Miomir Mugoša (; born 23 July 1950) is a
Montenegrin physician
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and
politician
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. He has been
mayor
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of
Podgorica
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, the capital of
Montenegro
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, from 2000 to 2014. He also served as the president of
FK Budućnost Podgorica
Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Cyrillic: Будућност Подгорица, , lit. "Future") is a Montenegrin football club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is competing in the Montenegrin First League. Its colours are blue and white.
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, main soccer team in Podgorica.
Biography
Born in
Cetinje
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, Mugoša completed primary school and high school in
Podgorica
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, and graduated from the
University of Belgrade
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Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...
's
School of Medicine
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. He specialized in general surgery, with an emphasis on hepatobiliary surgery.
Mugoša worked in the emergency service of the health center and at the Surgery Clinic of the Clinical Center in
Montenegro
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. He performed a duty of the Director of the Clinical Center in Montenegro in the period of 1996–97. Mayor Mugoša is the minister with the longest service in the Government of Montenegro - from 1990 to November 2000 he covered the position of the Minister of Health with the exception of 3 months during which he acted as the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.
Mugoša has been a member of the
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
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(DPS) since its founding. He is a member of the main board of DPS in
Donja Gorica
Donja Gorica ( cnr, Доња Горица) is a suburb of Podgorica, Montenegro
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He lives in
Podgorica
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at
Mareza
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The river
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in a family house, on the property of his ancestors.
Mugoša was recently involved in scandal with abusive behavior regarding journalist of local newspaper ''
Vijesti
''Nezavisni dnevnik Vijesti'' (; English translation: ''News'') is a Montenegrin daily newspaper.
The paper is published and managed by an entity called Daily Press d.o.o. - a limited liability company based in Podgorica. The company's ownership ...
'' Mihailo Jovović. According to some sources the journalist of "Vijesti" Jovovic was beaten and his redactor was also involved.
On September 13, 2006, Mugoša was reelected to manage the municipality of Podgorica for a second term.
Google automatic translation to English
/ref> In 2010, while DPS failed to win absolute majority of seats in Podgorica local assembly, he managed to obtain support from two opposition delegates, and secure a third term in the office. His mandate ended on June 24, 2014, and DPS chose not to appoint him as a candidate for a fourth term.
References
Further reading
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1950 births
Living people
Politicians from Cetinje
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro politicians
Mayors of Podgorica
University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine alumni
Montenegrin surgeons
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