The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the
Republic of Serbia
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( sr, Министарство заштите животне средине, Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine) is the
ministry
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in the
Government of Serbia
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which is in the charge of the
environmental protection
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. The current minister is
Goran Trivan, in office since 29 June 2017.
History
The ministry was established on 31 July 1991. Over the years, several departments were added and removed in the Ministry's jurisdiction. The area covered by the Ministry mostly included Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Spatial Planning.
From 2004 to 2007, the Environmental Protection department was under
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jurisdiction.
In 2011, the Mining department of the
Ministry of Mining and Energy was added to the Ministry only to be removed in 2014. In 2012, Environment department was moved into
Ministry of Energy, Development, and Environment under
Zorana Mihajlović
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.
The Ministry was abolished in 2014, as the Mining department was merged into
Ministry of Mining and Energy.
In 2017, it was split from the
Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection.
List of ministers
Political Party:
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Environment
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1991 establishments in Serbia
Ministries established in 1991
Serbia
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