Ministry of Economy (Serbia)

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство привреде, romanized: Ministarstvo privrede) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of economy. The current minister is Slobodan Cvetković.

Ministry of Economy

Министарство привреде Ministarstvo privrede
Ministry overview
Formed	3 March 2004; 19 years ago (2004-03-03)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Privatization and Economic Reconstruction
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Kneza Miloša street 20, Belgrade, Serbia 44°48′25.5″N 20°27′40.8″E / 44.807083°N 20.461333°E / 44.807083; 20.461333
Employees	207 (2017)^[1]
Annual budget	€196.37 million (2020, planned)^[2]
Minister responsible	Slobodan Cvetković
Deputy Ministers responsible	Dragan Stevanović Milun Trivunac Dragan Grgurević Branimir Stojanović
Website	www.privreda.gov.rs

History

The Ministry of Economy was established on 3 March 2004 after the dissolution of the Ministry of Privatization and Economic Reconstruction which existed from 1991 to 2004.

The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations which existed from 1991 to 2007, merged into the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development in 2007.

Over the years, it has changed many secondary areas of its jurisdiction. Regional development was added in 2007, and later the Ministry of National Investment Plan merged into the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development in 2011.

The Ministry of Economy was reunified from 2012 to 2013 with the Ministry of Finance under Mlađan Dinkić. At the same time, Regional Development was joined with the Local-Self Government into unified ministry (later Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government).

In 2013, Ministry of Economy was once again split from Finance under Saša Radulović.

Sectors

There are several sectors operating within the Ministry:

• Sector for economic development
• Item list with tags
• Sector for development of small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship
• Sector for quality infrastructure
• Sector for international cooperation and European integration
• Sector for privatization and bankruptcy
• Sector for control, supervision and administrative affairs in the field of public enterprises and business registers
• Sector for investments in infrastructure projects

Subordinate institutions

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

• Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals
• Agency for Business Registers
• Development Agency of Serbia
• Accreditation body of Serbia
• Institute for Standardization of Serbia
• Agency for licensing of bankruptcy administrators
• Insurance and Financing Agency of Serbia
• Agency for the conduct of disputes in the privatization process
• Development Fund

List of ministers

Political Party:   DSS   G17 Plus   URS   SNS   n-p   JS   SPS

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
Minister of Economy
1		Maršićanin, DraganDragan Maršićanin (born 1950)	3 March 2004	10 May 2004	68 days	DSS	Koštunica I
–		Simović, ZoraZora Simović (born 1951) Acting	10 May 2004	19 October 2004	162 days	DSS	Koštunica I
2		Bubalo, PredragPredrag Bubalo (born 1954)	19 October 2004	15 May 2007	2 years, 208 days	DSS	Koštunica I
Economy and Regional Development
3		Dinkić, MlađanMlađan Dinkić (born 1964)	15 May 2007	21 February 2011	3 years, 282 days	G17+	Koštunica II Cvetković
–		Matić, JasnaJasna Matić (born 1964) Acting	21 February 2011	14 March 2011	21 days	G17+	Cvetković
4		Ćirić, NebojšaNebojša Ćirić (born 1974)	14 March 2011	27 July 2012	1 year, 135 days	G17+	Cvetković
Minister of Finance and Economy
(3)		Dinkić, MlađanMlađan Dinkić (born 1964)	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	1 year, 37 days	URS	Dačić
Minister of Economy
5		Radulović, SašaSaša Radulović (born 1965)	2 September 2013	24 January 2014	144 days	Independent	Dačić
–		Mirović, IgorIgor Mirović (born 1968) Acting	24 January 2014	27 April 2014	93 days	SNS	Dačić
6		Vujović, DušanDušan Vujović (born 1960)	27 April 2014	4 August 2014	99 days	Independent	Vučić I
–		Vujović, DušanDušan Vujović (born 1960) Acting	4 August 2014	3 September 2014	30 days	Independent	Vučić I
7		Sertić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Sertić (born 1968)	3 September 2014	11 August 2016	1 year, 343 days	SNS	Vučić I
8		Knežević, GoranGoran Knežević (born 1957)	11 August 2016	28 October 2020	4 years, 78 days	SNS	Vučić II Brnabić
9		Atanasković, AnđelkaAnđelka Atanasković (born 1958)	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	1 year, 363 days	SNS	Brnabić II
10		Basta, RadeRade Basta (born 1979)	26 October 2022	22 June 2023	240 days	JS	Brnabić III
–		Mali, SinišaSiniša Mali (born 1972) Acting	22 June 2023	6 September 2023	75 days	SNS	Brnabić III
11		Cvetkovic, SlobodanSlobodan Cvetković (born 1974)	6 September 2023	Incumbent	51 days	SPS	Brnabić III

See also

• Ministry of Industry (1991–2001)
• Ministry of Privatization and Economic Reconstruction (1991–2004)
• Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations (1991–2007)
• Ministry of National Investment Plan (2007–2011)

References

1. "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
2. "ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ" (PDF). parlament.gov.rs. Народна скупштина Републике Србије. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Serbian ministries, etc – Rulers.org