Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building

Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building
Зграда Савезног секретариjaта за народну одбрану
Heavily damaged "Building A" of the building complex, semi-demolished with the street-side face restored, 2022
General information
Status	Damaged / partially used
Type	Complex of buildings that housed the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense
Architectural style	Modernist[1]
Location	Savski Venac, Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates	44°48′20.2″N 20°27′40.5″E / 44.805611°N 20.461250°E / 44.805611; 20.461250
Construction started	1955
Completed	1965
Closed	1999 (destroyed)
Owner	Government of Serbia
Technical details
Floor area	49,235 m2 (529,960 sq ft)(pre-1999)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nikola Dobrović
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Official name	General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro and Ministry of Defence Buildings
Designated	2006-02-24
Reference no.	СК 1940

The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building (Serbian: Зграда Савезног секретариjaта за народну одбрану, romanized: Zgrada Saveznog sekretarijata za narodnu odbranu, lit. "Federal Secretariat for the People's Defence Building"), also known as the General Staff Building (Serbian: Зграда Генералштаба, romanized: Zgrada Generalštaba), is a complex of government buildings, that formerly housed the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia and the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army, now housing the Ministry of Defence of Serbia (in the non-damaged part, tower of "Building B"). It is located in Savski Venac, Belgrade.

The complex was heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and was left largely derelict.