# Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia was the ministry responsible for representing the Kingdom of Yugoslavia internationally from 1918 to 1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It may also refer to the ministry which represented Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.

## List of ministers
### Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Trumbić, AnteAnte Trumbić (1864–1938) | 7 December 1918 | 22 November 1920 | 1 year, 351 days | Independent |
| 2 | Vesnić, MilenkoMilenko Vesnić (1863–1921) | 22 November 1920 | 1 January 1921 | 40 days | NRS |
| 3 | Pašić, NikolaNikola Pašić (1845–1926) | 1 January 1921 | 5 January 1922 | 1 year, 4 days | NRS |
| 4 | Ninčić, MomčiloMomčilo Ninčić (1876–1949) | 5 January 1922 | 27 July 1924 | 2 years, 204 days | NRS |
| 5 | Marinković, VojislavVojislav Marinković (1876–1935) | 27 July 1924 | 6 November 1924 | 102 days | DS |
| (4) | Ninčić, MomčiloMomčilo Ninčić (1876–1949) | 6 November 1924 | 6 December 1926 | 2 years, 30 days | NRS |
| – | Trifunović, MilošMiloš Trifunović (1871–1957) Acting | 6 December 1926 | 24 December 1926 | 18 days | NRS |
| 6 | Perić, NinkoNinko Perić (1886–1961) | 24 December 1926 | 12 April 1927 | 109 days | NRS |
| (5) | Marinković, VojislavVojislav Marinković (1876–1935) | 17 April 1927 | 3 July 1932 | 5 years, 77 days | DS JNS |
| 7 | Jevtić, BogoljubBogoljub Jevtić (1886–1960) | 3 July 1932 | 24 June 1935 | 2 years, 356 days | JNS JRZ |
| 8 | Stojadinović, MilanMilan Stojadinović (1888–1961) | 24 June 1935 | 5 February 1939 | 3 years, 226 days | JRZ |
| 9 | Cincar-Marković, AleksandarAleksandar Cincar-Marković (1889–1947) | 5 February 1939 | 27 March 1941 | 2 years, 50 days | JRZ |
| (4) | Ninčić, MomčiloMomčilo Ninčić (1876–1949) | 27 March 1941 | 18 April 1941 | 22 days | Independent |

### Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Ninčić, MomčiloMomčilo Ninčić (1876–1949) | 18 April 1941 | 1 January 1943 | 1 year, 258 days | Independent |
| – | Jovanović, SlobodanSlobodan Jovanović (1869–1958) Acting | 2 January 1943 | 26 June 1943 | 175 days | Independent |
| 2 | Grol, MilanMilan Grol (1876–1952) | 26 June 1943 | 10 August 1943 | 45 days | DS |
| 3 | Purić, BožidarBožidar Purić (1891–1977) | 10 August 1943 | 1 June 1944 | 296 days | Independent |
| 4 | Šubašić, IvanIvan Šubašić (1892–1955) | 1 June 1944 | 17 October 1945 | 1 year, 138 days | HSS |

### National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (1943–1945)

Sources:
| No. | Portrait | Commissioner for Foreign Affairs | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | | Smodlaka, JosipJosip Smodlaka (1869–1956) | 29 November 1943 | 7 March 1945 | 1 year, 98 days | JNOF |

### SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

After the Communist Party of Yugoslavia took control of the country in 1945, most of the prewar ministers were removed from politics. Momčilo Ninčić, Bogoljub Jevtić, Milan Stojadinović, Slobodan Jovanović and Božidar Purić remained in exile. Miloš Trifunović, Milan Grol and Ivan Šubašić left politics.
| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| – | Tito, Josip BrozJosip Broz Tito (1892–1980) Acting | 30 November 1945 | 31 January 1946 | 62 days | SKJ |
| 1 | Simić, StanojeStanoje Simić (1893–1970) | 1 February 1946 | 31 August 1948 | 2 years, 212 days | SKJ |
| 2 | Kardelj, EdvardEdvard Kardelj (1910–1979) | 31 August 1948 | 14 January 1953 | 4 years, 136 days | SKJ |
| 3 | Popović, KočaKoča Popović (1908–1992) | 15 January 1953 | 23 April 1965 | 12 years, 98 days | SKJ |
| 4 | Nikezić, MarkoMarko Nikezić (1921–1991) | 23 April 1965 | 25 December 1968 | 3 years, 246 days | SKJ |
| – | Pavićević, MišoMišo Pavićević [sr] (1915–1995) Acting | 25 December 1968 | 25 April 1969 | 121 days | SKJ |
| 5 | Tepavac, MirkoMirko Tepavac (1922–2014) | 25 April 1969 | 1 November 1972 | 3 years, 190 days | SKJ |
| – | Petrić, JakšaJakša Petrić [sr] (1922–1993) Acting | 1 November 1972 | 15 December 1972 | 44 days | SKJ |
| 6 | Minić, MilošMiloš Minić (1914–2003) | 16 December 1972 | 17 May 1978 | 5 years, 152 days | SKJ |
| 7 | Vrhovec, JosipJosip Vrhovec (1926–2006) | 17 May 1978 | 17 May 1982 | 4 years | SKJ |
| 8 | Mojsov, LazarLazar Mojsov (1920–2011) | 17 May 1982 | 15 May 1984 | 1 year, 364 days | SKJ |
| 9 | Dizdarević, RaifRaif Dizdarević (born 1926) | 15 May 1984 | 30 December 1987 | 3 years, 229 days | SKJ |
| 10 | Lončar, BudimirBudimir Lončar (1924–2024) | 31 December 1987 | 11 December 1991 | 3 years, 345 days | SKJ |
| – | Maksić, MilivojeMilivoje Maksić (1928–2003) Acting | 11 December 1991 | 28 April 1992 | 139 days | SPS |

### FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republics in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a political union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 Montenegro declared independence and parted ways.
| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Jovanović, VladislavVladislav Jovanović (born 1933) | 15 July 1992 | 30 September 1992 | 77 days | SPS |
| 2 | Đukić, IlijaIlija Đukić (1930–2002) | 30 September 1992 | 4 March 1993 | 155 days | DS |
| (1) | Jovanović, VladislavVladislav Jovanović (born 1933) | 4 March 1993 | 15 August 1995 | 2 years, 164 days | SPS |
| 3 | Milutinović, MilanMilan Milutinović (1942–2023) | 15 August 1995 | 8 January 1998 | 2 years, 146 days | SPS |
| 4 | Jovanović, ŽivadinŽivadin Jovanović (born 1938) | 9 January 1998 | 4 November 2000 | 2 years, 300 days | SPS |
| 5 | Svilanović, GoranGoran Svilanović (born 1963) | 4 November 2000 | 16 April 2004 | 3 years, 164 days | GSS |
| 6 | Drašković, VukVuk Drašković (born 1946) | 16 April 2004 | 4 June 2006 | 2 years, 49 days | SPO |