Ranko Krivokapić (

Montenegrin Cyrillic The Montenegrin alphabet is the collective name given to "''Abeceda''" (Montenegrin Latin alphabet) and "''Азбука''" (Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet), the writing systems used to write the Montenegrin language. It was adopted on 9 June 2009 ...

: Ранко Кривокапић; born August 17, 1961) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the

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in 2022. He is a former long-term

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from 2003 to 2016, and the President of the

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(SDP) from 2002 until his resignation in 2017. He is currently the honorary president of the SDP. He is the longest-serving President of the Parliament of Montenegro in the country's history.

Biography

Krivokapić was born on 17 August 1961 in

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. His political interest began in the late 1980s. He graduated from the

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Law School, and started pursuing LLM at the

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. Besides his native language, Krivokapić speaks

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Politics

He was elected a representative in Montenegrin Parliament six times, the first time being in 1989. He was a Montenegrin representative to the Parliament of Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1997. From 2003 to 2006, Krivokapić served as the speaker of Parliament of Montenegro within the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Following the ratification of an

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held in 2006 by the Parliament of Montenegro, Krivokapić became the president of a sovereign parliament rather than of a constituent state of a union. He continued to serve in that position until his dismissal in 2016. After the poor results at May 2019 local elections Krivokapić decided to resign from the office of SDP president. In June 2019,

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was elected new president of the Party, Krivokapic has been named honorary president. Since 28 April 2022, Krivokapić is serving as the

in the minority

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Dritan Abazović Dritan Abazović (, sq, Dritan Abazi; born 25 December 1985) is a Montenegrin politician who has been the prime minister of Montenegro since 28 April 2022. An ethnic Albanian, he heads the United Reform Action party. He previously served as d ...

. However, Abazović removed him from office in October 2022.

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Biography

Politics

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