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 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
Montenegrin monarchy
Principality of Montenegro ImageBeginning of the mandateEnd of mandateTime in officeName and surnameNotesPrinceMarch 20, 187918844–5 yearsMašo VrbicaMinister of the Interior of the government of Božo Petrović-NjegošNicholas I(1860-1910)1884December 19, 190510–11 yearsBožo Petrović-NjegošMinister of the Interior of the government of Božo Petrović-Njegoš December 19, 1905November 24, 190669 daysMinister of the Interior in the Prime Minister of Lazar MijuškovićNovember 24, 1906April 17, 1907144 daysMihailo IvanovićMinister of the Interior during the government of Marko Radulović and the first government of Andrija Radović April 17, 1907April 15, 19091 year, 363 daysMinister of the Interior in the Prime Minister of Lazar TomanovićApril 15, 1909February 6, 1910298 daysJovan PlamenacMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar TomanovićFebruary 6, 1910April 13, 191070 daysLazar TomanovićMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar TomanovićApril 13, 1910August 28, 1910134 daysJovan PlamenacMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović
Kingdom of Montenegro ImageBeginning of the mandateEnd of termTime in officeName and surnameNotesMonarchAugust 28, 1910September 13, 191015 daysJovan PlamenacIn 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, 1910September 14, 19101 dayFilip JergovićMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Tomanović September 14, 1910June 19, 19121 year, 279 daysMinister of the Interior in the third and fourth governments of Lazar TomanovićJune 19, 1912May 8, 1913323 daysJovan PlamenacMinister of the Interior of the Government of Mitar Martinović May 8, 1913April 25, 1914352 daysMinister of the Interior of the First Government of Janko VukotićApril 25, 1914January 2, 19161 year, 252 daysMinister of the Interior in the second and third governments of Janko VukotićJanuary 2, 1916January 15, 191613 daysMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Mijušković
Montenegrin government-in-exile ImageBeginning of the mandateEnd of termTime in officeName and surnameNotesRegentMonarchTitular kingJanuary 15, 1916May 12, 191698 daysMinister of the Interior in the second government of Lazar Mijušković in exileMilena of Montenegro(1921-1922)Nicholas I(1916-1921)Danilo(March 1-March 7, 1921)Michael(1921-1922) May 12, 1916January 17, 1917250 daysMinister of the Interior of the Second Government of Andrija RadovićJanuary 17, 1917June 11, 1917145 daysMilo MatanovićMinister of the Interior of the government of Milo MatanovićJune 11, 1917March 2, 19191 year, 264 daysNikola M. HajdukovićMinister of the Interior of the Government of Evgenije PopovićMarch 2, 1919June 28, 19212 years, 119 daysJovan PlamenacMinister of the Interior in the first, second and third governments of Jovan PlamenacJune 28, 1921September 14, 19221 year, 78 daysMilutin VučinićMinister of the Interior of the government of Milutin Vučinić
Ministers of Internal Affairs since 1991 Name Party Term of Office Pavle Bulatović DPS 15 February 1991 1 August 1992 Nikola Pejaković DPS 1 August 1992 17 May 1995 Filip Vujanović DPS 17 May 1995 5 February 1998 Vukašin Maraš DPS 5 February 1998 2 July 2001 Andrija Jovićević none 2 July 2001 8 January 2003 Milan Filipović none 8 January 2003 18 December 2003 Dragan Đurović DPS 18 December 2003 25 October 2005 Jusuf Kalamperović SDP 25 October 2005 10 June 2009 Ivan Brajović SDP 10 June 2009 4 December 2012 Raško Konjević SDP 4 December 2012 12 May 2016 Goran Danilović Demos 12 May 2016 28 November 2016 Mevludin Nuhodžić DPS 28 November 2016 4 December 2020 Sergej Sekulović none 4 December 2020 28 April 2022 Filip Adžić URA 28 April 2022 Present
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