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 language, Serbo-Croatian, Croatian language, Croatian, Serbian language, Serbian, mk, Savezni sekretar za narodnu odbranu SFRJ, Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, 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 of Yugoslavia, 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 (Yugoslavia), Federal Executive Council (Federal Government).

Timeline

ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:10 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:160 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1945 till:1995 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1945 Colors = id:fspd value:rgb(1,0,0) legend: Federal_Secretary id:afspd value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) legend: Acting_Federal_Secretary id:time value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) Legend = orientation:vertical position:right LineData = layer:back width:0.1 color:time at:1945 at:1950 at:1955 at:1960 at:1965 at:1970 at:1975 at:1980 at:1985 at:1990 at:1995 BarData = barset:PM bar:tito bar:gosnjak bar:ljubicic bar:mamula bar:kadijevic bar:adzic bar:pantic PlotData= width:6 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:PM bar:tito from:1945 till:1953 color:fspd text:"Josip Broz Tito, Tito" bar:gosnjak from:1953 till:1967 color:fspd text:"Ivan Gošnjak, Gošnjak" bar:ljubicic from:1967 till:1982 color:fspd text:"Nikola Ljubičić, Ljubičić" bar:mamula from:1982 till:1988 color:fspd text:"Branko Mamula, Mamula" bar:kadijevic from:1988 till:1992 color:fspd text:"Veljko Kadijević, Kadijević" bar:adzic from:1992 till:1992 color:afspd text:"Blagoje Adžić, Adžić" bar:pantic from:1992 till:1992 color:afspd text:"Života Panić, Panić"

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 (Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia and Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), 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.

Notes

External links

List of ministers
at Rulers.org

{{Minister of Defence of SCG Government of Yugoslavia Former defence ministries, 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