Rifat Rastoder (born 11 July 1950 in Radmanci,

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, then a part of SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin politician, writer and journalist of Bosniak ethnicity. He was the deputy speaker of the

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and the vice-president of the

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Biography

In 1969, Rastoder moved to

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(today's

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) where he continues to live to this day. He became a professional journalist in 1980. Until 1986, he worked for

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as a journalist, program editor and the editor of the programming block. In 1990, he was voted ''Best Journalist''. By late 1996, he had become a journalist and editor of the interior-political rubric and commentator for the ''

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'' newspaper. From 1991, he was a journalist and editor in the weekly news magazine ''

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'', along with one of the initiators of founding

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. Politically, he was one of the founders and vice-presidents of the Civic Movement since 1990. He is also a member of the board of the Civic Forum and is one of the founders of the

, of which he was vice-president. He was chosen as representative in the

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four times, and deputy speaker of the Parliament for three mandates of which he served under

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and

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. He served as acting

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from 19 to 22 May 2003.Roberto Ortiz de Zárate, "Leaders of Montenegro"
Besides speaking his native language, he also speaks Russian and to a lesser degree, English.

Works

*''Crvena mrlja'' (1990; co-author) *''Usud imena'' *''Pravo na ime''

Trivia

*His relative,

Šerbo Rastoder Prof. Šerbo Rastoder, PhD (; born 13 August 1956 in Radmanci, Berane, People's Republic of Montenegro, then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin historian of Bosniak ethnicity. He is also an author, writing about the history of Montenegr ...

, is a prominent historian.

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Biography (in Montenegrin)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rastoder, Rifat 1950 births Living people Montenegrin Muslims People from Berane Bosniaks of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro politicians Members of the Parliament of Montenegro Presidents of Montenegro Montenegrin writers Montenegrin male writers