SKJ
4		Nikezić, Marko Marko Nikezić (1921–1991)	23 April 1965	25 December 1968	3 years, 246 days	SKJ
–		Pavićević, Mišo Mišo Pavićević  [ sr ] (1915–1995) Acting	25 December 1968	25 April 1969	121 days	SKJ
5		Tepavac, Mirko Mirko Tepavac (1922–2014)	25 April 1969	1 November 1972	3 years, 190 days	SKJ
–		Petrić, Jakša Jakša Petrić  [ sr ] (1922–1993) Acting	1 November 1972	15 December 1972	44 days	SKJ
6		Minić, Miloš Miloš Minić (1914–2003)	16 December 1972	17 May 1978	5 years, 152 days	SKJ
7		Vrhovec, Josip Josip Vrhovec (1926–2006)	17 May 1978	17 May 1982	4 years	SKJ
8		Mojsov, Lazar Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011)	17 May 1982	15 May 1984	1 year, 364 days	SKJ
9		Dizdarević, Raif Raif Dizdarević (born 1926)	15 May 1984	30 December 1987	3 years, 229 days	SKJ
10		Lončar, Budimir Budimir Lončar (1924–2024)	31 December 1987	11 December 1991 [3]	3 years, 345 days	SKJ
–		Maksić, Milivoje Milivoje Maksić (1928–2003) Acting	11 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 republics 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
1		Jovanović, Vladislav Vladislav Jovanović (born 1933)	15 July 1992	30 September 1992	77 days	SPS
2		Đukić, Ilija Ilija Đukić (1930–2002)	30 September 1992	4 March 1993	155 days	DS
(1)		Jovanović, Vladislav Vladislav Jovanović (born 1933)	4 March 1993	15 August 1995	2 years, 164 days	SPS
3		Milutinović, Milan Milan Milutinović (1942–2023)	15 August 1995	8 January 1998	2 years, 146 days	SPS
4		Jovanović, Živadin Živadin Jovanović (born 1938)	9 January 1998	4 November 2000	2 years, 300 days	SPS
5		Svilanović, Goran Goran Svilanović (born 1963)	4 November 2000	16 April 2004	3 years, 164 days	GSS
6		Drašković, Vuk Vuk Drašković (born 1946)	16 April 2004	4 June 2006	2 years, 49 days	SPO

Timeline

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kosovo)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Macedonia)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Slovenia)

References

1. (in Russian) Национальный комитет освобождения Югославии (НКОЮ)
2. (in Russian) Национальный комитет освобождения Югославии
3. "Yugoslav ministries, etc".

Sources

• Petar Žarković; Milivoj Bešlin (2024). "Brijunski plenum kao idejni i koncepcijski sukob: spor oko Državnoga sekretarijata za vanjske poslove" [The Brijuni Plenum as an Ideological and Conceptual Conflict: The Dispute over the State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs]. Časopis za suvremenu povijest - Journal of Contemporary History (in Croatian). 56 (2). Croatian Institute of History: 49–76.

External links

• (in Serbian) List of ministers at mfa.rs
• List of ministers at Rulers.org
• Governments of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes (Yugoslavia) 1918–1945
• Lazić, Milorad. (20 March 2017). Yugoslavia is Gone, But Its Archives Remain. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.