# Ministry of Defence (Serbia)

The Ministry of Defence of Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство одбране, romanized: Ministarstvo odbrane) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of defending the Republic of Serbia from internal and external military threats. The current minister is Bratislav Gašić, in office since 2 May 2024.
The headquarters of the ministry are located at the tower of the "Building B" of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building and at the Old General Staff Building.

## Organization

This is the organisation within the Ministry of Defence:
* Minister of Defence
** Cabinet of Minister
*** Section for protocol
** State secretaries
*** Department for emergency situations
*** Department for budget and finances
** Department for public relations
** General Staff
** Defence Policy Sector
*** Department for organization
*** Department for strategic planning
*** Department for international military cooperation
*** Institute for Strategic Research
** Secretariat
*** Department for legal affairs
*** Section for operational affairs
** Human Resources Sector
*** Department for personnel
*** Department for military obligations
*** Department for military education
*** Military Social Security Fund
*** University of Defence
** Material Resources Sector
*** Logistics Department
*** Military Geographic Institute "General Stevan Bošković"
*** Procurement Department
*** Defensive technologies Department
*** Military Technical Institute
*** Technical Overhaul Institute "Đurđe Dimitrijević-Đura"
*** General Logistics Department
**** Military institution "Karađorđevo"
**** Military institution "Morović"
**** Military institution "Dedinje"
**** Military institution "Morava"
**** Military institution "Tara"
**** Military institution "Vrnjačka Banja"
*** Health Care Department
**** Military medical centre Belgrade
**** Military hospital Novi Sad
**** Military hospital Niš
**** Central pharmacy
**** Military medical commission
*** Infrastructure Department
**** Directorate for construction
***** Military construction institution "Beograd"
***** Military institution for the maintenance of buildings and dwellings "Beograd-2"
**** Directorate for urban construction-consulting
***** Military construction centre "Beograd"
***** Military construction centre "Niš"
*** Transport Section
*** Military Medical Academy
** Military Intelligence Agency
** Military Security Agency
** Military Archive, Belgrade

