Ministry of Defence (Serbia)

The Ministry of Defence (Serbian: Министарство одбране, romanized: Ministarstvo odbrane) is a ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in charge of national defence of Serbia. The current minister is Bratislav Gašić, in office since 2 May 2024.

Ministry of Defence

Министарство одбране Ministarstvo odbrane
Emblem of the Ministry of Defence
Ministry overview
Formed	10 April 1862; 163 years ago (1862-04-10) (current form since 2006)
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	General Staff Building, Birčaninova 5, Belgrade Old General Staff Building, Kneza Miloša 33, Belgrade
Annual budget	261.8 billion RSD $2.3 billion (2025)[1]
Minister responsible	Bratislav Gašić
Website	www.mod.gov.rs

Organization

The organization of the ministry is as follows:^[2]

• Secretariat–General
  • Department for Legal Affairs
  • Department for Financial Affairs
  • Department for Operational Affairs
• General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
• Directorate for Defence Policy
  • Department for Strategic Planning
  • Department for International Military Cooperation
• Directorate for Human Resources
  • Department for Personnel
  • Department for Recruitment
  • Department for Veterans and Military Traditions
• Directorate for Material Resources
  • Department for General Logistics
  • Department for Military Technology
    • Military Technical Institute
    • Technical Overhaul Institute "Đurđe Dimitrijević-Đura"
  • Department for Procurement and Sale
• Directorate for Budget and Finances
  • Department for Budget
  • Accounting Center
  • Military Social Security Fund
• Directorate for Infrastructure and Standard of Living
  • Department for Infrastructure
  • Department for Standard of Living
• Directorate for Military Health-care System
  • Military Medical Academy
  • Military Hospital Novi Sad
  • Military Hospital Niš
  • Center for Military Medical Stations
  • Military Ambulance Service
  • Pharmacy Service
  • Veterinary Medicine Service
• Directorate for Public Relations
• Military Attorney's Office
• Defence Inspectorate
• Military Intelligence Agency
• Military Security Agency
• University of Defence
• Military Archives
• Military Museum
• Military Geographic Institute "General Stevan Bošković"

List of ministers

The list includes the 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 1918. The list also includes ministers of defence of the Republic of Serbia from 1991 to 1993, and after the restoration of independence in 2006. For ministers of defence for the 1918–1991 and 1993–2006 periods, see List of ministers of defence of Yugoslavia.

Principality of Serbia

Minister			Took office	Left office	Prince
		Hyppolyte Mondain Иполит Монден (1811–1900)	10 April 1862	2 April 1865	Mihailo Obrenović
		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	Milan Obrenović
		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

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

Minister			Took office	Left office	King
		Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886)	12 February 1882	21 September 1883	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 (1840–1891)	5 February 1887	1 June 1887
		Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић (1836–1916) 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	Alexander I
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	16 March 1890	11 February 1891
		Radovan Miletić Радован Милетић (1844–1919)	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 (1836–1916)	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 (1844–1899)	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	Peter 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 (1860–1930) Acting	1 October 1909	11 October 1909
		Milutin Marinović Милутин Мариновић (1861–1941)	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 (1845–1926) Acting	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 (1857–1923) Acting	31 May 1918	24 June 1918
		Mihailo Rašić Михаило Рашић (1858–1932)	24 June 1918	1 December 1918

Republic of Serbia

Political Party:   n-p   DS   SNS   PS

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Jokić, MiodragMiodrag Jokić (1935–2022)	11 February 1991	31 July 1991	170 days	Independent	Zelenović
2		Simović, TomislavTomislav Simović (born 1933)	31 July 1991	23 December 1991	145 days	Independent	Zelenović
3		Negovanović, MarkoMarko Negovanović (1935–2023)	23 December 1991	6 November 1993	1 year, 318 days	Independent	Božović Šainović
Part of Ministry of Defence of FR Yugoslavia and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
4		Stanković, ZoranZoran Stanković (1954–2021)	4 June 2006	15 May 2007	345 days	Independent	Koštunica I
5		Šutanovac, DraganDragan Šutanovac (born 1968)	15 May 2007	27 July 2012	5 years, 73 days	DS	Koštunica II Cvetković
6		Vučić, AleksandarAleksandar Vučić (born 1970)	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	1 year, 37 days	SNS	Dačić
7		Rodić, NebojšaNebojša Rodić (born 1953)	2 September 2013	27 April 2014	237 days	SNS	Dačić
8		Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić (born 1967)	27 April 2014	5 February 2016	1 year, 284 days	SNS	Vučić I
–		Vujović, DušanDušan Vujović (1951–2025) Acting	5 February 2016	2 March 2016	26 days	Independent	Vučić I
9		Đorđević, ZoranZoran Đorđević (born 1970)	2 March 2016	29 June 2017	1 year, 119 days	SNS	Vučić I–II
10		Vulin, AleksandarAleksandar Vulin (born 1972)	29 June 2017	28 October 2020	3 years, 121 days	PS	Brnabić
11		Stefanović, NebojšaNebojša Stefanović (born 1976)	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	1 year, 363 days	SNS	Brnabić II
12		Vučević, MilošMiloš Vučević (born 1974)	26 October 2022	2 May 2024	1 year, 189 days	SNS	Brnabić III
(8)		Gašić, BratislavBratislav Gašić (born 1967)	2 May 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 102 days	SNS	Vučević Macut