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			People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 December 1918	20 December 1918
Marko Trifković			People's Radical Party (NRS)	20 December 1918	16 August 1919	1864–1928
Kosta Timotijević			Democratic Party (DS)	16 August 1919	19 February 1920
Momčilo Ninčić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	19 February 1920	31 March 1920	1876–1949
Dušan Peleš			People's Radical Party (NRS)	31 March 1920	16 May 1920
Marko Trifković			People's Radical Party (NRS)	16 May 1920	1 January 1921	1864–1928
Marko Đuričić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 January 1921	24 December 1921
Lazar Marković			People's Radical Party (NRS)	24 December 1921	1 May 1923	1882–1955
Ninko Perić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 May 1923	21 May 1924	1886–1961
Prvislav Grisogono			Independent Democratic Party (SDS)	21 May 1924	28 July 1924	1879–1969
Hamid Hrasnica			Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO)	28 July 1924	6 November 1924
Edo Lukinić			Independent Democratic Party (SDS)	6 November 1924	29 April 1925
Marko Đuričić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	29 April 1925	30 January 1927
Milan Srškić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	1 February 1927	17 April 1927	1880–1937
Dušan Subotić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	17 April 1927	23 February 1928
Milorad Vujičić			People's Radical Party (NRS)	23 February 1928	7 January 1929
Milan Srškić			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	7 January 1929	1 January 1931	1880–1937
Dimitrije Ljotić			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	16 February 1931	28 June 1931	1891–1945
Dragutin S. Kojić			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	1 July 1931	4 April 1932
Božidar Maksimović			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	4 April 1932	3 July 1932	1886–1969
Ilija Šumenković			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	3 July 1932	5 November 1932
Božidar Maksimović			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	5 November 1932	22 December 1934	1886–1969
Dragutin S. Kojić			Yugoslav National Party (JNS)	22 December 1934	24 June 1935
			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)
Ljudevit Auer			Slovenian People's Party (SLS)	24 June 1935	September 1935	1892–1973
Mile Miškulin			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	September 1935	7 March 1936	1873–1953
Dragiša Cvetković			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	7 March 1936	1936	1893–1969
Nikola Subotić			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	1936	4 October 1937
Milan Simonović			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	4 October 1937	5 February 1939
Viktor Ružić			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	5 February 1939	26 August 1939	1893–1976
Lazar Marković			Yugoslav Radical Union (JRS)	26 August 1939	March 1941	1882–1955
Mihailo Konstantinović			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			Democratic Party (DS)	27 March 1941	12 January 1942	1874–1946
Milan Gavrilović				12 January 1942	26 June 1943	1882–1972
Nikola Mirošević-Sorgo				26 June 1943	10 August 1943	1885–1966
Vladeta Milićević				10 August 1943	8 July 1944
Drago Marušič			Independent	8 July 1944	7 March 1945	1884–1975

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Minister	Image		Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Frane Frol			Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	7 March 1945	14 January 1953	1899–1989
			Communist Party of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Arnold Rajh			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	30 June 1963	12 March 1965	1907–
Milorad Zorić			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	12 March 1965	18 May 1967	1913–
Boris Šnuderl			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	30 July 1971	3 December 1971	1926–
Mugbil Bejzat			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	3 December 1971	17 May 1974	1932–
Ivan Franko			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	17 May 1974	16 May 1978	1922–
Luka Banović			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1978	16 May 1982	1926–?
Borislav Krajina			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1982	16 May 1986	1930–
Petar Vajović			League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)	16 May 1986	16 March 1989
Vlado Kambovski			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		Várady, Tibor Tibor Várady (born 1939)	14 July 1992	2 March 1993	231 days	Independent
2		Stojanović, Zoran Zoran Stojanović (born 1947)	2 March 1993	15 September 1994	1 year, 197 days	Independent
3		Klikovac, Uroš Uroš Klikovac (1935–2004)	15 September 1994	12 June 1996	1 year, 271 days	DPS
4		Krivokapić, Vladimir Vladimir Krivokapić (1940–2010)	12 June 1996	20 March 1997	281 days	DPS
5		Knežević, Zoran Zoran Knežević (1948–2014)	20 March 1997	12 August 1999	2 years, 145 days	DPS SNP
6		Jojić, Petar Petar Jojić (born 1938)	12 August 1999	4 November 2000	1 year, 84 days	SRS
7		Grubač, Momčilo Momčilo Grubač (1940–2015)	4 November 2000	24 July 2001	262 days	DC
8		Marković, Savo Savo 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