The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora ( sr, Министарство вера и дијаспоре / Ministarstvo vera i dijasopre) was the ministry in the Government of Serbia which was in charge of connection with the

Serbian diaspora Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons. There were different wa ...

. The ministry was merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012.

History

The ministry was established on 11 February 1991. It was abolished from 2001 to 2004. The Ministry of Religion which existed from 1991 to 2011, merged into the ministry in 2011. The Ministry of Religion and Diaspora was later merged into the Ministry of Culture and Information on 27 July 2012. Also, the

Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region The Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region ( sr, Управа за сарадњу с дијаспором и Србима у региону / Uprava za saradnju s dijasporom i Srbima u regionu) is a coordination body ...

and Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities were established on 2 August 2012 and took some of the Ministry's jurisdictions.

History

List of ministers

See also