## List of ministers
### Ministers of Army (1862–1918)

This is a list of all the Ministers of Army (and the Acting Ministers of Army) of the Principality of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbia from the creation of the post in 1862 to the creation of Yugoslavia after World War I, in the late 1918. The list continues as a List of Defence Ministers of Yugoslavia.
People's Radical Party  Serbian Progressive Party  Independent Radical Party  Non-party
| Minister (Birth–Death) | Minister (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Monarch |
| Principality of Serbia (1815–1882) ||||||
| | Hyppolyte Mondain Иполит Монден (1811–1900) | 10 April 1862 | 2 April 1865 | Prince Mihailo |
| | Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873) | 2 April 1865 | 21 June 1868 | Prince Mihailo |
| | Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906) | 21 June 1868 | 10 August 1872 | Prince Milan |
| | Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац (1824–1873) | 10 August 1872 | 23 March 1873 | Prince Milan |
| | Jovan Belimarković Јован Белимарковић (1827–1906) | 23 March 1873 | 2 April 1873 | Prince Milan |
| | Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896) | 2 April 1873 | 22 October 1873 | Prince Milan |
| | Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892) | 22 October 1873 | 19 August 1875 | Prince Milan |
| | Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886) | 19 August 1875 | 4 November 1876 | Prince Milan |
| | Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 4 November 1876 | 1 October 1878 | Prince Milan |
| | Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908) | 1 October 1878 | 21 October 1880 | Prince Milan |
| | Milojko Lešjanin Милојко Лешјанин (1830–1896) | 21 October 1880 | 12 February 1882 | Prince Milan |
| Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) ||||||
| | Tihomilj Nikolić Тихомиљ Николић (1832–1886) | 12 February 1882 | 21 September 1883 | King Milan I |
| | Jovan Petrović Јован Петровић | 21 September 1883 | 24 November 1885 | King Milan I |
| | Dragutin Filipović Драгутин Филиповић | 24 November 1885 | 23 March 1886 | King Milan I |
| | Đura Horvatović Ђура Хорватовић (1835–1895) | 23 March 1886 | 5 February 1887 | King Milan I |
| | Petar Topalović Петар Топаловић (1840–1891) | 5 February 1887 | 1 June 1887 | King Milan I |
| | Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић (1836–1916) Acting | 1 June 1887 | 5 July 1887 | King Milan I |
| | Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 5 July 1887 | 14 April 1888 | King Milan I |
| | Kosta Protić Коста Протић (1831–1892) | 14 April 1888 | 22 February 1889 | King Milan I |
| | Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893) | 22 February 1889 | 16 March 1890 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 16 March 1890 | 11 February 1891 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Radovan Miletić Радован Милетић (1844–1919) | 11 February 1891 | 7 May 1891 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Jovan Praporčetović Јован Прапорчетовић | 7 May 1891 | 21 March 1892 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Dimitrije Đurić Димитрије Ђурић (1838–1893) | 21 March 1892 | 9 August 1892 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Antonije Bogićević Антоније Богићевић (1836–1916) | 9 August 1892 | 1 April 1893 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914) | 1 April 1893 | 4 June 1893 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 4 June 1893 | 12 January 1894 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903) | 12 January 1894 | 25 June 1895 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914) | 25 June 1895 | 17 December 1896 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Jovan Mišković Јован Мишковић (1844–1908) | 17 December 1896 | 11 October 1897 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Dragomir Vučković Драгомир Вучковић (1844–1899) | 11 October 1897 | 10 December 1899 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921) | 10 December 1899 | 12 July 1900 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Miloš Vasić Милош Васић (1859–1935) | 12 July 1900 | 27 April 1901 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Božidar Janković Божидар Јанковић (1849–1920) | 27 April 1901 | 3 August 1901 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Čedomilj Miljković Чедомиљ Миљковић | 3 August 1901 | 21 December 1901 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929) | 21 December 1901 | 7 October 1902 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Milovan Pavlović Милован Павловић (1842–1903) | 7 October 1902 | 29 May 1903 | King Aleksandar I |
| | Jovan Atanacković Јован Атанацковић (1848–1921) | 29 May 1903 | 2 August 1903 | King Petar I |
| | Leonid Solarević Леонид Соларевић (1854–1929) | 2 August 1903 | 21 September 1903 | King Petar I |
| | Milan Andrejević Милан Андрејевић (1853–1916) | 21 September 1903 | 26 January 1904 | King Petar I |
| | Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917) | 26 January 1904 | 16 May 1905 | King Petar I |
| | Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929) | 16 May 1905 | 1 March 1906 | King Petar I |
| | Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913) | 1 March 1906 | 17 April 1906 | King Petar I |
| | Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917) | 17 April 1906 | 30 March 1908 | King Petar I |
| | Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929) | 30 March 1908 | 23 December 1908 | King Petar I |
| | Mihailo Živković Михаило Живковић (1856–1930) | 23 December 1908 | 1 October 1909 | King Petar I |
| | Ljubomir Stojanović Љубомир Стојановић (1860–1930) Acting | 1 October 1909 | 11 October 1909 | King Petar I |
| | Milutin Marinović Милутин Мариновић (1861–1941) | 11 October 1909 | 4 March 1910 | King Petar I |
| | Ilija Gojković Илија Гојковић (1854–1917) | 4 March 1910 | 24 February 1911 | King Petar I |
| | Stepa Stepanović Степа Степановић (1856–1929) | 24 February 1911 | 22 May 1912 | King Petar I |
| | Radomir Putnik Радомир Путник (1847–1917) | 22 May 1912 | 19 September 1912 | King Petar I |
| | Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948) | 19 September 1912 | 3 January 1913 | King Petar I |
| | Miloš Božanović Милош Божановић (1863–1922) | 3 January 1913 | 4 January 1914 | King Petar I |
| | Dušan Stefanović Душан Стефановић (1870–1951) | 4 January 1914 | 22 November 1914 | King Petar I |
| | Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926) Acting | 22 November 1914 | 14 December 1914 | King Petar I |
| | Radivoje Bojović Радивоје Бојовић (1864–1948) | 14 December 1914 | 6 December 1915 | King Petar I |
| | Božidar Terzić Божидар Терзић (1867–1939) | 6 December 1915 | 31 May 1918 | King Petar I |
| | Stojan Protić Стојан Протић (1857–1923) Acting | 31 May 1918 | 24 June 1918 | King Petar I |
| | Mihailo Rašić Михаило Рашић (1858–1932) | 24 June 1918 | 1 December 1918 | King Petar I |

### Ministers of Defence (1991–1993; 2006–present)

This list includes Ministers of Defence from 1991 to 1993, and after the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. For previous ministers, see Ministry of Defense (Yugoslavia).
Political Party:  n-p  DS  SNS  PS
| No. | 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 Yugoslavia ||||||||
| 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 (born 1960) 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 | 320 days | SNS | Vučević |