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Ministry of Environmental Protection (Serbia)

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The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство заштите животне средине, romanized: Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of the environmental protection. The current minister is Goran Trivan, in office since 29 June 2017.

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Ministry of Environmental Protection (Serbia)
Omladinskih brigada, Belgrade New Belgrade (New Belgrade Urban Municipality)

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