Ministry of Environmental Protection (Serbia)

The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство заштите животне средине, romanizedMinistarstvo 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.

Ministry of Environmental Protection
Министарство заштите животне средине
Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine
Ministry overview
Formed31 July 1991; 32 years ago (1991-07-31)
JurisdictionGovernment of Serbia
HeadquartersOmladinskih brigada 1, Belgrade, Serbia
44°49′19.8″N 20°24′47.5″E / 44.822167°N 20.413194°E / 44.822167; 20.413194
Annual budget67.18 million (2020, planned)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Websitewww.ekologija.gov.rs

History edit

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]

List of ministers edit

Political Party:  SPS  SRS  DS  SNS

Name
(Birth–Death)
PartyTerm of OfficePrime Minister
(Cabinet)
Minister of Environmental Protection
Pavle Todorović
(born 1950)
SPS31 July 199118 March 1994Zelenović (I)
Božović (I)
Šainović (I)
Jordan Aleksić
(1950–2021)
SPS18 March 199424 March 1998Marjanović (I)
Branislav Blažić
(1957–2020)
SRS24 March 199824 October 2000Marjanović (II)
Mila Rosić
(born 1967)
SPS24 October 200025 January 2001Minić (transitional)
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Anđelka Mihajlov
(born 1951)
DS13 June 20023 March 2004Đinđić (I)
Živković (I)
Merged into Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection
3 March 200415 May 2007
Minister of Environmental Protection
Saša Dragin
(born 1972)
DS15 May 20077 July 2008Koštunica (II)
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
Oliver Dulić
(born 1975)
DS7 July 200814 March 2011Cvetković (I)
Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Oliver Dulić
(born 1975)
DS14 March 201127 July 2012Cvetković (I)
Minister of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning
Milan Bačević
(born 1953)
SNS27 July 201227 April 2014Dačić (I)
Abolished, Mining department merged into the Ministry of Mining and Energy
27 April 201429 June 2017
Minister of Environmental Protection
Goran Trivan
(born 1962)
SPS29 June 201728 October 2020Brnabić (I)
Irena Vujović
(born 1983)
SNS28 October 2020IncumbentBrnabić (II)

References edit

  1. ^ "ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ" (PDF). parlament.gov.rs. Народна скупштина Републике Србије. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Usvojen Zakon, nova Vlada Srbije sa 18 ministarstava". b92.net (in Serbian). Beta. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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