| Ministry of Environmental Protection | |
| Native Name: | Министарство заштите животне средине |
| Native Name A: | Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine |
| Type: | Ministry |
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| Jurisdiction: | Government of Serbia |
| Headquarters: | Omladinskih brigada 1, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Coordinates: | 44.8222°N 20.4132°W |
| Budget: | €67.18 million [1] |
| Minister1 Name: | Irena Vujović |
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| Deputyminister1 Name: | Ivan Karić |
| Deputyminister2 Name: | Branislav Blažić |
| Deputyminister3 Name: | Dragan Jeremić |
| Deputyminister4 Name: | Vladimir Džamić |
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство заштите животне средине|Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of the environmental protection. The current minister is Irena Vujović, in office since 2020.
The ministry was established on 31 July 1991. Over the years, several departments were added and removed in the Ministry's jurisdiction. The area covered by the Ministry mostly included Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Spatial Planning.
From 2004 to 2007, the Environmental Protection department was under Ministry of Science jurisdiction.
In 2011, the Mining department of the Ministry of Mining and Energy was added to the Ministry only to be removed in 2014. In 2012, Environment department was moved into Ministry of Energy, Development, and Environment under Zorana Mihajlović.
The Ministry was abolished in 2014, as the Mining department was merged into Ministry of Mining and Energy.
In 2017, it was split from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection.[2]
Political Party:
| Name | Party | Term of Office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| Pavle Todorović | SPS | 31 July 1991 | 18 March 1994 | ||||
| Jordan Aleksić | SPS | 18 March 1994 | 24 March 1998 | ||||
| Branislav Blažić | SRS | 24 March 1998 | 24 October 2000 | ||||
| Mila Rosić | SPS | 24 October 2000 | 25 January 2001 | ||||
| Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection | |||||||
| Anđelka Mihajlov | DS | 13 June 2002 | 3 March 2004 | ||||
| Merged into Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection | |||||||
| 3 March 2004 | 15 May 2007 | ||||||
| Minister of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| Saša Dragin | DS | 15 May 2007 | 7 July 2008 | ||||
| Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning | |||||||
| Oliver Dulić | DS | 7 July 2008 | 14 March 2011 | ||||
| Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning | |||||||
| Oliver Dulić | DS | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | ||||
| Minister of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning | |||||||
| Milan Bačević | SNS | 27 July 2012 | 27 April 2014 | ||||
| Abolished, Mining department merged into the Ministry of Mining and Energy | |||||||
| 27 April 2014 | 29 June 2017 | ||||||
| Minister of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| Goran Trivan | SPS | 29 June 2017 | 28 October 2020 | ||||
| Irena Vujović | SNS | 28 October 2020 | Incumbent | ||||