Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbia)
# Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbia)

The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbian: Министарство вера и дијаспоре / Ministarstvo vera i dijasopre) was the ministry in the Government of Serbia which was in charge of connection with the Serbian diaspora. The ministry was merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012.

## History

The ministry was established on 11 February 1991. It was abolished from 2001 to 2004. The Ministry of Religion which existed from 1991 to 2011, merged into the ministry in 2011.

The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora was later merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012. Also, the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region and Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities were established on 2 August 2012 and took some of the Ministry's jurisdictions.

## List of ministers

Political Party:  SPS  SRS  SPO  DS  n-p

| Name (Birth–Death) | Name (Birth–Death) | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minister of Relations with Serbs outside of Serbia |||||||
| | Stanko Cvijan (born 1951) | SPS | 11 February 1991 | 10 February 1993 | Zelenović (I) Božović (I) |
| | Bogoljub Bjelica (1956–2013) | SPS | 10 February 1993 | 18 March 1994 | Šainović (I) |
| | Radovan Pankov (born 1946) | SPS | 18 March 1994 | 24 March 1998 | Marjanović (I) |
| | Milorad Mirčić (born 1956) | SRS | 24 March 1998 | 24 October 2000 | Marjanović (II) |
| | Vojislav Vukčević (1938–2016) | SPO | 24 October 2000 | 25 January 2001 | Minić (transitional) |
| Minister of Diaspora |||||||
| | Vojislav Vukčević (1938–2016) | SPO | 3 March 2004 | 15 May 2007 | Koštunica (I) |
| | Milica Čubrilo (born 1969) | DS | 15 May 2007 | 7 July 2008 | Koštunica (II) |
| | Srđan Srećković (born 1974) | SPO | 7 July 2008 | 14 March 2011 | Cvetković (I) |
| Minister of Religion and Diaspora |||||||
| | Srđan Srećković (born 1974) | SPO | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | Cvetković (I) |
| | Srđan Srećković (born 1974) | n-p | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | Cvetković (I) |
