Ministry of the Interior (Yugoslavia)

{{Short description|Yugoslavian government ministry responsible for internal affairs}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| name = Ministry of the Interior

| native_name = {{langx|sh|Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova}}/{{lang|sh-Cyrl|Министарство унутрашњих послова}}

| native_name_a = {{langx|sl|Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve}}

| native_name_r = {{langx|mk|Министерство за внатрешни работи}}

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| image = Bombed building on ulica knez milosa.JPG

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| image_caption = The Yugoslav Ministry of the Interior building, damaged by a NATO bomb during the Kosovo War.

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| jurisdiction = Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro

| headquarters = Belgrade

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| minister1_name = Marko Trifković

| minister1_pfo = first Minister of the Interior

| minister2_name = Zoran Živković

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The Ministry of the Interior of Yugoslavia refers to the internal affairs ministry which was responsible for interior of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1945 and the communist SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It may also refer to the interior ministry of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1992 to 2003.

List of ministers

=Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)=

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| order2 = 1

| image = Marko Trifković.jpg

| officeholder = Marko Trifković

| officeholder_sort = Trifković, Marko

| born_year = 1864

| died_year = 1928

| term_start = 1 December 1918

| term_end = 20 December 1918

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|12|01|1918|12|20}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 2

| image = Svetozar Pribićević (1).jpg

| officeholder = Svetozar Pribićević

| officeholder_sort = Pribićević, Svetozar

| born_year = 1875

| died_year = 1936

| term_start = 20 December 1918

| term_end = 19 February 1920

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|12|20|1920|02|19}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

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| order2 = (1)

| image = Marko Trifković.jpg

| officeholder = Marko Trifković

| officeholder_sort = Trifković, Marko

| born_year = 1864

| died_year = 1928

| term_start = 19 February 1920

| term_end = 16 May 1920

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1920|02|19|1920|05|16}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 3

| image = Ljubimir davidovic.jpg

| officeholder = Ljubomir Davidović

| officeholder_sort = Davidović, Ljubomir

| born_year = 1863

| died_year = 1940

| term_start = 16 May 1920

| term_end = 1 January 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1920|05|16|1921|01|01}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

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| order2 = 4

| image = Milorad Drašković wiki photo.jpg

| officeholder = Milorad Drašković

| officeholder_sort = Drašković, Milorad

| born_year = 1873

| died_year = 1921

| died = y

| term_start = 1 January 1921

| term_end = 21 July 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|01|01|1921|07|21}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

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| image = Svetozar Pribićević (1).jpg

| officeholder = Svetozar Pribićević

| officeholder_sort = Pribićević, Svetozar

| born_year = 1875

| died_year = 1936

| term_start = 21 July 1921

| term_end = 24 December 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|07|21|1921|12|24}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 5

| image = Vojislav Marinković.jpg

| officeholder = Vojislav Marinković

| officeholder_sort = Marinković, Vojislav

| born_year = 1876

| died_year = 1935

| term_start = 24 December 1921

| term_end = 24 June 1922

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|12|24|1922|06|24}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 6

| image = Milorad Vujičić.jpg

| officeholder = Milorad Vujičić

| officeholder_sort = Vujičić, Milorad

| born_year = 1869

| died_year = 1936

| term_start = 17 December 1922

| term_end = 27 March 1924

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1922|12|17|1924|03|27}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 7

| image = Milan Srškić facingright.jpg

| officeholder = Milan Srškić

| officeholder_sort = Srškić, Milan

| born_year = 1880

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 27 March 1924

| term_end = 28 July 1924

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1924|03|27|1924|07|28}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 8

| image = Nastas Petrović.jpg

| officeholder = Nastas Petrović

| officeholder_sort = Petrović, Nastas

| born_year = 1867

| died_year = 1928

| term_start = 28 July 1924

| term_end = 6 November 1924

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1924|07|28|1924|11|06}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 9

| image = Božidar Maksimović.jpg

| officeholder = Božidar Maksimović

| officeholder_sort = Maksimović, Božidar

| born_year = 1886

| died_year = 1969

| term_start = 6 November 1924

| term_end = 17 April 1927

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1924|11|06|1927|04|17}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 10

| image = Velimir vukicevic.jpg

| officeholder = Velimir Vukićević

| officeholder_sort = Vukićević, Velimir

| born_year = 1871

| died_year = 1930

| term_start = 17 April 1927

| term_end = 13 January 1928

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1927|04|17|1928|01|13}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 11

| image =

| officeholder = Čedomir Radović

| officeholder_sort = Radović, Čedomir

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 13 January 1928

| term_end = 23 February 1928

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1928|01|13|1928|02|23}}

| alt_party = ?

