Ministry of Economy (Serbia)
| Министарство привреде Ministarstvo privrede | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 3 March 2004 |
| Preceding Ministry | |
| 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 |
| Employees | 207 (2017)[1] |
| Annual budget | $402.00 million (2018, planned)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Deputy Ministers responsible |
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| Website | www |
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 Serbia portal |
The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство привреде / Ministarstvo privrede) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of economy. The current minister is Goran Knežević, in office since 11 August 2016.
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 n-p SNS
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Party | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Economy | |||||
| style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Dragan Maršićanin (1950–) |
DSS | 3 March 2004 | 10 May 2004 | Koštunica (I) |
| style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Zora Simović (1951–) Acting Minister |
DSS | 10 May 2004 | 19 October 2004 | |
| style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Predrag Bubalo (1954–) |
DSS | 19 October 2004 | 15 May 2007 | |
| Minister of Economy and Regional Development | |||||
| style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Mlađan Dinkić (1964–) |
G17 Plus | 15 May 2007 | 21 February 2011 | Koštunica (II) Cvetković (I) |
| style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Jasna Matić (1964–) Acting Minister |
G17 Plus | 21 February 2011 | 14 March 2011 | Cvetković (I) |
| style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Nebojša Ćirić (1974–) |
G17 Plus | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | |
| Minister of Finance and Economy | |||||
| style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color;" | | Mlađan Dinkić (1964–) |
G17 Plus / URS | 27 July 2012 | 2 September 2013 | Dačić (I) |
| Minister of Economy | |||||
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Saša Radulović (1965–) |
n-p | 2 September 2013 | 24 January 2014 | Dačić (I) |
| style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color;" | | Igor Mirović (1968–) Acting Minister |
SNS | 24 January 2014 | 27 April 2014 | |
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Dušan Vujović (1960–) Acting Minister from 4 August 2014 |
n-p | 27 April 2014 | 3 September 2014 | Vučić (I) |
| style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color;" | | Željko Sertić (1968–) |
SNS | 3 September 2014 | 11 August 2016 | |
| style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color;" | | Goran Knežević (1957–) |
SNS | 11 August 2016 | Present | Vučić (II) Brnabić (I) |
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
- ^ "Година LXXIII – број 61". pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "ZAKON O BUDŽETU REPUBLIKE SRBIJE ZA 2018. GODINU". paragraf.rs (in Serbian). Službeni glasnik RS. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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