Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government

Ministry in the Government of Serbia

Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government
Ministry overview
Министарство државне управе и локалне самоуправе Ministarstvo državne uprave i lokalne samouprave
Formed	11 February 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-11)
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Birčaninova Street 6, Belgrade, Serbia 44°48′18.5″N 20°27′29.3″E / 44.805139°N 20.458139°E / 44.805139; 20.458139
Employees	106 (2017)
Annual budget	€14.62 million (2020, planned)
Minister responsible	Jelena Žarić Kovačević
Website	mduls.gov.rs

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The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of the Government of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство државне управе и локалне самоуправе, romanized: Ministarstvo državne uprave i lokalne samouprave) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of public administration and local self-government. The current minister is Jelena Žarić Kovačević, who has been in office since 2 May 2024.

History

The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government was established on 11 February 1997.

2011–14: Merged ministries

In 2011, the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government was added the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, and it was named the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government until 2012.

From 2012 to 2014, the Public Administration was within the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration under Nikola Selaković. Also, the Local Self-Government became part of the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Self-Government under Verica Kalanović from 2012 to 2013. Regional Development was split from the Ministry of Economy. From 2013 to 2014 Igor Mirović led the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Self-Government.

2014–present: Reunified ministry

In 2014, Kori Udovički took the reunified ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from Selaković and Mirović.

Secretaries of State

There are currently four secretaries of state in the ministry: Stevan Gligorin, Maja Mačužić Puzić, Dragana Potpara, and Čedomir Rakić.

Subordinate agencies

There are several agencies that operate within the Ministry:

Directorate for E-government
Administrative Inspectorate
Professional services of administrative districts

List of ministers

Political Party: SPS SRS SD DOS DSS DS G17 Plus URS SNS n-p

Name (Birth–Death)		Party	Term of Office		Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government
	Zoran Modrinić (born 1947)	JUL	11 February 1997	24 March 1998	Marjanović (I)
	Gordana Pop-Lazić (born 1956)	SRS	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	Marjanović (II)
	Veljko Odalović (born 1956)	SPS	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	Minić (I)
	Rodoljub Šabić (born 1955)	SD	13 June 2002	16 October 2003	Đinđić Živković (I)
	Ivica Eždenci (born 1969) Acting Minister	DOS	16 October 2003	3 March 2004	Živković (I)
	Zoran Lončar (born 1965)	DSS	3 March 2004	15 May 2007	Koštunica (I, II)
	Milan Marković (born 1970)	DS	15 May 2007	14 March 2011	Cvetković (I)
Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government
	Milan Marković (born 1970)	DS	14 March 2011	27 July 2012	Cvetković (I)
Minister of Regional Development and Local Self-Government
	Verica Kalanović (born 1954)	G17 Plus	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	Dačić (I)
	Verica Kalanović (born 1954)	URS	27 July 2012	2 September 2013
	Igor Mirović (born 1968)	SNS	2 September 2013	27 April 2014
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government
	Kori Udovički (born 1961)	n-p	27 April 2014	11 August 2016	Vučić (I)
	Ana Brnabić (born 1975)	n-p	11 August 2016	29 June 2017	Vučić (II)
	Branko Ružić (born 1975)	SPS	29 June 2017	28 October 2020	Brnabić (I)
	Marija Obradović (born 1974)	SNS	28 October 2020	26 October 2022	Brnabić (II)
	Aleksandar Martinović (born 1976)	SNS	26 October 2022	2 May 2024	Brnabić (III)
	Jelena Žarić Kovačević (born 1981)	SNS	2 May 2024	Incumbent	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.
O MINISTARSTVU, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, retrieved 18 April 2021.

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