Ivan Brajović

Ivan Brajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Брајовић; born 9 March 1962) is a Montenegrin politician, former President of the Parliament of Montenegro and former Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs in the government of Montenegro. He is the founder and current president of the Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD) political party.

Ivan Brajović
Иван Брајовић
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
23 September 2020
PresidentAleksa Bečić
President of the Parliament
In office
24 November 2016 – 23 September 2020
Preceded byDarko Pajović
Succeeded byMiodrag Lekić (acting)
Aleksa Bečić
Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs
In office
4 December 2012 – 28 November 2016
Preceded byAndrija Lompar
Succeeded byOsman Nurković
Minister of Interior Affairs
In office
10 June 2009 – 4 December 2012
Preceded byJusuf Kalamperović
Succeeded byRaško Konjević
Personal details
Born (1962-03-09) 9 March 1962
Titograd, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partySD (from 2015)
Other political
affiliations		SDP (1993–2015)
SRSJ (1990)
SKJ (Before 1990)
Alma materUniversity of Montenegro

Biography

Ivan Brajović, was born in 1962 in Titograd (present-day Podgorica), Montenegrin Capital City, at that time part of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro of SFR Yugoslavia. Having finished elementary and secondary school in Danilovgrad, Brajović graduated at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Veljko Vlahović University.[1]

Political career

Until the introduction of the multi-party system, Brajović was a delegate in the Danilovgrad Municipality, member of the Presidency of the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia, Vice-President of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro. With the introduction of multi-party system in 1990 he was one of the founders of the Union of Reform Forces for Montenegro and the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP). He served as SDP Secretary of the Executive Board and Vice President of the Party.

He was a Minister of Interior Affairs in 5th cabinet of Milo Đukanović (2009-2010) and cabinet of Igor Lukšić (2010–2012), and later Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs in 6th cabinet of Milo Đukanović (2012–2016).

In 2015 he became one of the founders of the Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD), when the faction of the Social Democrstic Party of Montenegro defected from the political party, and formed new political subject, after the split between pro-DPS faction lead by Brajović and party leader Ranko Krivokapić.[2] After 2016 parliamentary election, he was elected President of the Parliament.[3]

In the 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election Brajović won 4.10 of the votes, granting the Social Democrats of Montenegro 3 seats in Parliament. [4]

See also

References
  1. Predsjednik Skupštine Crne Gore, Skupština Crne Gore
  2. Brajović i Lazović napustili partiju, SDP traži da vrate mandate, Vijesti
  3. Ivan Brajović novi predsednik Skupštine Crne Gore, RTS
  4. "Djukanović's DPS Moves to Opposition Benches After 30 Years". www.total-montenegro-news.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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