Ministry of Environmental Protection (Serbia)

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| jurisdiction = Government of Serbia

| headquarters = Omladinskih brigada 1, Belgrade, Serbia

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| minister1_name = Irena Vujović

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| deputyminister1_name = Ivan Karić

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| deputyminister2_name = Branislav Blažić

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| deputyminister3_name = Dragan Jeremić

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| deputyminister4_name = Vladimir Džamić

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The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia ({{langx|sr|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.

History

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.{{cite news|title=Usvojen Zakon, nova Vlada Srbije sa 18 ministarstava|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2017&mm=06&dd=26&nav_category=11&nav_id=1276354|accessdate=30 June 2017|work=b92.net|agency=Beta|date=26 June 2017|language=Serbian}}

List of ministers

Political Party:

{{legend2|{{party color|Socialist Party of Serbia}}|SPS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}|SRS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (Serbia)}}|DS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Serbian Progressive Party}}|SNS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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colspan=3\| Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} ! Party ! colspan=2\| Term of Office ! Prime Minister {{small\|(Cabinet)}}
colspan="7" \|Minister of Environmental Protection
style="background:{{party color\|Socialist Party of Serbia}};" \| \| 100px \| Pavle Todorović {{small\|(born 1950)}} \| SPS \| 31 July 1991 \| 18 March 1994 \| Zelenović {{small\|(I)}} Božović {{small\|(I)}} Šainović {{small\|(I)}}
style="background:{{party color\|Socialist Party of Serbia}};" \| \| 100px \| Jordan Aleksić {{small\|(1950–2021)}} \| SPS \| 18 March 1994 \| 24 March 1998 \| Marjanović {{small\|(I)}}
style="background:{{party color\|Serbian Radical Party}};" \| \| 100px \| Branislav Blažić {{small\|(1957–2020)}} \| SRS \| 24 March 1998 \| 24 October 2000 \| Marjanović {{small\|(II)}}
style="background:{{party color\|Socialist Party of Serbia}};" \| \| 100px \| Mila Rosić {{small\|(born 1967)}} \| SPS \| 24 October 2000 \| 25 January 2001 \| Minić {{small\|(transitional)}}
colspan="7" \|Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Serbia)}};" \| \| 100px \| Anđelka Mihajlov {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| DS \| 13 June 2002 \| 3 March 2004 \| Đinđić {{small\|(I)}} Živković {{small\|(I)}}
colspan="7" \|Merged into Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection
colspan="4" \| \| 3 March 2004 \| 15 May 2007 !
colspan="7" \|Minister of Environmental Protection
style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Serbia)}};" \| \| 100px \| Saša Dragin {{small\|(born 1972)}} \| DS \| 15 May 2007 \| 7 July 2008 \| Koštunica {{small\|(II)}}
colspan="7" \|Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Serbia)}};" \| \| 100px \| Oliver Dulić {{small\|(born 1975)}} \| DS \| 7 July 2008 \| 14 March 2011 \| Cvetković {{small\|(I)}}
colspan="7" \|Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Serbia)}};" \| \| 100px \| Oliver Dulić {{small\|(born 1975)}} \| DS \| 14 March 2011 \| 27 July 2012 \| Cvetković {{small\|(I)}}
colspan="7" \|Minister of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning
style="background:{{party color\|Serbian Progressive Party}};" \| \| 100px \| Milan Bačević {{small\|(born 1953)}} \| SNS \| 27 July 2012 \| 27 April 2014 \| Dačić {{small\|(I)}}
colspan="7" \|Abolished, Mining department merged into the Ministry of Mining and Energy
colspan="4" \| \| 27 April 2014 \| 29 June 2017 !
colspan="7" \|Minister of Environmental Protection
style="background:{{party color\|Socialist Party of Serbia}};" \| \| 100px \| Goran Trivan {{small\|(born 1962)}} \| SPS \| 29 June 2017 \| 28 October 2020 \| Brnabić {{small\|(I)}}
style="background:{{party color\|Serbian Progressive Party}};" \| \| 100px \| Irena Vujović {{small\|(born 1983)}} \| SNS \| 28 October 2020 \| Incumbent \| Brnabić {{small\|(II)}} Vučević {{small\|(I)}}

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colspan=3| Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! Party

! colspan=2| Term of Office

! Prime Minister
{{small|(Cabinet)}}

colspan="7" |Minister of Environmental Protection

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Serbia}};" |

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| Pavle Todorović
{{small|(born 1950)}}

| SPS

| 31 July 1991

| 18 March 1994