Federal Secretary of People's Defense of Yugoslavia

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Through the history of Yugoslavia, the defence ministry which was responsible for defence of the country was known under several different names. The Ministry of the Army and Navy was responsible for defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941, the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992 and the Ministry of Defence for Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.

List of ministers

† denotes people who died in office.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

;Minister of the Army

;Minister of the Army and Navy

Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)

;Minister of the Army and Navy

;Minister of the Army

;Minister of the Air Force and Navy

;Minister of the Army, Navy and Air Force

National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (1943–1945)

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

The Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, mk, Savezni sekretar za narodnu odbranu SFRJ, Cyrillic: Савезни секретар за народну одбрану СФРЈ) was that country's defence minister during its existence from 1945 to 1992. He was the head of the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence (''Savezni sekretarijat za narodnu odbranu - SSNO'') and it was the most effective military person, Minister of Defence had the highest rank in the army (General of the Army) except Marshal Tito.

It was the part of the Federal Executive Council (Federal Government).

Timeline

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FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a state union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways.

Standards

File:Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg, Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
File:Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of Yugoslavia (1937–1944).svg, Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1937–1944.
File:Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of Yugoslavia (1944–1945).svg, Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1944–1945.
File:Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of Yugoslavia (1956–1963).png, Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia 1956–1963.
File:Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of Yugoslavia (1963–1993).png, Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia 1963–1993.

See also

*Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*Ministry of Defence (Croatia)
*Ministry of Defence (Montenegro)
*Ministry of Defence (Serbia)
*Ministry of Defence (Slovenia)

Notes

External links

List of ministers
at Rulers.org

{{Minister of Defence of SCG

Government of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Military of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Military of SFR Yugoslavia
Military of Serbia and Montenegro
1918 establishments in Yugoslavia
2006 disestablishments in Serbia and Montenegro