The word "žandarmerija" is a French loanword ("gendarmerie"), and is pronounced "zhandarmeriya". The Žandarmerija corps date back to the Principality of Serbia, established on June 28, 1860, and originally consisted of 120 officers. It was an important police special unit both in Kingdom of Serbia and in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. However, it was abanded after World War II and was restored in 2001 by the reorganization of the irregular "Special Police Unit" (, PJP). This was accomplished by an act issued by the Interior Minister Dušan Mihajlović. One of its first major assignments was capturing the suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić.