Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
| Министарство унутрашњих послова Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova | |
Ministry of Internal Affairs amblem | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 11 February 1991 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Serbia |
| Headquarters | Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2, Belgrade, Serbia 44°49′12.1″N 20°25′39.1″E / 44.820028°N 20.427528°E |
| Annual budget | 115.5 billion RSD (€983 million) (2024) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | www |
| Serbia portal |
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Mинистарство унутрашњих послова, romanised: Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova; abbr. MUP) or the Ministry of the Interior, is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Serbia.
The Ministry is responsible for local and national Police services, with municipal and district branches throughout the country. Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief. The ministry is also responsible for issuing passports and personal identification to citizens.
The current minister is Ivica Dačić, in office since 2 May 2024. As of August 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a total of 42,817 employees, of whom 28,266 are uniformed officers. Of those, 70.2% have secondary education, while 27.8% have higher or high education.