Predrag Bulatović (

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: Предраг Булатовић; born 16 July 1956) is a Montenegrin politician, current member of the

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and vice-president of the Democratic People's Party since the party's founding in March 2015. Bulatović is also a member of the presidency of the

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alliance.

Political career

Leader of the opposition

As the former member of the

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, Predrag Bulatović was a founding member of the

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. Bulatović served as a member of the

for several terms, since 1996. He was a high-ranking member of the Socialist People's Party, since party founding prior the 1997 split from the Democratic Party of Socialists. Predrag Bulatović led SNP as party president from 2001 to 2006. Since 2001, he was leader of Montenegrin opposition, as the president of the SNP and as unofficial leader of the major opposition bloc

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. During the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006, he was most important leader of the unionist bloc, which advocated Montenegro's remaining in the state union with Serbia.

After the 2006 referendum

After the poor result in the

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, when the number of seats won by SNP's coalition fell from 30 down to 11, Bulatović resigned from the position of party's president, along with the three vice presidents. In 2015, he became one of the founders of the Democratic People's Party, when the faction of the

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defected from the political party, and joined the

coalition. In 2012, he was one of the founders of the political coalition Democratic Front, since 2015 he has been a member of the presidency of the coalition.

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Montenegrin politicians Socialist People's Party of Montenegro politicians People from Kolašin Serbs of Montenegro 1956 births Living people {{Montenegro-politician-stub