Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation (Serbia)

The Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation (Serbian: Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација, romanized: Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija) is a ministry in the Government of Serbia.

Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation

Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija
Ministry overview
Formed	26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Nemanjina Street 22–26, Belgrade
Minister responsible	Béla Bálint
Website	nitra.gov.rs

History

It originally existed as the ministry of science from 1991 to 2004 and then under various different names from 2004 to 2011, when it was merged into the education ministry. The ministry was re-established as a separate entity with the formation of the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić on 26 October 2022. The current minister in Béla Bálint, a non-partisan figure nominated by the Serbian Progressive Party.^[1]

List of ministers

Political Party:   SPS   DS   DSS   G17 Plus   n-p

Name			Party	Term of Office		Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Minister of Science
		Divna Trajković (born 1940)	SPS	23 December 1991	10 February 1993	Božović (I)
		Slobodan Unković (born 1938)	SPS	10 February 1993	28 May 1996	Šainović (I) Marjanović (I)
		Dušan Kanazir (1921–2009)	SPS	28 May 1996	24 March 1998	Marjanović (I)
		Branislav Ivković (born 1952)	SPS	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	Marjanović (II)
		Radivoje Mitrović (born 1957)	SPS	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	Minić (transitional)
		Dragan Domazet (born 1947)	DS	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	Đinđić (I) Živković (I)
Minister of Science and Environmental Protection
		Aleksandar Popović (born 1971)	DSS	3 March 2004	15 May 2007	Koštunica (I)
Minister of Science and Technology
		Ana Pešikan (born 1959)	G17 Plus	15 May 2007	7 July 2008	Koštunica (II)
Minister of Science and Technological Development
		Božidar Đelić (born 1965)	DS	7 July 2008	14 March 2011	Cvetković (I)
Minister of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation
		Jelena Begović (born 1970)	n-p[a]	26 October 2022	16 April 2025	Brnabić (III) Vučević (I)
		Béla Bálint (born 1970)	n-p[b]	16 April 2025	Incumbent	Macut (I)

Notes

1. Nominated by the SNS
2. Nominated by the SNS