Marko Milačić (; born 22 May 1985) is a Montenegrin politician. He is the founder and current president of minor right-wing populist political party

True Montenegro The True Montenegro (; abbr. Права / Prava or ПЦГ / PCG) is a right-wing populist political party in Montenegro, formed in January 2018 from the political movement ''Resistance to Hopelessness'' (OB), prior to the March 2018 presidential ...

. He ran for

president of Montenegro The president of Montenegro ( cnr, Предсједник Црне Горе, Predsjednik Crne Gore) is the head of state of Montenegro. The current president is Milo Đukanović, who was elected in the first round of the 2018 presidential elect ...

in the 2018 election, and received 2.8% of the popular vote.

Biography

Milačić completed elementary and

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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 ...

, graduated and obtained a master's degree in journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the

University of Montenegro 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 faculties are located in the country's cap ...

. He is fluent in Serbian and

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. Milačić worked for the Montenegrin national public service (RTCG) as a reporter and news presenter for several years.

Political career

In 2014, Milačić became one of the founders of the

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Movement for Neutrality of Montenegro. Through the years he maintained cooperation with a number of populist politicians and activists, such as Croatian

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founders Ivan Pernar and

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (born 28 August 1990), or simply Ivan Sinčić, is a Croatian politician and anti-eviction activist, chairman of the Key of Croatia party (formerly known as ''Human Shield'') and member of the European Parliament since 2 ...

, Bosnian conceptual artist Damir Nikšić and Serbian-Canadian film director and right-wing political activist

Boris Malagurski Boris Malagurski ( sr-Cyrl, Борис Малагурски; born 11 August 1988) is a Serbian-Canadian film director, producer, writer, political commentator, television host, and activist.

. He decided to enter political life in 2016 by joining the newly founded

Mladen Bojanić Mladen Bojanić ( cyrl, Младен Бојанић; born 14 October 1962) is a Montenegrin economist, politician and former MP. He was one of the founders and former secretary general of socially liberal Positive Montenegro (PCG) party. He ran f ...

's ''Resistance to Hopelessness'' (OB), an anti-establishment and

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political movement, and become member of Democratic Front (DF) electoral list for 2016 parliamentary election, but failed to enter the Parliament. After Bojanić's abandonment of OB in 2017, Milačić became de facto leader of movement. In February 2018, he established the populist political party

and ran as the party's candidate for President of Montenegro in the April 2018 elections; he received 2.8% of the votes.Milačić kandidat za predsjednika Crne Gore
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milacic, Marko 1985 births Living people Politicians from Podgorica Serbs of Montenegro

Biography

Political career

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