Miroslav Vicković Explained

Miro Vicković
Миро Вицкови
Birth Date:27 May 1951
Birth Place:Cetinje, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Death Place:Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
Office:Leader of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
Term Start:1999
Term End:2002
Successor:Miodrag Živković
Predecessor:Slavko Perović
Office1:Member of Parliament
Term Start1:3 November 1996
Term End1:9 June 2004
Alma Mater:University of Montenegro
Party:Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
(1992-2004)
Profession:Politician

Miroslav "Miro" Vicković (Serbian: Мирослав "Миро" Вицковић; 27 May 1951 - 9 June 2004) was a Montenegrin politician and high-ranking official of the Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG).

Early life

Early life and education

His father Mihailo was a sublieutenant in the Army of Montenegro, opponent of the annexion of Kingdom of Montenegro in 1918 and participant of the Christmas Uprising in 1919. He was a deputy at the Second session of the AVNOJ, first Minister of Health of Montenegro and first post-World War II Mayor of Cetinje. His mother Anđa (née Vrbica) died when he was two years old.[1]

Vicković finished high school in Cetinje, before graduating from the Faculty of Law in Podgorica. He worked in the Secretariat of Internal Affairs of Montenegro from 1977 to 1990, advancing to the position of the Chief of Minister's cabinet. He resigned from the post following the AB revolution, unwilling to serve to Slobodan Milošević and his subordinates in Montenegro.[2]

Political career

Vicković started his political career as a deputy of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG) in the Podgorica Municipal Assembly (1992-1996). In March 1995, he was appointed as executive director of LSCG. He was elected to the Parliament of Montenegro in 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002, while also serving as leader of the LSCG parliamentary group. He was elected President of LSCG in 1999, and reelected to the position again in 2002. In the same year, he was elected as Mayor of Cetinje. He died in Podgorica in 2004 after a short disease.[3]

Personal life

Miroslav Vicković was married and had two daughters, Milica and Marija, and son Mirko.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miroslav Vickovic - biografija - kandidatura za gradonacelnika Podgorice - 2000 . Lscg.org . 2016-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802032654/http://www.lscg.org/content/vickovic-biografija-gradonacelnik-pg.html . 2010-08-02 . dead .
  2. Web site: Miroslav Vickovic - biografija - medijska verzija . Lscg.org . 2016-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141230220547/http://www.lscg.org/content/vickovic-biografija-mediji.html . 2014-12-30 . dead .
  3. Web site: Miro Vickovic deceased. pcnen.com . 2004-06-09 . 2016-11-04.