Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation (Serbia)

The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation (Serbian: Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација / Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija) is a ministry in the Serbian government. It originally existed as the ministry of science from 1991 to 2004 and then under various different names from 2004 to 2011, when it was merged into the education ministry. The ministry was re-established as a separate entity with the formation of the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić on 26 October 2022.

Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација
Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija
Ministry overview
Formed26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)
JurisdictionGovernment of Serbia
Minister responsible
Websitenitra.gov.rs

The current minister in Jelena Begović, a non-partisan figure nominated by the Serbian Progressive Party.[1] The assistant minister is Marina Soković, who was previously assistant minister in the ministry of education, science, and technological development from 2019 to 2022.[2]

List of ministers edit

Political Party:   SPS   DS   DSS   G17 Plus   n-p

Name
(Birth–Death)
Party Term of Office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Minister of Science
  Divna Trajković
(born 1940)
SPS 23 December 1991 10 February 1993 Božović (I)
  Slobodan Unković
(born 1938)
SPS 10 February 1993 28 May 1996 Šainović (I)
Marjanović (I)
  Dušan Kanazir
(1921–2009)
SPS 28 May 1996 24 March 1998 Marjanović (I)
  Branislav Ivković
(born 1952)
SPS 24 March 1998 24 October 2000 Marjanović (II)
  Radivoje Mitrović
(born 1957)
SPS 24 October 2000 25 January 2001 Minić (transitional)
  Dragan Domazet
(born 1947)
DS 25 January 2001 3 March 2004 Đinđić (I)
Živković (I)
Minister of Science and Environmental Protection
  Aleksandar Popović
(born 1971)
DSS 3 March 2004 15 May 2007 Koštunica (I)
Minister of Science and Technology
  Ana Pešikan
(born 1959)
G17 Plus 15 May 2007 7 July 2008 Koštunica (II)
Minister of Science and Technological Development
  Božidar Đelić
(born 1965)
DS 7 July 2008 14 March 2011 Cvetković (I)
Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
  Jelena Begović
(born 1970)
n-p[a] 26 October 2022 Incumbent Brnabić (III)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Nominated by the SNS.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ministar nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija"; Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation; Government of Serbia; accessed 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ Pomoćnik ministra; Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation; Government of Serbia; accessed 5 January 2023.

External links edit