The Ministry of Culture () is a ministry in the Government of Serbia, which is in the charge of culture and mass media regulation. The current minister is Nikola Selaković, in office since 2 May 2024.
History The Ministry of Culture was established in 1991. The Ministry of Information was merged into the Ministry of Culture in 2001. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society was merged into the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Informational Society in 2011. The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora which existed from 1991 to 2012, merged into the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Diaspora in 2012. Also, some of the jurisdictions of the Ministry were passed to the reestablished Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade, Telecommunications, and Information Society in 2012. Ministry was once again re-established as the Ministry of Culture in 2022.
Organization The ministry is organized into following departments:https://kultura.gov.rs/tekst/sr/3982/organizaciona-struktura.php
Department for the protection of cultural heritage and digitalization Department for contemporary creativity Department for international cooperation and European integration
List of ministers Political Party:
Name Party Term of Office Prime MinisterMinister of Culture Radomir Šaranović SPS 11 February 1991 23 December 1991 Zelenović Miodrag Đukić SPS 23 December 1991 10 February 1993 Božović Đoko Stojičić SPS 10 February 1993 18 March 1994 Šainović Nada Popović-Perišić SPS 18 March 1994 20 August 1998 Marjanović Željko Simić SPS 20 August 1998 24 October 2000 Marjanović Milan Komnenić SPO 24 October 2000 25 January 2001 Minić Branislav Lečić DS 25 January 2001 23 May 2002 Đinđić Minister of Culture and Public Information Branislav Lečić DS 23 May 2002 2 April 2003 Đinđić Živković Minister of Culture and Media Branislav Lečić DS 2 April 2003 3 March 2004 Živković Minister of Culture Dragan Kojadinović SPO 3 March 2004 15 May 2007 Koštunica Vojislav Brajović DS 15 May 2007 7 July 2008 Koštunica Nebojša Bradić G17 Plus 7 July 2008 14 March 2011 Cvetković Minister of Culture, Information, and Informational Society Predrag Marković G17 Plus 14 March 2011 27 July 2012 Cvetković Minister of Culture, Information, and Diaspora Bratislav Petković SNS 27 July 2012 2 September 2013Dačić Ivan Tasovac n-p 2 September 2013 27 April 2014Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac n-p 27 April 2014 11 August 2016 Vučić Vladan Vukosavljević n-p 11 August 2016 28 October 2020 Vučić Brnabić Maja Gojković SNS 28 October 2020 26 October 2022 Brnabić Minister of Culture Maja Gojković SNS 26 October 2022 2 May 2024 Brnabić Nikola Selaković SNS 2 May 2024 Incumbent Vučević Macut
References
External links
Serbian ministries, etc – Rulers.org