Ministry of Defence (Yugoslavia)
| Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo odbrane/Министарство одбране Slovene: Ministrstvo za obrambo Macedonian: Министерство за одбрана | |
Standard of the Minister of Defence (1995–2006) | |
The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building, damaged by a NATO bomb during the Kosovo War. | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 1 December 1918 |
| Dissolved | 4 June 2006 |
| Jurisdiction | Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Defence Building, Belgrade (1965–99) 44°48′20″N 20°27′40″E / 44.80556°N 20.46111°E |
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| Parent department | Federal Executive Council (1953–92) |
Through the history of Yugoslavia, the defence ministry which was responsible for defence of the country was known under several different names: the Ministry of the Army and Navy for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941, the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992 and the Ministry of Defence for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later known as Serbia and Montenegro) from 1992 to 2006.