Ivan Brajović Explained

Ivan Brajović
Office:Member of Parliament
Term Start:23 September 2020
President:Aleksa Bečić
Office1:President of the Parliament
Term Start1:24 November 2016
Term End1:23 September 2020
Predecessor1:Darko Pajović
Successor1:Miodrag Lekić
Aleksa Bečić
Office2:Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs
Term Start2:4 December 2012
Term End2:28 November 2016
Predecessor2:Andrija Lompar
Successor2:Osman Nurković
Office3:Minister of Interior Affairs
Term Start3:10 June 2009
Term End3:4 December 2012
Predecessor3:Jusuf Kalamperović
Successor3:Raško Konjević
Birth Date:1962 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Titograd, PR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Alma Mater:University of Montenegro
Native Name Lang:sr

Ivan Brajović (Serbian: Иван Брајовић; born 9 March 1962) is a Montenegrin politician. He is a 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.

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 Democratic Party of Montenegro defected from the political party, and formed new political subject, after the split between pro-DPS faction led 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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.skupstina.me/index.php/me/skupstina/predsjednik/biografija Predsjednik Skupštine Crne Gore
  2. http://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/brajovic-i-lazovic-napustili-sjednicu-sdp-a-840598 Brajović i Lazović napustili partiju, SDP traži da vrate mandate
  3. http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/11/region/2538186/ivan-brajovic-novi-predsednik-skupstine-crne-gore.html Ivan Brajović novi predsednik Skupštine Crne Gore
  4. Web site: Djukanović's DPS Moves to Opposition Benches After 30 Years. 2020-09-06. www.total-montenegro-news.com. en-gb.