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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Montenegro)

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Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova
Agency overview
Formed1831 (1991)
JurisdictionGovernment of Montenegro
HeadquartersPodgorica
Agency executive
Websitemup.gov.me

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Montenegrin: Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova Crne Gore / Министарство унутрашњих послова) is a Ministry in the Government of Montenegro, tasked with oversight and strategic planning of law enforcement apparatus in Montenegro, including budgetary oversight and internal affairs, as well as direct control over disaster relief and emergency situations management, maintaining citizen, vehicle and firearms databases, issuance of ID cards, passports, driving and firearms licences. It also has certain jurisdiction over border security management, and operates police aviation unit.

History

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Historically, Ministry was the main arm of law enforcement and state intelligence. However, in 2005 the intelligence arm split and became and independent agency, while law enforcement became fully operationally independent, as Police Administration.

Ministers of Internal Affairs since 1879

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Montenegrin monarchy

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Image Beginning of the mandate End of mandate Time in office Name and surname Notes Prince
March 20, 1879 1884 4-5 years Mašo Vrbica Minister of the Interior of the government of Božo Petrović-Njegoš Nicholas I

(1860-1910)
1884 December 19, 1905 10-11 years Božo Petrović-Njegoš Minister of the Interior of the government of Božo Petrović-Njegoš
December 19, 1905 November 24, 1906 69 days Swan Gojnić Minister of the Interior in the Prime Minister of Lazar Mijušković
November 24, 1906 April 17, 1907 144 days Mihailo Ivanović Minister of the Interior during the government of Marko Radulović and the first government of Andrija Radović
April 17, 1907 April 15, 1909 1 year, 363 days Lakić Vojvodić Minister of the Interior in the Prime Minister of Lazar Tomanović
April 15, 1909 February 6, 1910 298 days Jovan Plamenac Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović
February 6, 1910 April 13, 1910 70 days Lazar Tomanović Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović
April 13, 1910 August 28, 1910 134 days Jovan Plamenac Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović
Image Beginning of the mandate End of term Time in office Name and surname Notes Monarch
August 28, 1910 September 13, 1910 15 days Jovan Plamenac In the second government of Lazar Tomanović , he served as Minister of the Interior at the time when Montenegro was elevated to the level of a kingdom . Nicholas I

(1910-1916)
September 13, 1910 September 14, 1910 1 day Filip Jergović Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović
September 14, 1910 June 19, 1912 1 year, 279 days Marko Đukanović Minister of the Interior in the third and fourth governments of Lazar Tomanović
June 19, 1912 May 8, 1913 323 days Jovan Plamenac Minister of the Interior of the Government of Mitar Martinović
May 8, 1913 April 25, 1914 352 days Swan Gojnić Minister of the Interior of the First Government of Janko Vukotić
April 25, 1914 January 2, 1916 1 year, 252 days Savo P. Vuletić Minister of the Interior in the second and third governments of Janko Vukotić
January 2, 1916 January 15, 1916 13 days Risto Popović Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Mijušković

Montenegrin government-in-exile

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Image Beginning of the mandate End of term Time in office Name and surname Notes Regent Monarch
Titular king
January 15, 1916 May 12, 1916 98 days Risto Popović Minister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Mijušković in exile Milena of Montenegro

(1921-1922)
Nicholas I

(1916-1921)
Danilo

(March 1-March 7, 1921)
Michael

(1921-1922)
May 12, 1916 January 17, 1917 250 days Pero Vuckovic Minister of the Interior of the Second Government of Andrija Radović
January 17, 1917 June 11, 1917 145 days Milo Matanović Minister of the Interior of the government of Milo Matanović
June 11, 1917 March 2, 1919 1 year, 264 days Nikola M. Hajduković Minister of the Interior of the Government of Evgenije Popović
March 2, 1919 June 28, 1921 2 years, 119 days Jovan Plamenac Minister of the Interior in the first , second and third governments of Jovan Plamenac
June 28, 1921 September 14, 1922 1 year, 78 days Milutin Vučinić Minister of the Interior of the government of Milutin Vučinić

Ministers of Internal Affairs, since 1991

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Name
(Birth–Death)
Party Term of Office
Pavle Bulatović
(1948-2000)
DPS 15 February 1991 1 August 1992
Nikola Pejaković
(born 1952)
DPS 1 August 1992 17 May 1995
Filip Vujanović
(born 1954)
DPS 17 May 1995 5 February 1998
Vukašin Maraš
(1938-2008)
DPS 5 February 1998 2 July 2001
Andrija Jovićević
(born 1963)
none 2 July 2001 8 January 2003
Milan Filipović
(born 1937)
none 8 January 2003 18 December 2003
Dragan Đurović
(born 1959)
DPS 18 December 2003 25 October 2005
Jusuf Kalamperović
(born 1959)
SDP 25 October 2005 10 June 2009
Ivan Brajović
(born 1962)
SDP 10 June 2009 4 December 2012
Raško Konjević
(born 1979)
SDP 4 December 2012 12 May 2016
Goran Danilović
(born 1971)
Demos 12 May 2016 28 November 2016
Mevludin Nuhodžić
(born 1959)
DPS 28 November 2016 4 December 2020
Sergej Sekulović
(born 1978)
none 4 December 2020 28 April 2022
Filip Adžić
(born 1986)
URA 28 April 2022 Present
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