Minister of Defence (Serbia)

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Minister of Defence (Serbian: Министар одбране / Ministar odbrane) is the person in charge of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia. The current Minister is Zoran Đorđević, since 2 March 2016.

List of ministers

This list includes all ministers since the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. For previous ministers, see Ministry of Defense (Yugoslavia). This list also includes Ministers of Defence in the early 1990s, when the position briefly existed although Serbia was not an independent country at that time.

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Miodrag Jokić			Independent	11 February 1991	31 July 1991	1935–
Tomislav Simović			Independent	31 July 1991	23 December 1991	1933–
Marko Negovanović			Independent	23 December 1991	6 November 1993	1935–
Zoran Stanković			Independent	4 June 2006	15 May 2007	1954–
Dragan Šutanovac			Democratic Party (DS)	15 May 2007	27 July 2012	1968–
Aleksandar Vučić			Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	1970–
Nebojša Rodić			Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	2 September 2013	27 April 2014	1953–
Bratislav Gašić			Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	27 April 2014	5 February 2016	1967–
Dušan Vujović Acting Minister			Independent	5 February 2016	2 March 2016	1951–
Zoran Đorđević			Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	2 March 2016	Present	1970–

Ministers of Army of Serbia prior to formation of Yugoslavia

This is a list of all the Ministers of Army (and the Acting Ministers of Army) of the Principality of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbia from the creation of the post in 1862 to the formation of Yugoslavia after World War I, in the late 1918. The list continues as a List of Defense Ministers of Yugoslavia.

  People's Radical Party   Serbian Progressive Party   Independent Radical Party   Non-party

Minister (Birth–Death)			Took office	Left office	Monarch
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)
		Hippolyte Mondain Иполит Монден (1811–1900)	10 April 1862	2 April 1865	Prince Mihailo
		Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873)	2 April 1865	21 June 1868
		Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906)	21 June 1868	10 August 1872	Prince Milan
		Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873)	10 August 1872	23 March 1873
		Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906)	23 March 1873	2 April 1873
		Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896)	2 April 1873	22 October 1873
		Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892)	22 October 1873	19 August 1875
		Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886)	19 August 1875	4 November 1876
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	4 November 1876	1 October 1878
		Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908)	1 October 1878	21 October 1880
		Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896)	21 October 1880	12 February 1882
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)
		Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886)	12 February 1882	21 September 1883	King Milan I
		Jovan Petrović Јован Петровић	21 September 1883	24 November 1885
		Dragutin Filipović Драгутин Филиповић	24 November 1885	23 March 1886
		Đura Horvatović Ђура Хорватовић (1835–1895)	23 March 1886	5 February 1887
		Petar Topalović Петар Топаловић	5 February 1887	1 June 1887
		Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић Acting	1 June 1887	5 July 1887
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	5 July 1887	14 April 1888
		Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892)	14 April 1888	22 February 1889
		Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893)	22 February 1889	16 March 1890	King Aleksandar I
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	16 March 1890	11 February 1891
		Radovan Miletić Радован Милетић	11 February 1891	7 May 1891
		Jovan Praporčetović Јован Прапорчетовић	7 May 1891	21 March 1892
		Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893)	21 March 1892	9 August 1892
		Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић	9 August 1892	1 April 1893
		Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	1 April 1893	4 June 1893
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	4 June 1893	12 January 1894
		Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903)	12 January 1894	25 June 1895
		Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	25 June 1895	17 December 1896
		Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908)	17 December 1896	11 October 1897
		Dragomir Vučković Драгомир Вучковић	11 October 1897	10 December 1899
		Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921)	10 December 1899	12 July 1900
		Miloš Vasić Милош Васић (1859–1935)	12 July 1900	27 April 1901
		Božidar Janković Божидар Јанковић (1849–1920)	27 April 1901	3 August 1901
		Čedomilj Miljković Чедомиљ Миљковић	3 August 1901	21 December 1901
		Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	21 December 1901	7 October 1902
		Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903)	7 October 1902	29 May 1903
		Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921)	29 May 1903	2 August 1903	King Petar I
		Leonid Solarević Леонид Соларевић (1854–1929)	2 August 1903	21 September 1903
		Milan Andrejević Милан Андрејевић (1853–1916)	21 September 1903	26 January 1904
		Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	26 January 1904	16 May 1905
		Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	16 May 1905	1 March 1906
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	1 March 1906	17 April 1906
		Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	17 April 1906	30 March 1908
		Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929)	30 March 1908	23 December 1908
		Mihailo Živković Михаило Живковић (1856–1930)	23 December 1908	1 October 1909
		Ljubomir Stojanović Љубомир Стојановић Acting (1860–1930)	1 October 1909	11 October 1909
		Milutin Marinović Милутин Мариновић	11 October 1909	4 March 1910
		Ilija Gojković Илија Гојковић (1854–1917)	4 March 1910	24 February 1911
		Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929)	24 February 1911	22 May 1912
		Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917)	22 May 1912	19 September 1912
		Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948)	19 September 1912	3 January 1913
		Miloš Božanović Милош Божановић (1863–1922)	3 January 1913	4 January 1914
		Dušan Stefanović Душан Стефановић (1870–1951)	4 January 1914	22 November 1914
		Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић Acting (1845–1926)	22 November 1914	14 December 1914
		Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948)	14 December 1914	6 December 1915
		Božidar Terzić Божидар Терзић (1867–1939)	6 December 1915	31 May 1918
		Stojan Protić Стојан Протић Acting (1857–1923)	31 May 1918	24 June 1918
		Mihailo Rašić Михаило Рашић (1858–1932)	24 June 1918	1 December 1918

External links

• Serbian Ministry of Defence

Serbian Armed Forces
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See also Military history of Serbia