Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia) explained

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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.

History

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.

Officials and organization

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]

Serbian representation abroad

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]

Diplomatic Academy

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.

Diplomatic Archive

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.

List of ministers

Foreign Ministers of Serbia prior to formation of Yugoslavia

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 officeLeft officeMonarch
Revolutionary Serbia (1804–1815)
 Miljko Radonjić
Миљко Радоњић
(1770–1836)
4 February 181125 December 1812Karađorđe
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)
 Dimitrije Davidović
Димитрије Давидовић
(1789–1838)
8 June 18343 February 1835Prince
Miloš
 Avram Petronijević
Аврам Петронијевић
(1791–1852)
3 February 18353 May 1840
 Đorđe Protić
Ђорђе Протић
(1793–1857)
3 May 184026 October 1842Prince
Mihailo
 Aleksa Janković
Алекса Јанковић
Acting
(1806–1869)
26 October 184224 September 1843Prince
Alexander
 Aleksa Simić
Алекса Симић
(1800–1872)
24 September 184329 September 1844
 Avram Petronijević
Аврам Петронијевић
(1791–1852)
29 September 184410 April 1852
 Aleksa Janković
Алекса Јанковић
Acting
(1806–1869)
10 April 185213 September 1852
 Ilija Garašanin
Илија Гарашанин
(1812–1874)
13 September 185214 March 1853
 Aleksa Simić
Алекса Симић
(1800–1872)
14 March 185316 December 1855
 Aleksa Janković
Алекса Јанковић
(1806–1869)
16 December 185529 May 1856
 Stevan Marković
Стеван Марковић
(1804–1864)
29 May 185616 September 1856
 Aleksa Simić
Алекса Симић
(1800–1872)
16 September 185619 June 1857
 Stevan Marković
Стеван Марковић
(1804–1864)
19 June 185731 March 1858
 Stevan Magazinović
Стеван Магазиновић
(1804–1874)
31 March 18586 April 1859Prince
Miloš
 Cvetko Rajović
Цветко Рајовић
(1793–1873)
6 April 185927 October 1860
 Filip Hristić
Филип Христић
(1819–1905)
27 October 18609 December 1861Prince
Mihailo
 Ilija Garašanin
Илија Гарашанин
(1812–1874)
9 December 18613 November 1867
 Jovan Ristić
Јован Ристић
(1831–1899)
3 November 186721 November 1867
 Milan Petronijević
Милан Петронијевић
(1831–1914)
21 November 186721 June 1868
 Radivoje Milojković
Радивој Милојковић
Acting
(1833–1888)
21 June 186824 September 1868Prince
Milan
 Dimitrije Matić
Димитрије Матић
Acting
(1821–1884)
24 September 186810 August 1872
 Jovan Ristić
Јован Ристић
(1831–1899)
10 August 187222 October 1873
 Jovan Marinović
Јован Мариновић
(1821–1893)
22 October 187325 November 1874
 Milan Piroćanac
Милан Пироћанац
(1837–1897)
25 November 187420 January 1875
 Milan Bogićević
Милан Богићевић
(1840–1929)
20 January 187519 August 1875
 Jovan Ristić
Јован Ристић
(1831–1899)
19 August 187526 September 1875
 Đorđe M. Pavlović
Ђорђе Павловић
(1838–1921)
26 September 187524 April 1876
 Jovan Ristić
Јован Ристић
(1831–1899)
24 April 187621 October 1880
 Čedomilj Mijatović
Чедомиљ Мијатовић
(1842–1932)
21 October 188010 October 1881
 Milan Piroćanac
Милан Пироћанац
(1837–1897)
10 October 18817 March 1882
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)
 Milan Piroćanac
Милан Пироћанац
(1837–1897)
7 March 188221 September 1883King
Milan I
 Milan Bogićević
Милан Богићевић
(1840–1929)
21 September 18837 February 1884
 Milutin Garašanin
Милутин Гарашанин
(1843–1898)
7 February 188423 March 1886
 Dragutin Franasović
Драгутин Франасовић
(1842–1914)
23 March 18861 June 1887
 Jovan Ristić
Јован Ристић
(1831–1899)
1 June 188719 December 1887
 Dragutin Franasović
Драгутин Франасовић
(1842–1914)
19 December 188714 April 1888
 Čedomilj Mijatović
Чедомиљ Мијатовић
(1842–1932)
14 April 188823 February 1889
 Sava Grujić
Сава Грујић
(1840–1913)
23 February 188911 February 1891King
