Ministry of Family Welfare and Demography (Serbia)
| Министарство за бригу о породици и демографију Ministarstvo za brigu o porodici i demografiju | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 26 October 2020 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Serbia |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | minbpd |
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 Serbia portal |
The Ministry of Family Welfare and Demography (Serbian Cyrillic: Министарство за бригу о породици и демографију, romanized: Ministarstvo za brigu o porodici i demografiju) is a ministry in the Government of Serbia, created by a vote of the National Assembly of Serbia on 26 October 2020.[1] Before that, similar Ministry of Family Welfare has existed between 1998 and 2001.
At the time of the ministry's re-creation in 2020, it was noted that its purpose was to address issues relating to "family protection, marriage, population policy, family planning, the promotion and development of demographic policy, birth rate, and quality and life expectancy."[2] Ratko Dmitrović was appointed as minister two days later when Ana Brnabić's second cabinet was constituted. After his appointment as minister, Dmitrović said that Serbia's low birth rate should be targeted by both material incentives and by what he described as promoting "the cult of the family in the most positive sense of the word."[3] The ministry issued a statement in November 2021 that every fifth inhabitant of Serbia is over sixty-five and that every seventh is under fourteen.[4]
Secretary of State and assistant ministers
[edit]During Dmitrović's tenure as minister, there was one secretary of state: Milka Milovanović Minić. In addition, Marija Leković and Aleksandra Čamagić were assistant ministers.[5]
Sectors of the ministry
[edit]As of January 2022, there were four sectors in the ministry of family welfare and demography:[6]
- Planning and Improvement of Families and Children, Quality of Life, Extension of Life and Family Legal Protection
- Demography, Internal Migration and Cooperation with Local Self-Government
- Population Policy, Birth Rate Policy and Reproductive Health
- International Cooperation, European Integration and Projects
List of ministers
[edit]| Name (Birth–Death) |
Party | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||||
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| Minister of Family Welfare (1998-2001) | |||||||
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Rada Trajković
(born 1953) |
Socialist Party of Serbia | 24 March 1998 | 24 October 2000
(Resigned on 14 June 1999, but continued to perform her duties) |
Marjanović II | ||
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Slavica Đukić Dejanović
(born 1951) |
25 October 2000 | 25 January 2001 | Minić | |||
| Minister of Family Welfare and Demography (since 2020) | |||||||
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Ratko Dmitrović (born 1958) |
Independent (endorsed by the Serbian Patriotic Alliance) |
28 October 2020 | 28 May 2021 | Brnabić (II) | ||
| Independent (endorsed by the Serbian Progressive Party) |
28 May 2021 | 26 October 2022 | |||||
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Darija Kisić Tepavčević (born 1975) |
Serbian Progressive Party | 26 October 2022 | 2 May 2024 | Brnabić (III) | ||
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Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski (born 1990) |
Serbian Party Oathkeepers | 2 May 2024 | Incumbent | Vučević | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Skupština Srbije usvojila Zakon o ministarstvima, u sredu izbor Vlade", Radio Slobodna Evropa, 26 October 2020, accessed 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Skupština Srbije usvojila Zakon o ministarstvima, u sredu izbor Vlade", Radio Slobodna Evropa, 26 October 2020, accessed 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Dmitrović: Pored materijalnih davanja, mora se povesti računa i o negovanju kulta porodice", Danas, 2 July 2021, accessed 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Ministarstvo: Svaki peti stanovnik Srbije stariji od 65 godina, svaki sedmi mlađi od 14", Danas, 11 November 2021, accessed 9 January 2022.
- ^ Организација, Ministry of Family Welfare and Demography, Government of Serbia, accessed 9 January 2022.
- ^ Сектори, Ministry of Family Welfare and Demography, Government of Serbia, accessed 9 January 2022.