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| Native Name: | Министарство спољних послова |
| Native Name A: | Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova |
| Type: | Ministry |
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| Jurisdiction: | Government of Serbia |
| Headquarters: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building, 24-26 Kneza Miloša, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Employees: | 945 [1] |
| Budget: | €73.75 million [2] |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство спољних послова|Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova) is the ministry in the government of Serbia which is in the charge of maintaining the consular affairs and foreign relations of Serbia. The current minister is Marko Đurić, in office since 26 October 2022.
Its headquarters are located in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building.
The foreign policy and diplomatic tradition of Serbia derive from its independent state in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Specific foreign policy and diplomatic experience of the Serbian state was drawn upon the vassal or autonomous state of the Serbian people during the various periods of the Ottoman domination in the Balkans, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
In the nineteenth century, when the movement for independence from the Ottoman Empire became irrepressible, especially after the First Serbian Uprising (1804) under Karađorđe and the Second Uprising (1815) under Miloš Obrenović, Serbia embarked upon an ever-broader diplomatic rapport with the Porte in Constantinople, with Russia, Austria, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other European nations and neighboring states, such as Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Serbia became fully independent and internationally recognized at the Congress of Berlin in 1878.
Among the states with which Serbia established diplomatic relations first (before that time diplomatic relations were limited to certain diplomatic functions) were Russia, Austria, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and a number of other European countries. The diplomatic relations with the United States, however, were established only in 1882, through the ratification of the Convention on trade and navigation and the Convention on consular relations.
Following the end of World War I, in which Serbia fought on the side of the Entente, Serbia became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
In the interwar period the Kingdom was a founding member of the League of Nations and of the Little Entente with Romania and Czechoslovakia as well as of the Balkan Treaty with Romania, Greece and Turkey. The Kingdom's joining of the Axis Tripartite Pact on March 25, 1941 was revoked, by the will of the Serbian people, on the streets of Belgrade two days later.
During World War II, in which Yugoslavia was allied against the Axis Powers, a new Yugoslav federal state came into being that was proclaimed and internationally recognized in 1945.
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in 1975. It was also one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement, which held two summit conferences in Belgrade, in 1961 and 1989. In the early fifties Yugoslavia was a member of the Balkan Pact with Greece and Turkey.
The ministry in current form was established on 15 January 1991.
The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Ivica Dačić. The State Secretary is Vera Mavrić[3] and the Secretary General is Zoran Marković. Assistant Ministers are Goran Aleksić for bilateral relations, Roksanda Ninčić for multilateral affairs, Duško Lopandić for the European Union, Zoran Vujić for security policy, and Šani Dermaku for consular affairs.[4]
Organization scheme of the ministry:[5]
Serbia has a significant number of diplomatic missions abroad, representing its growing ties with the West along with Yugoslavia's historical ties with eastern Europe and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Serbia inherited about a third of the diplomatic facilities that belonged to the former Yugoslavia. After 2001 embassies in Chile, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Lebanon, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe were closed due to financial or reciprocal reasons. In June 2008, the government of Serbia made the decision to close consulates in Bari, Graz and Malmö,[6] and later that year Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić announced plans to open a consulate-general in Knin, Croatia[7] and an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[8]
On November 30, 2006, the Government of Serbia adopted the Memorandum of Agreement between the Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia on Consular Protection and Services to the Citizens of Montenegro. By this agreement, Serbian diplomatic missions provide consular services to the Montenegrin citizens on the territory of states in which Montenegro has no missions of its own.[9]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains the following missions abroad:[10]
Serbia hosts 65 foreign embassies in Belgrade, 5 Consulates-Generals (two in Niš and Subotica and one in Vršac) and 4 Liaison offices (in Priština). Serbia also hosts representatives of the Palestinian National Authority and Sovereign Military Order of Malta and 13 Honorary Consuls, some accredited as Ambassadors.[11]
The first modern law on diplomatic service was passed in 1886 during the reign of King Milan. The Diplomatic Academy was formed in 1998 from the former diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
See main article: Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. The diplomatic archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is based on former activities of the diplomatic archive of the Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was founded on May 5, 1919 on the basis of the Decree, and it consisted of Documentation and Library of the Ministry, taken over from the Ministry of the Kingdom of Serbia and Montenegro. The Main Archive started to operate more effectively in the fall of 1924 since it was then that the Minister of Foreign Affairs formed an expert commission whose task was to inspect gathered documents on the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and make a plan of future operation of the Main archive. The Law on archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic and consular missions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia abroad has from April 5, 1930 been precise in stating which holdings of the archive would become part of the Main Archive. The Diplomatic Archive has published the collections of public documents on foreign affairs of the SFRY between 1945 and 1950 in eight volumes called Blue edition.