Alexander I
 Mihailo Kr. Đorđević
Михаило Кр. Ђорђевић
(1850–1901)
11 February 189121 March 1892
 Nikola Pašić
Никола Пашић
(1845–1926)
21 March 18929 August 1892
 Jovan Avakumović
Јован Авакумовић
(1841–1928)
9 August 18921 April 1893
 Andra Nikolić
Андра Николић
(1853–1918)
1 April 189323 November 1893
 Sava Grujić
Сава Грујић
(1840–1913)
23 November 189312 January 1894
 Đorđe Simić
Ђорђе Симић
(1843–1921)
12 January 189421 March 1894
 Sima Lozanić
Сима Лозанић
(1847–1935)
21 March 189415 October 1894
 Milan Bogićević
Милан Богићевић
(1840–1929)
15 October 189425 June 1895
 Stojan Novaković
Стојан Новаковић
(1842–1915)
25 June 189517 December 1896
 Đorđe Simić
Ђорђе Симић
(1843–1921)
17 December 189611 October 1897
 Vladan Đorđević
Владан Ђорђевић
(1844–1930)
11 October 18978 July 1900
 Aleksa Jovanović
Алекса Јовановић
(1846–1920)
12 July 19005 February 1901
 Mihailo Vujić
Михаило Вујић
(1853–1913)
5 February 19017 October 1902
 Vasilije Antonić
Василије Антонић
(1860–1929)
7 October 190223 December 1902
 Sima Lozanić
Сима Лозанић
(1847–1935)
23 December 190223 March 1903
 Pavle Denić
Павле Денић
Acting
(1855–1939)
23 March 190329 May 1903
 Ljubomir Kaljević
Љубомир Каљевић
(1841–1907)
29 May 190321 September 1903King
Peter I
 Andra Nikolić
Андра Николић
(1853–1918)
21 September 190320 January 1904
 Nikola Pašić
Никола Пашић
(1845–1926)
26 January 190416 May 1905
 Jovan Žujović
Јован Жујовић
(1856–1936)
16 May 19052 December 1905
 Vasilije Antonić
Василије Антонић
(1860–1929)
2 December 190517 April 1906
 Nikola Pašić
Никола Пашић
(1845–1926)
17 April 19067 July 1908
 Milovan Milovanović
Милован Миловановић
(1863–1912)
7 July 190818 June 1912
 Jovan Jovanović Pižon
Јован Јовановић Пижон
(1869–1939)
18 June 191227 August 1912
 Nikola Pašić
Никола Пашић
(1845–1926)
30 August 191210 March 1918
 Mihailo Gavrilović
Михаило Гавриловић
Acting
(1868–1924)
10 March 19183 November 1918
 Stojan Protić
Стојан Протић
Acting
(1857–1923)
3 November 19187 December 1918

Foreign Ministers of Serbia since 1991

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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See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Година LXXIII – број 61. 18 December 2017. pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs. Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. sr.
  2. Web site: ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ . parlament.gov.rs . Народна скупштина Републике Србије . 20 February 2020 .
  3. http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/about-the-ministry/officials/drzavni-sekretar State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
  4. http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/about-the-ministry/officials/pomocnici-ministra Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Officials
  5. http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/about-the-ministry/organisational-structure The Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  6. Web site: Vlada zatvara konzulate u Gracu i Malmeu. sr. RTV. 16 June 2008.
  7. Web site: Srbija otvara konzulat u Kninu . sr . RTV Studio B . 28 May 2008 . 3 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009035718/http://www.studiob.rs/info/vest.php?id=24338 . 9 October 2011 .
  8. Web site: Malaysia freezes recognition procedure . B92 . 11 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090808172046/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=08&dd=11&nav_id=52625 . 8 August 2009 .
  9. http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Bilteni/Engleski/b140207_e.html#N12 Memorandum on Services to Montenegrin Citizens Takes Effect
  10. Web site: Serbian Diplomatic Missions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. 20 June 2013.
  11. Web site: Foreign Diplomatic Missions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. 20 June 2013.