Vujica Lazović (

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: Вујица Лазовић; born 10 March 1963 in Plav, Montenegro,

SFRY The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugo ...

) is a Montenegrin politician, professor and diplomat who is currently serving as ambassador of Montenegro to Slovenia. He was vice-president of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SDP) under

Ranko Krivokapić Ranko Krivokapić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ранко Кривокапић; born August 17, 1961) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs in 2022. He is a former long-term President of the Parliament of Montenegro ...

, and was one of founding members of the new

Social Democrats of Montenegro The Social Democrats of Montenegro ( cnr, Socijaldemokrate Crne Gore / Социјалдемократе Црне Горе, SD CG), also known as the Social Democrats ( Montenegrin: Socijaldemokrate, Социјалдемократe, SD), is a cen ...

(SD), in 2016. He is currently president of the Political Council of the Social Democrats.Raskol u SDP: Brajovićeva struja napustila stranku, Krivokapić traži da vrate mandate (2015)
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Education

Lazović graduated from University of Montenegro Faculty of Economics in 1986, and defended his master's degree at the University of Belgrade in 1994. In 1997, Lazović received his doctorate at the University of Montenegro. He has been employed at the University of Montenegro since 1988, from 1998 to 2000, he was the Vice Dean for Teaching at the

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, and from 2001 until 2006, he was the Dean of the Faculty.

Politics

Between 1989 and 1993, Lazović was a member of the Parliament of Montenegro, first as a member of the League of Communists, and later as a member of the Union of Reform Forces. He was one of the founders of the

(SDP) in 1993 and long-term vice-president of the Party. he was the

Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro The Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, officially Vice President of the Government of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Potpredsjednik Vlade Crne Gore''), is the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of Montenegro. Conventionally all of the junior p ...

(2006-2016) and the

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(2006-2010), in several governments during the rule of the

Democratic Party of Socialists The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( cnr, Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ...

(DPS) of Milo Đukanović regime in Montenegro, between May 2006 and September 2016, when he was appointed ambassador of Montenegro to

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. In 2015 he became one of the founders of the

(SD), when the faction of the Social Democratic Party defected from the political party, and formed new political subject, after the split between pro-DPS faction led by two vice-presidents Lazović and Ivan Brajović and party leader

.Vujica Lazović
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References

1963 births Living people Deputy Prime Ministers of Montenegro Montenegrin politicians Social Democratic Party of Montenegro politicians Government ministers of Montenegro Academic staff of the University of Montenegro {{Montenegro-politician-stub