Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro

The Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, officially Vice President of the Government of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Potpredsjednik Vlade Crne Gore), is the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of Montenegro. Conventionally all of the junior partners in the coalition, get one deputy, they are ranked according to the size of their respective parties.

History of the office

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro was established on 15 February 1991, during the first government of Milo Đukanović. It was initially held by three people: Blagoje Lučić, Vuk Ognjenović and Zoran Žižić. Since then, the office was usually held simultaneously by several people at the same time (in the government of Filip Vujanović there were five Deputy Prime Ministers at one point). Also, Deputy Prime Ministers may or may not combine the position with another government portfolio.

The current Deputy Prime Ministers are Zoran Pažin, Milutin Simović (since 28 November 2016) and Rafet Husović (since 4 December 2012)

List of Deputy Prime Ministers

	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Blagoje Lučić	15 February 1991	14 July 1992	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Vuk Ognjenović	15 February 1991	1 August 1992	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Zoran Žižić	15 February 1991	24 December 1996	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Mihailo Ljesar	1 August 1992	20 December 1993	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Krunoslav Vukčević	1 August 1992	24 December 1996	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Rade Perović	5 March 1993	24 December 1996	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Asim Telaćević	1 February 1994	2 July 2001	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Miodrag Vuković	24 December 1996	16 July 1998	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	Slavko Drljević	24 December 1996	8 July 1997	Independent
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Milutin Lalić	8 July 1997	2 July 2001	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Jovan Mihailović	8 July 1997	5 February 1998	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	Slavko Drljević	5 February 1998	16 July 1998	Independent
style="background:Template:People's Party (Montenegro)/meta/color;" |	Predrag Drecun	5 February 1998	16 July 1998	People's Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Predrag Goranović	16 July 1998	27 January 2000	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:People's Party (Montenegro)/meta/color;" |	Novak Kilibarda	16 July 1998	4 July 2000	People's Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Dragiša Burzan	16 July 1998	2 July 2001	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Ljubiša Krgović	27 January 2000	2 July 2001	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:People's Party (Montenegro)/meta/color;" |	Savo Đurđevac	4 July 2000	28 February 2001	People's Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Branimir Gvozdenović	2 July 2001	10 November 2006	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Žarko Rakčević	2 July 2001	8 January 2003	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Dragan Đurović	2 July 2001	10 November 2006	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Jusuf Kalamperović	8 January 2003	10 November 2006	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Miroslav Ivanišević	8 January 2003	10 November 2006	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Gordana Đurović	10 November 2006	11 June 2009	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Vujica Lazović	10 November 2006	28 November 2016	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Svetozar Marović	11 June 2009	29 December 2010	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Igor Lukšić	11 June 2009	29 December 2010	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Duško Marković	29 December 2010	28 November 2016	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Igor Lukšić	4 December 2012	28 November 2016	Democratic Party of Socialists
	Rafet Husović	4 December 2012	Incumbent	Bosniak Party
	Azra Jasavić	12 May 2016	28 November 2016	Positive Montenegro
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	Milorad Vujović	12 May 2016	28 November 2016	Independent
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Petar Ivanović	12 May 2016	28 November 2016	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color;" |	Milutin Simović	28 November 2016	Incumbent	Democratic Party of Socialists
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	Zoran Pažin	28 November 2016	Incumbent	Independent

See also

• Government of Montenegro