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DeutschMinistry of Internal Affairs (Montenegro)
| Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1831 (1991) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Montenegro |
| Headquarters | Podgorica |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | mup.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[edit]
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 1991[edit]
| 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 | |