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Ministry of Education
Министарство просвете; Ministarstvo prosvete
Ministry overview
Formed	11 February 1991; 33 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Nemanjina Street 22–26, Belgrade, Serbia; 44°48′15.1″N 20°27′43.6″E / 44.804194°N 20.462111°E
Employees	430 (2017)
Annual budget	€1.928 billion (2020, planned)
Minister responsible	Slavica Đukić Dejanović;
Website	www.mpn.gov.rs

The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство просвете, romanized: Ministarstvo prosvete) is the ministry in the Serbian government that oversees the country's education system. Slavica Đukić Dejanović is the incumbent minister.^[3]

History

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development was established on 11 February 1991.

From 2001 to 2007, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was merged into the Ministry of Education. It was later split from the Ministry and reestablished.

The ministry of science and technological development, which had existed under different names since 1991, was merged into the education ministry on 14 March 2011. When the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić was established on 26 October 2022, it was again separated from the education ministry as the ministry of science, technological development, and innovation.

Subordinate institutions

There are several agencies and institutions that operate within the scope of the Ministry:

Institute for the Advancement of Education
Institute for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education and Upbringing
Intellectual Property Office
Republican Talent's Center
Primary education
Secondary education
Higher education
Student standard
Secondary education standard
Scientific institutions

List of ministers

Political Party: SPS JUL GSS DSS n-p

Name (Birth–Death)		Party	Term of Office		Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Minister of Education
	Dimitrije Dimitrijević	SPS	11 February 1991	21 June 1991	Zelenović (I)
	Danilo Ž. Marković (1933–2018)	SPS	31 July 1991	14 July 1993	Zelenović (I) Božović (I) Šainović (I)
	Milivoje Lazić (born 1938)	SPS	14 July 1993	18 March 1994	Šainović (I)
	Dragoslav Mladenović (1937–2003)	SPS	18 March 1994	11 February 1997	Marjanović (I)
	Jovo Todorović (1937–2015)	SPS	11 February 1997	11 April 2000	Marjanović (I • II)
	Milivoje Simonović (1951–2000)	JUL	11 April 2000	10 June 2000 (Died in office)	Marjanović (II)
	Katarina Lazović (1935–2003) Acting Minister to 13 July 2000	JUL	10 June 2000	24 October 2000	Marjanović (II)
	Mihailo Jokić (born 1948)	SPS	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	Minić (transitional)
Minister of Education and Sports
	Gašo Knežević (1953–2014)	GSS	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	Đinđić (I) Živković (I)
	Ljiljana Čolić (born 1956)	DSS	3 March 2004	16 September 2004	Koštunica (I)
	Milan Brdar (born 1952) Acting Minister	DSS	16 September 2004	19 October 2004
	Slobodan Vuksanović (born 1965)	DSS	19 October 2004	15 May 2007
Minister of Education
	Zoran Lončar (born 1965)	DSS	15 May 2007	7 July 2008	Koštunica (II)
	Žarko Obradović (born 1960)	SPS	7 July 2008	14 March 2011	Cvetković (I)
Minister of Education, Science, and Technological Development
	Žarko Obradović (born 1960)	SPS	14 March 2011	2 September 2013	Cvetković (I) Dačić (I)
	Tomislav Jovanović (born 1951)	n-p	2 September 2013	27 April 2014	Dačić (I)
	Srđan Verbić (born 1970)	n-p	27 April 2014	11 August 2016	Vučić (I)
	Mladen Šarčević (born 1957)	n-p	11 August 2016	28 October 2020	Vučić (II) Brnabić (I)
	Branko Ružić (born 1975)	SPS	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	Brnabić (II)
Minister of Education
	Branko Ružić (born 1975)	SPS	26 October 2022	29 May 2023	Brnabić (III)
	Đorđe Milićević (born 1978) Acting Minister	SPS	31 May 2023	25 July 2023	Brnabić (III)
	Slavica Đukić Dejanović (born 1951)	SPS	25 July 2023	Incumbent	Brnabić (III) Vučević (I)

References

^ "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ "ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ" (PDF). parlament.gov.rs. Народна скупштина Републике Србије. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^ "Slavica Đukić Dejanović i zvanično novi ministar prosvete". Danas (in Serbian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

External links

[1] "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[budget2020-2] "ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ" (PDF). parlament.gov.rs. Народна скупштина Републике Србије. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[dejanovic-3] "Slavica Đukić Dejanović i zvanično novi ministar prosvete". Danas (in Serbian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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