Militia (Yugoslavia)

Militia of SFR Yugoslavia Milicija SFR Jugoslavije / Милиција СФР Југославије
Common name	Serbo-Croatian: Milicija / Милиција
Agency overview
Formed	1944
Preceding agency	People's Defence Corps of Yugoslavia (KNOJ)
Dissolved	1992
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	SFR Yugoslavia
Operations jurisdiction	SFR Yugoslavia
Location map of SFR Yugoslavia
Size	255,804 km2 (98,766 sq mi)
Population	23,229,846 (1991 estimate)
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by	Federal Executive Council Republican and provincial executive councils
Headquarters	Belgrade, SR Serbia
Parent agency	Federal Secretariat of Internal Affairs Republican and provincial secretariats of internal affairs
Notables
Anniversary	Security Day, 13 May

The Militia of SFR Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Milicija SFR Jugoslavije / Милиција СФР Југославије) was a law enforcement agency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1992. The Militia was subordinated to the Federal Secretariat of Internal Affairs (Serbo-Croatian: Savezni sekretarijat unutrašnjih poslova / Савезни секретаријат унутрашњих послова).

Formed during World War II in Yugoslavia on territories controlled by the Yugoslav Partisans, at different times it was named Partisan Guard, Peasant Guard, People's Defence etc. In 1944 it was named People's Militia, and in 1966 Militia.