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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbian: Министарство спољних послова, romanized: Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova) is a ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of foregin relations. The current minister is Marko Đurić, in office since 2 May 2024.

Its headquarters are located in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building.

The ministry is organized as following:^[1]

• Secretariat-General
  • Department for Personnel and Legal Affairs
  • Department for Property Legal and Common Affairs
  • Department for International Legal Affairs
  • Department for Finance
  • Department for Security
  • Department for ICT
  • Diplomatic Protocol
  • Diplomatic Archives
  • Diplomatic Academy
• Directorate for Bilateral Cooperation
  • Department for Neighboring and South-East European Countries
  • Department for Europe
  • Department for Russia and Eurasia
  • Department for North America and South America
  • Department for Africa and the Middle East
  • Department for Asia, Australia, and the Pacific
  • Department for Bilateral Economic Cooperation
  • Department for Borders
• Directorate for Multilateral Cooperation
  • Department for the United Nations
  • Department for OSCE and Council of Europe
  • Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation
  • Department for UN Human Rights System and Humanitarian Issues
• Directorate for the European Union
  • Department for the Institutions of the European Union
  • Department for EU Sectoral Policies
  • Department for Regional Initiatives
• Directorate for Security Policy
  • Department for NATO and Partnership for Peace
  • Department for EU Common Security and Defence Policy
  • Department for Arms Control
• Directorate for Economic Diplomacy
  • Department for Arms Control
  • Department for Promotion of Exports
  • Department for Attracting Foreign Dirwct Investments
• Directorate for Consular Affairs
• Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region

The Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were established in 1919 on premises of former diplomatic archives of the Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The Diplomatic Academy was formed in 1998 from the former Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This list includes ministers of foreign affairs (and the acting ministers of foreign affairs) of the Revolutionary Serbia, the Principality of Serbia, and the Kingdom of Serbia from the creation of this post in 1811 to the formation of Yugoslavia after World War I in 1918. The list also includes ministers of foreign affairs of the Republic of Serbia from 1991 to 1993, and after the restoration of independence in 2006. For ministers of foreign affairs for the 1918–1991 and 1993–2006 periods, see List of ministers of foreign affairs of Yugoslavia.

Minister			Took office	Left office	Grand Vožd
		Miljko Radonjić Миљко Радоњић (1770–1836)	4 February 1811	25 December 1812	Karađorđe

  Conservative Party   Liberal Party   Serbian Progressive Party   Non-party

Minister			Took office	Left office	Prince
		Dimitrije Davidović Димитрије Давидовић (1789–1838)	8 June 1834	3 February 1835	Miloš Obrenović
		Avram Petronijević Аврам Петронијевић (1791–1852)	3 February 1835	3 May 1840
		Đorđe Protić Ђорђе Протић (1793–1857)	3 May 1840	26 October 1842	Mihailo Obrenović
		Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић (1806–1869) Acting	26 October 1842	24 September 1843	Alexander Karađorđević
		Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872)	24 September 1843	29 September 1844
		Avram Petronijević Аврам Петронијевић (1791–1852)	29 September 1844	10 April 1852
		Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић (1806–1869) Acting	10 April 1852	13 September 1852
		Ilija Garašanin Илија Гарашанин (1812–1874)	13 September 1852	14 March 1853
		Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872)	14 March 1853	16 December 1855
		Aleksa Janković Алекса Јанковић (1806–1869)	16 December 1855	29 May 1856
		Stevan Marković Стеван Марковић (1804–1864)	29 May 1856	16 September 1856
		Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић (1800–1872)	16 September 1856	19 June 1857
		Stevan Marković Стеван Марковић (1804–1864)	19 June 1857	31 March 1858
		Stevan Magazinović Стеван Магазиновић (1804–1874)	31 March 1858	6 April 1859	Miloš Obrenović
		Cvetko Rajović Цветко Рајовић (1793–1873)	6 April 1859	27 October 1860
		Filip Hristić Филип Христић (1819–1905)	27 October 1860	9 December 1861	Mihailo Obrenović
		Ilija Garašanin Илија Гарашанин (1812–1874)	9 December 1861	3 November 1867
		Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899)	3 November 1867	21 November 1867
		Milan Petronijević Милан Петронијевић (1831–1914)	21 November 1867	21 June 1868
		Radivoje Milojković Радивој Милојковић (1833–1888) Acting	21 June 1868	24 September 1868	Milan Obrenović
		Dimitrije Matić Димитрије Матић (1821–1884) Acting	24 September 1868	10 August 1872
		Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899)	10 August 1872	22 October 1873
		Jovan Marinović Јован Мариновић (1821–1893)	22 October 1873	25 November 1874
		Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897)	25 November 1874	20 January 1875
		Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929)	20 January 1875	19 August 1875
		Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899)	19 August 1875	26 September 1875
		Đorđe M. Pavlović Ђорђе Павловић (1838–1921)	26 September 1875	24 April 1876
		Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899)	24 April 1876	21 October 1880
		Čedomilj Mijatović Чедомиљ Мијатовић (1842–1932)	21 October 1880	10 October 1881
		Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897)	10 October 1881	7 March 1882

  Liberal Party   Serbian Progressive Party   People's Radical Party   Independent Radical Party   Non-party

