Ivan Brajović ( cyrl, Иван Брајовић; born 9 March 1962) is a Montenegrin politician. He is a former

President of the Parliament of Montenegro The President of the Parliament of Montenegro ( cnr, Предсједник Скупштине Црне Горе, Predsjednik Skupštine Crne Gore) is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Montenegro. The president's term lasts four years, ...

and former Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs in the

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. He is the founder and current president of the

Social Democrats of Montenegro The Social Democrats of Montenegro ( cnr, Socijaldemokrate Crne Gore / Социјалдемократе Црне Горе, SD CG), also known as the Social Democrats ( Montenegrin: Socijaldemokrate, Социјалдемократe, SD), is a cen ...

(SD) political party.

Biography

Ivan Brajović, was born in 1962 in Titograd (present-day

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

), Montenegrin Capital City, at that time part of the

Socialist Republic of Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

of SFR Yugoslavia. Having finished elementary and secondary school in

Danilovgrad Danilovgrad ( cnr, Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852 (2011 census). It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgori ...

, Brajović graduated at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the

Veljko Vlahović University The University of Montenegro ( cnr, Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and majority of constitutive Faculty (division), faculties are located i ...

Political career

Until the introduction of the multi-party system, Brajović was a delegate in the

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, member of the Presidency of the

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, 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 The Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Савез реформских снага Југославије, Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije; abbr. СРСЈ or SRSJ) was a centre-left political party in the SFR Yugoslavia led b ...

for Montenegro and the

Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro ( cnr, Социјалдемократска партија Црне Горе, Socijaldemokratska partija Crne Gore), or just the Social Democratic Party, abbr. SDP is a nationalist and social democratic polit ...

(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

(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-

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faction lead by Brajović and party leader

Ranko Krivokapić Ranko Krivokapić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ранко Кривокапић; born August 17, 1961) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs in 2022. He is a former long-term President of the Parliament of Montenegro ...

. After 2016 parliamentary election, he was elected President of the Parliament. In the 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election Brajović won 4.10 of the votes, granting the Social Democrats of Montenegro 3 seats in Parliament.

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Biography

Political career

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