# Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government

The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of the Government of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство државне управе и локалне самоуправе, romanized: Ministarstvo državne uprave i lokalne samouprave) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of public administration and local self-government. The current minister is Jelena Žarić Kovačević, who has been in office since 2 May 2024.

## History

The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government was established on 11 February 1997.

### 2011–14: Merged ministries

In 2011, the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government was added the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, and it was named the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government until 2012.
From 2012 to 2014, the Public Administration was within the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration under Nikola Selaković. Also, the Local Self-Government became part of the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Self-Government under Verica Kalanović from 2012 to 2013. Regional Development was split from the Ministry of Economy. From 2013 to 2014 Igor Mirović led the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Self-Government.

### 2014–present: Reunified ministry

In 2014, Kori Udovički took the reunified ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from Selaković and Mirović.

## Secretaries of State

There are currently four secretaries of state in the ministry: Stevan Gligorin, Maja Mačužić Puzić, Dragana Potpara, and Čedomir Rakić.

## Subordinate agencies

There are several agencies that operate within the Ministry:
* Directorate for E-government
* Administrative Inspectorate
* Professional services of administrative districts

## List of ministers

Political Party:  SPS  SRS  SD  DOS  DSS  DS  G17 Plus  URS  SNS  n-p
| Name (Birth–Death) | Name (Birth–Death) | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government |||||||
| | Zoran Modrinić (born 1947) | JUL | 11 February 1997 | 24 March 1998 | Marjanović (I) |
| | Gordana Pop-Lazić (born 1956) | SRS | 24 March 1998 | 24 October 2000 | Marjanović (II) |
| | Veljko Odalović (born 1956) | SPS | 24 October 2000 | 25 January 2001 | Minić (I) |
| | Rodoljub Šabić (born 1955) | SD | 13 June 2002 | 16 October 2003 | Đinđić Živković (I) |
| | Ivica Eždenci (born 1969) Acting Minister | DOS | 16 October 2003 | 3 March 2004 | Živković (I) |
| | Zoran Lončar (born 1965) | DSS | 3 March 2004 | 15 May 2007 | Koštunica (I, II) |
| | Milan Marković (born 1970) | DS | 15 May 2007 | 14 March 2011 | Cvetković (I) |
| Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government |||||||
| | Milan Marković (born 1970) | DS | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | Cvetković (I) |
| Minister of Regional Development and Local Self-Government |||||||
| | Verica Kalanović (born 1954) | G17 Plus | 27 July 2012 | 2 September 2013 | Dačić (I) |
| | Verica Kalanović (born 1954) | URS | 27 July 2012 | 2 September 2013 | Dačić (I) |
| | Igor Mirović (born 1968) | SNS | 2 September 2013 | 27 April 2014 | Dačić (I) |
| Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government |||||||
| | Kori Udovički (born 1961) | n-p | 27 April 2014 | 11 August 2016 | Vučić (I) |
| | Ana Brnabić (born 1975) | n-p | 11 August 2016 | 29 June 2017 | Vučić (II) |
| | Branko Ružić (born 1975) | SPS | 29 June 2017 | 28 October 2020 | Brnabić (I) |
| | Marija Obradović (born 1974) | SNS | 28 October 2020 | 26 October 2022 | Brnabić (II) |
| | Aleksandar Martinović (born 1976) | SNS | 26 October 2022 | 2 May 2024 | Brnabić (III) |
| | Jelena Žarić Kovačević (born 1981) | SNS | 2 May 2024 | Incumbent | Vučević (I) |