Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Native Name: | Ministarstvo inostranih poslova/Министарство иностраних послова |
Native Name A: | Slovenian: Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve |
Native Name R: | Macedonian: Министерството за надворешни работи |
Type: | Ministry |
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Jurisdiction: | Yugoslavia |
Coordinates: | 44.8203°N 20.4278°W |
Minister1 Name: | Ante Trumbić |
Minister1 Pfo: | first Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister2 Name: | Vuk Drašković |
Minister2 Pfo: | last Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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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.
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.
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.