Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbia)

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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

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Stanko Cvijan			Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)	11 February 1991	10 February 1993	1951–
Bogoljub Bjelica			Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)	10 February 1993	18 March 1994	1956–
Radovan Pankov			Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)	18 March 1994	24 March 1998	1946–
Milorad Mirčić			Serbian Radical Party (SRS)	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	1956–
Vojislav Vukčević			Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	1938–
Vojislav Vukčević			Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)	3 March 2004	15 May 2007	1938–
Milica Čubrilo			Democratic Party (DS)	15 May 2007	7 July 2008	1969–
Srđan Srećković			Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)	7 July 2008	27 July 2012	1974–
			Independent

See also

• Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region
• Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities

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