Ministry of Justice (Yugoslavia)

The Ministry of Justice of Yugoslavia refers to the justice ministry which was responsible for judicial system of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941 and the communist SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It may also refer to the justice ministry of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1992 to 2003.

List of ministers

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Marko Đuričić	File:Marko Djuricic Crop.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 December 1918	20 December 1918
Marko Trifković	File:Marko Trifković.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	20 December 1918	16 August 1919	1864–1928
Kosta Timotijević	File:No image.png		Democratic Party (DS)	16 August 1919	19 February 1920
Momčilo Ninčić	File:Momčilo Ninčić.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	19 February 1920	31 March 1920	1876–1949
Dušan Peleš	File:No image.png		People's Radical Party (NRS)	31 March 1920	16 May 1920
Marko Trifković	File:Marko Trifković.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	16 May 1920	1 January 1921	1864–1928
Marko Đuričić	File:Marko Djuricic Crop.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 January 1921	24 December 1921
Lazar Marković	File:Lazar Marković.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	24 December 1921	1 May 1923	1882–1955
Ninko Perić	File:Ninko Perić.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 May 1923	21 May 1924	1886–1961
Prvislav Grisogono	File:No image.png		Independent Democratic Party (SDS)	21 May 1924	28 July 1924	1879–1969
Hamid Hrasnica	File:No image.png		Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO)	28 July 1924	6 November 1924
Edo Lukinić	File:No image.png		Independent Democratic Party (SDS)	6 November 1924	29 April 1925
Marko Đuričić	File:Marko Djuricic Crop.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	29 April 1925	30 January 1927
Milan Srškić	File:Milan Srškić facingright.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 February 1927	17 April 1927	1880–1937
Dušan Subotić	File:No image.png		People's Radical Party (NRS)	17 April 1927	23 February 1928
Milorad Vujičić	File:Milorad Vujičić.jpg		People's Radical Party (NRS)	23 February 1928	7 January 1929
Milan Srškić	File:Milan Srškić facingright.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	7 January 1929	1 January 1931	1880–1937
Dimitrije Ljotić	File:Dimitrije Ljotić.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	16 February 1931	28 June 1931	1891–1945
Dragutin S. Kojić	File:Dragutin Kojić.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	1 July 1931	4 April 1932
Božidar Maksimović	File:Božidar Maksimović.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	4 April 1932	3 July 1932	1886–1969
Ilija Šumenković	File:Ilija Šumenkovič.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	3 July 1932	5 November 1932
Božidar Maksimović	File:Božidar Maksimović.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	5 November 1932	22 December 1934	1886–1969
Dragutin S. Kojić	File:Dragutin Kojić.jpg		Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	22 December 1934	24 June 1935
			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)
Ljudevit Auer	File:Ljudevit Auer.jpg		Slovenian People's Party (SLS)	24 June 1935	September 1935	1892–1973
Mile Miškulin	File:No image.png		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	September 1935	7 March 1936	1873–1953
Dragiša Cvetković	File:Dragiša Cvetković.jpg		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	7 March 1936	1936	1893–1969
Nikola Subotić	File:No image.png		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	1936	4 October 1937
Milan Simonović	File:Milan Simonović.jpg		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	4 October 1937	5 February 1939
Viktor Ružić	File:Viktor Ružić.jpg		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	5 February 1939	26 August 1939	1893–1976
Lazar Marković	File:Lazar Marković.jpg		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	26 August 1939	March 1941	1882–1955
Mihailo Konstantinović	File:No image.png		Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	March 1941	27 March 1941	1897–1982

Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Božidar Marković	File:No image.png		Democratic Party (DS)	27 March 1941	12 January 1942	1874–1946
Milan Gavrilović	File:Milan Gavrilović.jpg			12 January 1942	26 June 1943	1882–1972
Nikola Mirošević-Sorgo	File:No image.png			26 June 1943	10 August 1943	1885–1966
Vladeta Milićević	File:No image.png			10 August 1943	8 July 1944
Drago Marušič	File:Drago Marusic.jpg		Independent	8 July 1944	7 March 1945	1884–1975

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Frane Frol	File:Frane Frol.jpg		Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	7 March 1945	14 January 1953	1899–1989
			Communist Party of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Arnold Rajh	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	30 June 1963	12 March 1965	1907–
Milorad Zorić	File:Milorad Zorić.jpg		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	12 March 1965	18 May 1967	1913–
Boris Šnuderl	File:Boris Šnuderl.jpg		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	30 July 1971	3 December 1971	1926–
Mugbil Bejzat	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	3 December 1971	17 May 1974	1932–
Ivan Franko	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	17 May 1974	16 May 1978	1922–
Luka Banović	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1978	16 May 1982	1926–?
Borislav Krajina	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1982	16 May 1986	1930–
Petar Vajović	File:No image.png		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1986	16 March 1989
Vlado Kambovski	File:Владо Камбовски.jpg		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 March 1989	14 July 1992	1948–

FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Justice	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1	Tibor Várady	Várady, TiborTibor Várady (born 1939)	14 July 1992	2 March 1993	231 days	Independent
2	Zoran Stojanović	Stojanović, ZoranZoran Stojanović (born 1947)	2 March 1993	15 September 1994	1 year, 197 days	Independent
3	Uroš Klikovac	Klikovac, UrošUroš Klikovac (1935–2004)	15 September 1994	12 June 1996	1 year, 271 days	DPS
4	Vladimir Krivokapić	Krivokapić, VladimirVladimir Krivokapić (1940–2010)	12 June 1996	20 March 1997	281 days	DPS
5	Zoran Knežević	Knežević, ZoranZoran Knežević (1948–2014)	20 March 1997	12 August 1999	2 years, 145 days	DPS SNP
6	Petar Jojić	Jojić, PetarPetar Jojić (born 1938)	12 August 1999	4 November 2000	1 year, 84 days	SRS
7	Momčilo Grubač	Grubač, MomčiloMomčilo Grubač (1940–2015)	4 November 2000	24 July 2001	262 days	DC
8	Savo Marković	Marković, SavoSavo Marković (born 1955)	24 July 2001	17 March 2003	1 year, 236 days	NS

See also

• Ministry of Justice (Serbia)
• Ministry of Justice (Croatia)
• Ministry of Justice (Montenegro)

External links

• List of ministers at Rulers.org
• Governments of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes (Yugoslavia) 1918–1945