This is a list of all the Foreign Ministers (and the Acting Foreign Ministers) of the Revolutionary Serbia, the Principality of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbia from the creation of this post in 1811 to the formation of Yugoslavia after World War I, in the late 1918. The list continues as a List of Foreign Ministers of Yugoslavia.
| Minister (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Monarch | |||||
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| Revolutionary Serbia (1804–1815) | ||||||||
| Miljko Radonjić Миљко Радоњић (1770–1836) | 4 February 1811 | 25 December 1812 | Karađorđe | |||||
| Principality of Serbia (1815–1882) | ||||||||
| Dimitrije Davidović Димитрије Давидовић (1789–1838) | 8 June 1834 | 3 February 1835 | Prince Miloš | |||||
| Avram Petronijević Аврам Петронијевић (1791–1852) | 3 February 1835 | 3 May 1840 | ||||||
| Đorđe Protić Ђорђе Протић (1793–1857) | 3 May 1840 | 26 October 1842 | Prince Mihailo | |||||
| Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић Acting (1806–1869) | 26 October 1842 | 24 September 1843 | Prince Alexander | |||||
| Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872) | 24 September 1843 | 29 September 1844 | ||||||
| Avram Petronijević Аврам Петронијевић (1791–1852) | 29 September 1844 | 10 April 1852 | ||||||
| Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић Acting (1806–1869) | 10 April 1852 | 13 September 1852 | ||||||
| Ilija Garašanin Илија Гарашанин (1812–1874) | 13 September 1852 | 14 March 1853 | ||||||
| Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872) | 14 March 1853 | 16 December 1855 | ||||||
| Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић (1806–1869) | 16 December 1855 | 29 May 1856 | ||||||
| Stevan Marković Стеван Марковић (1804–1864) | 29 May 1856 | 16 September 1856 | ||||||
| Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872) | 16 September 1856 | 19 June 1857 | ||||||
| Stevan Marković Стеван Марковић (1804–1864) | 19 June 1857 | 31 March 1858 | ||||||
| Stevan Magazinović Стеван Магазиновић (1804–1874) | 31 March 1858 | 6 April 1859 | Prince Miloš | |||||
| Cvetko Rajović Цветко Рајовић (1793–1873) | 6 April 1859 | 27 October 1860 | ||||||
| Filip Hristić Филип Христић (1819–1905) | 27 October 1860 | 9 December 1861 | Prince Mihailo | |||||
| Ilija Garašanin Илија Гарашанин (1812–1874) | 9 December 1861 | 3 November 1867 | ||||||
| Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899) | 3 November 1867 | 21 November 1867 | ||||||
| Milan Petronijević Милан Петронијевић (1831–1914) | 21 November 1867 | 21 June 1868 | ||||||
| Radivoje Milojković Радивој Милојковић Acting (1833–1888) | 21 June 1868 | 24 September 1868 | Prince Milan | |||||
| Dimitrije Matić Димитрије Матић Acting (1821–1884) | 24 September 1868 | 10 August 1872 | ||||||
| Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899) | 10 August 1872 | 22 October 1873 | ||||||
| Jovan Marinović Јован Мариновић (1821–1893) | 22 October 1873 | 25 November 1874 | ||||||
| Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897) | 25 November 1874 | 20 January 1875 | ||||||
| Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929) | 20 January 1875 | 19 August 1875 | ||||||
| Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899) | 19 August 1875 | 26 September 1875 | ||||||
| Đorđe M. Pavlović Ђорђе Павловић (1838–1921) | 26 September 1875 | 24 April 1876 | ||||||
| Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899) | 24 April 1876 | 21 October 1880 | ||||||
| Čedomilj Mijatović Чедомиљ Мијатовић (1842–1932) | 21 October 1880 | 10 October 1881 | ||||||
| Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897) | 10 October 1881 | 7 March 1882 | ||||||
| Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) | ||||||||
| Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897) | 7 March 1882 | 21 September 1883 | King Milan I | |||||
| Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929) | 21 September 1883 | 7 February 1884 | ||||||
| Milutin Garašanin Милутин Гарашанин (1843–1898) | 7 February 1884 | 23 March 1886 | ||||||
| Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914) | 23 March 1886 | 1 June 1887 | ||||||
| Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899) | 1 June 1887 | 19 December 1887 | ||||||
| Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914) | 19 December 1887 | 14 April 1888 | ||||||
| Čedomilj Mijatović Чедомиљ Мијатовић (1842–1932) | 14 April 1888 | 23 February 1889 | ||||||
| Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 23 February 1889 | 11 February 1891 | King Alexander I | |||||
| Mihailo Kr. Đorđević Михаило Кр. Ђорђевић (1850–1901) | 11 February 1891 | 21 March 1892 | ||||||
| Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926) | 21 March 1892 | 9 August 1892 | ||||||
| Jovan Avakumović Јован Авакумовић (1841–1928) | 9 August 1892 | 1 April 1893 | ||||||
| Andra Nikolić Андра Николић (1853–1918) | 1 April 1893 | 23 November 1893 | ||||||
| Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 23 November 1893 | 12 January 1894 | ||||||
| Đorđe Simić Ђорђе Симић (1843–1921) | 12 January 1894 | 21 March 1894 | ||||||
| Sima Lozanić Сима Лозанић (1847–1935) | 21 March 1894 | 15 October 1894 | ||||||
| Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929) | 15 October 1894 | 25 June 1895 | ||||||
| Stojan Novaković Стојан Новаковић (1842–1915) | 25 June 1895 | 17 December 1896 | ||||||
| Đorđe Simić Ђорђе Симић (1843–1921) | 17 December 1896 | 11 October 1897 | ||||||
| Vladan Đorđević Владан Ђорђевић (1844–1930) | 11 October 1897 | 8 July 1900 | ||||||
| Aleksa Jovanović Алекса Јовановић (1846–1920) | 12 July 1900 | 5 February 1901 | ||||||
| Mihailo Vujić Михаило Вујић (1853–1913) | 5 February 1901 | 7 October 1902 | ||||||
| Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929) | 7 October 1902 | 23 December 1902 | ||||||
| Sima Lozanić Сима Лозанић (1847–1935) | 23 December 1902 | 23 March 1903 | ||||||
| Pavle Denić Павле Денић Acting (1855–1939) | 23 March 1903 | 29 May 1903 | ||||||
| Ljubomir Kaljević Љубомир Каљевић (1841–1907) | 29 May 1903 | 21 September 1903 | King Peter I | |||||
| Andra Nikolić Андра Николић (1853–1918) | 21 September 1903 | 20 January 1904 | ||||||
| Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926) | 26 January 1904 | 16 May 1905 | ||||||
| Jovan Žujović Јован Жујовић (1856–1936) | 16 May 1905 | 2 December 1905 | ||||||
| Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929) | 2 December 1905 | 17 April 1906 | ||||||
| Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926) | 17 April 1906 | 7 July 1908 | ||||||
| Milovan Milovanović Милован Миловановић (1863–1912) | 7 July 1908 | 18 June 1912 | ||||||
| Jovan Jovanović Pižon Јован Јовановић Пижон (1869–1939) | 18 June 1912 | 27 August 1912 | ||||||
| Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926) | 30 August 1912 | 10 March 1918 | ||||||
| Mihailo Gavrilović Михаило Гавриловић Acting (1868–1924) | 10 March 1918 | 3 November 1918 | ||||||
| Stojan Protić Стојан Протић Acting (1857–1923) | 3 November 1918 | 7 December 1918 | ||||||
This list includes Ministers of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993, and after the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. For previous ministers, see Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia).
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