}}

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| order2 = 12

| image = Korosec anton.jpg

| officeholder = Anton Korošec

| officeholder_sort = Korošec, Anton

| born_year = 1872

| died_year = 1940

| term_start = 28 February 1928

| term_end = 7 January 1929

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1928|02|28|1929|01|07}}

| alt_party = Slovene People's Party (historical)

}}

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| order2 = 13

| image = Petar Zivkovic.jpg

| officeholder = Petar Živković

| officeholder_sort = Živković, Petar

| born_year = 1879

| died_year = 1953

| term_start = 7 January 1929

| term_end = 5 January 1932

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1929|01|07|1932|01|05}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav National Party

}}

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| order2 = (7)

| image = Milan Srškić facingright.jpg

| officeholder = Milan Srškić

| officeholder_sort = Srškić, Milan

| born_year = 1880

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 5 January 1932

| term_end = 11 July 1932

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1932|01|05|1932|07|11}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav National Party

}}

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| order2 = 14

| image = Živojin Lazić.jpg

| officeholder = Živojin Lazić

| officeholder_sort = Lazić, Živojin

| born_year = 1876

| died_year = 1958

| term_start = 11 July 1932

| term_end = 22 December 1934

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1932|07|11|1934|12|22}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav National Party

}}

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| order2 = 15

| image = Velimir Popović.jpg

| officeholder = Velimir Popović

| officeholder_sort = Popović, Velimir

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 December 1934

| term_end = 24 June 1935

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1934|12|22|1935|06|24}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav National Party

| alt_party2 = Yugoslav Radical Union

}}

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| order2 = (12)

| image = Korosec anton.jpg

| officeholder = Anton Korošec

| officeholder_sort = Korošec, Anton

| born_year = 1872

| died_year = 1940

| term_start = 24 June 1935

| term_end = 21 December 1938

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1935|06|24|1938|12|21}}

| alt_party = Slovene People's Party (historical)

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 16

| image = Milan Aćimović (retouched).jpg

| officeholder = Milan Aćimović

| officeholder_sort = Aćimović, Milan

| born_year = 1898

| died_year = 1945

| term_start = 21 December 1938

| term_end = 5 February 1939

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1938|12|21|1939|02|05}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav Radical Union

}}

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| order2 = 17

| image = Dragiša Cvetković (1).jpg

| officeholder = Dragiša Cvetković

| officeholder_sort = Cvetković, Dragiša

| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1969

| term_start = 5 February 1939

| term_end = 26 August 1939

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|02|05|1939|08|26}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav Radical Union

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 18

| image = Станоје Михалџић.jpg

| officeholder = Stanoje Mihaldžić

| officeholder_sort = Mihaldžić, Stanoje

| born_year = 1892

| died_year = 1956

| term_start = 26 August 1939

| term_end = 8 July 1940

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|08|26|1940|07|8}}

| alt_party = Yugoslav Radical Union

}}

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| order2 = (17)

| image = Dragiša Cvetković (1).jpg

| officeholder = Dragiša Cvetković

| officeholder_sort = Cvetković, Dragiša

| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1969

| term_start = 8 July 1940

| term_end = 27 March 1941

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1940|07|8|1941|03|27}}

| acting =

| alt_party = Yugoslav Radical Union

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order2 = 19

| image = Srđan Budisavljević.jpg

| officeholder = Srđan Budisavljević

| officeholder_sort = Budisavljević, Srđan

| born_year = 1883

| died_year = 1968

| term_start = 27 March 1941

| term_end = 18 April 1941

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1941|03|27|1941|04|18}}

| alt_party = Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

=Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)=

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| order2 = 1

| image = Srđan Budisavljević.jpg

| officeholder = Srđan Budisavljević

| officeholder_sort = Budisavljević, Srđan

| born_year = 1883

| died_year = 1968

| term_start = 18 April 1941

| term_end = 21 August 1941

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1941|04|18|1941|08|21}}

| alt_party = Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

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| order2 = 2

| image = Dušan Simović.jpg

| officeholder = Dušan Simović

| officeholder_sort = Simović, Dušan

| born_year = 1882

| died_year = 1962

| term_start = 21 August 1941

| term_end = 11 January 1942

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1941|08|21|1942|01|11}}

| alt_party = Independent politician

}}

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| order2 = 3

| image = Slobodan Jovanović (Vreme, 1940).jpg

| officeholder = Slobodan Jovanović

| officeholder_sort = Jovanović, Slobodan

| born_year = 1869

| died_year = 1958

| term_start = 12 January 1942

| term_end = 26 June 1943

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1942|01|11|1943|06|26}}

| alt_party = Independent politician

}}

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| order2 = 4

| image = Miloš Trifunović.jpg

| officeholder = Miloš Trifunović

| officeholder_sort = Trifunović, Miloš

| born_year = 1871

| died_year = 1957

| term_start = 26 June 1943

| term_end = 10 August 1943

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1943|06|26|1943|08|10}}

| alt_party = People's Radical Party

}}

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| order2 = 5

| image =

| officeholder = Vladeta Milićević

| officeholder_sort = Milićević, Vladeta

| born_year = 1898

| died_year = 1969

| term_start = 10 August 1943

| term_end = 8 July 1944

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1943|08|10|1944|07|08}}

| alt_party = Independent politician

}}

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| order2 = 6

| image =

| officeholder = Sava Kosanović

| officeholder_sort = Kosanović, Sava

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1956

| term_start = 8 July 1944

| term_end = 7 March 1945

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1944|07|08|1945|03|07}}

| alt_party = Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

=SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)=

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| order2 = 1

| image = Vlado Zečević 1942.jpg

| officeholder = Vlada Zečević

| officeholder_sort = Zečević, Vlada

| born_year = 1903

| died_year = 1970

| term_start = 7 March 1945

| term_end = 2 February 1946

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|03|07|1946|02|02}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 2

