Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbia) explained

Ministry of Religion and Diaspora
Native Name:	Министарство вера и дијаспоре
Native Name A:	Ministarstvo vera i dijasopre
Type:	Ministry
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Superseding1:	Ministry of Culture and Information
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Jurisdiction:	Government of Serbia
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The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbian: Министарство вера и дијаспоре / Ministarstvo vera i dijasopre) was the ministry in the Government of Serbia which was in charge of connection with the Serbian diaspora. The ministry was merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012.

History

The ministry was established on 11 February 1991. It was abolished from 2001 to 2004. The Ministry of Religion which existed from 1991 to 2011, merged into the ministry in 2011.

The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora was later merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012. Also, the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region and Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities were established on 2 August 2012 and took some of the Ministry's jurisdictions.

List of ministers

Political Party:

Name			Party	Term of Office		Prime Minister
Minister of Relations with Serbs outside of Serbia
		Stanko Cvijan	SPS	11 February 1991	10 February 1993
		Bogoljub Bjelica	SPS	10 February 1993	18 March 1994
		Radovan Pankov	SPS	18 March 1994	24 March 1998
		Milorad Mirčić	SRS	24 March 1998	24 October 2000
		Vojislav Vukčević	SPO	24 October 2000	25 January 2001
Minister of Diaspora
		Vojislav Vukčević	SPO	3 March 2004	15 May 2007
		Milica Čubrilo	DS	15 May 2007	7 July 2008
		Srđan Srećković	SPO	7 July 2008	14 March 2011
Minister of Religion and Diaspora
		Srđan Srećković	SPO	14 March 2011	27 July 2012
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External links

• Serbian Ministry of Religion and Diaspora