Minister			Took office	Left office	King
		Milan Piroćanac Милан Пироћанац (1837–1897)	7 March 1882	21 September 1883	Milan I
		Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929)	21 September 1883	7 February 1884
		Milutin Garašanin Милутин Гарашанин (1843–1898)	7 February 1884	23 March 1886
		Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	23 March 1886	1 June 1887
		Jovan Ristić Јован Ристић (1831–1899)	1 June 1887	19 December 1887
		Dragutin Franasović Драгутин Франасовић (1842–1914)	19 December 1887	14 April 1888
		Čedomilj Mijatović Чедомиљ Мијатовић (1842–1932)	14 April 1888	23 February 1889
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	23 February 1889	11 February 1891	Alexander I
		Mihailo Kr. Đorđević Михаило Кр. Ђорђевић (1850–1901)	11 February 1891	21 March 1892
		Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926)	21 March 1892	9 August 1892
		Jovan Avakumović Јован Авакумовић (1841–1928)	9 August 1892	1 April 1893
		Andra Nikolić Андра Николић (1853–1918)	1 April 1893	23 November 1893
		Sava Grujić Сава Грујић (1840–1913)	23 November 1893	12 January 1894
		Đorđe Simić Ђорђе Симић (1843–1921)	12 January 1894	21 March 1894
		Sima Lozanić Сима Лозанић (1847–1935)	21 March 1894	15 October 1894
		Milan Bogićević Милан Богићевић (1840–1929)	15 October 1894	25 June 1895
		Stojan Novaković Стојан Новаковић (1842–1915)	25 June 1895	17 December 1896
		Đorđe Simić Ђорђе Симић (1843–1921)	17 December 1896	11 October 1897
		Vladan Đorđević Владан Ђорђевић (1844–1930)	11 October 1897	8 July 1900
		Aleksa Jovanović Алекса Јовановић (1846–1920)	12 July 1900	5 February 1901
		Mihailo Vujić Михаило Вујић (1853–1913)	5 February 1901	7 October 1902
		Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	7 October 1902	23 December 1902
		Sima Lozanić Сима Лозанић (1847–1935)	23 December 1902	23 March 1903
		Pavle Denić Павле Денић (1855–1939) Acting	23 March 1903	29 May 1903
		Ljubomir Kaljević Љубомир Каљевић (1841–1907)	29 May 1903	21 September 1903	Peter I
		Andra Nikolić Андра Николић (1853–1918)	21 September 1903	20 January 1904
		Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926)	26 January 1904	16 May 1905
		Jovan Žujović Јован Жујовић (1856–1936)	16 May 1905	2 December 1905
		Vasilije Antonić Василије Антонић (1860–1929)	2 December 1905	17 April 1906
		Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926)	17 April 1906	7 July 1908
		Milovan Milovanović Милован Миловановић (1863–1912)	7 July 1908	18 June 1912
		Jovan Jovanović Јован Јовановић (1869–1939)	18 June 1912	27 August 1912
		Nikola Pašić Никола Пашић (1845–1926)	30 August 1912	10 March 1918
		Mihailo Gavrilović Михаило Гавриловић (1868–1924) Acting	10 March 1918	3 November 1918
		Stojan Protić Стојан Протић (1857–1923) Acting	3 November 1918	7 December 1918

Political Party:   SPS   SPO   DS   SNS   n-p

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Mikašinović, BrankoBranko Mikašinović (1924–1999)	15 February 1991	31 July 1991	166 days	SPS	Zelenović
2		Jovanović, VladislavVladislav Jovanović (born 1933)	31 July 1991	14 July 1992	349 days	SPS	Zelenović Božović
(2)		Jovanović, VladislavVladislav Jovanović (born 1933)	30 September 1992	4 March 1993	155 days	SPS	Božović Šainović
Part of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of FR Yugoslavia and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
3		Drašković, VukVuk Drašković (born 1946)	4 June 2006	15 May 2007	345 days	SPO	Koštunica I
4		Jeremić, VukVuk Jeremić (born 1975)	15 May 2007	27 July 2012	5 years, 73 days	DS	Koštunica II Cvetković
5		Mrkić, IvanIvan Mrkić (born 1953)	27 July 2012	27 April 2014	1 year, 274 days	Independent	Dačić
6		Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić (born 1966)	27 April 2014	22 October 2020	6 years, 178 days	SPS	Vučić I–II Brnabić
–		Brnabić, AnaAna Brnabić (born 1975) Acting	22 October 2020	28 October 2020	6 days	SNS	Brnabić
7		Selaković, NikolaNikola Selaković (born 1983)	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	1 year, 363 days	SNS	Brnabić II
(6)		Dačić, IvicaIvica Dačić (born 1966)	26 October 2022	2 May 2024	1 year, 189 days	SPS	Brnabić III
8		Đurić, MarkoMarko Đurić (born 1983)	2 May 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 110 days	SNS	Vučević Macut

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• Popov, Čedomir; Živojinović, Dragoljub; Marković, Slobodan (2013). Dva veka moderne srpske diplomatije: Bicentenary of Modern Serbian Diplomacy (in Serbian). Balkanološki institut SANU. ISBN 978-86-7179-079-6.

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