| image = Aleksandar Ranković (1).jpg

| officeholder = Aleksandar Ranković

| officeholder_sort = Ranković, Aleksandar

| born_year = 1909

| died_year = 1983

| term_start = 2 February 1946

| term_end = 14 January 1953

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1946|02|02|1953|01|14}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 3

| image =

| officeholder = Svetislav Stefanović

| officeholder_sort = Stefanović, Svetislav

| born_year = 1910

| died_year = 1980

| term_start = 14 January 1953

| term_end = 18 April 1963

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|01|14|1963|04|18}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 4

| image = Vojin Lukic.jpg

| officeholder = Vojin Lukić

| officeholder_sort = Lukić, Vojin

| born_year = 1919

| died_year = 1997

| term_start = 18 April 1963

| term_end = 12 March 1965

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1963|04|18|1965|03|12}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 5

| image = Milan Mišković.jpg

| officeholder = Milan Mišković

| officeholder_sort = Mišković, Milan

| born_year = 1918

| died_year = 1978

| term_start = 12 March 1965

| term_end = 18 May 1967

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1965|03|12|1967|05|18}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 6

| image =

| officeholder = Radovan Stijačić

| officeholder_sort = Stijačić, Radovan

| born_year = 1918

| died_year = 1989

| term_start = 18 May 1967

| term_end = 30 July 1971

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1967|05|18|1971|07|30}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 7

| image = Visit of Džemal Bijedić, Yougoslav Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg

| officeholder = Džemal Bijedić

| officeholder_sort = Bijedić, Džemal

| born_year = 1917

| died_year = 1977

| term_start = 30 July 1971

| term_end = 3 December 1971

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1971|07|30|1971|12|03}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 8

| image =

| officeholder = Luka Banović

| officeholder_sort = Banović, Luka

| born_year = 1926

| died_year = ?

| term_start = 3 December 1971

| term_end = 17 May 1974

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1971|12|03|1974|05|17}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 9

| image = Franjo Herljević.jpg

| officeholder = Franjo Herljević

| officeholder_sort = Herljević, Franjo

| born_year = 1915

| died_year = 1998

| term_start = 17 May 1974

| term_end = 16 May 1982

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1974|05|17|1982|05|16}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 10

| image = Stane Dolanc.JPG

| officeholder = Stane Dolanc

| officeholder_sort = Dolanc, Stane

| born_year = 1925

| died_year = 1999

| term_start = 16 May 1982

| term_end = 15 May 1984

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1982|05|16|1984|05|15}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 11

| image = Dobroslav Ćulafić.jpg

| officeholder = Dobroslav Ćulafić

| officeholder_sort = Ćulafić, Dobroslav

| born_year = 1926

| died_year = 2011

| term_start = 15 May 1984

| term_end = 16 May 1989

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1984|05|15|1989|05|16}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

}}

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| order2 = 12

| image =

| officeholder = Petar Gračanin

| officeholder_sort = Gračanin, Petar

| born_year = 1923

| died_year = 2004

| term_start = 16 May 1989

| term_end = 14 July 1992

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1989|05|16|1992|07|14}}

| alt_party = League of Communists of Yugoslavia

| alt_party2 = Socialist Party of Serbia

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

==Timeline==

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=FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)=

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| order2 = 1

| image =

| officeholder = Pavle Bulatović

| officeholder_sort = Bulatović, Pavle

| born_year = 1948

| died_year = 2000

| term_start = 14 July 1992

| term_end = 2 March 1993

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1992|07|14|1993|03|02}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro

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| order2 = 2

| image =

| officeholder = Đorđe Blagojević

| officeholder_sort = Blagojević, Đorđe

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 March 1993

| term_end = 15 September 1994

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1993|03|02|1994|09|15}}

| alt_party = ?

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| order2 = 3

| image =

| officeholder = Vukašin Jokanović

| officeholder_sort = Jokanović, Vukašin

| born_year = 1939

| died_year = 2022

| term_start = 15 September 1994

| term_end = 20 March 1997

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|09|15|1997|03|20}}

| alt_party = Socialist Party of Serbia

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| order2 = 4

| image =

| officeholder = Zoran Sokolović

| officeholder_sort = Sokolović, Zoran

| born_year = 1938

| died_year = 2001

| term_start = 20 March 1997

| term_end = 4 November 2000

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1997|03|20|2000|11|04}}

| alt_party = Socialist Party of Serbia

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| order2 = 5

| image = Zoran Zivkovic MC Cropped.jpg

| officeholder = Zoran Živković

| officeholder_sort = Živković, Zoran

| born_year = 1960

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 November 2000

| term_end = 17 March 2003

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|11|04|2003|03|17}}

| alt_party = Democratic Party (Serbia)

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

See also