Božo Nikolić (22 September 1946 – 17 November 2010) was a
Montenegrin Croat sea captain
A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel.Aragon and Messner, 2001, p.3. The captain is responsible for the safe and efficie ...
and politician from
Montenegro
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, and one of the founders of
Croatian Civic Initiative
The Croatian Civic Initiative ( Croatian/ Montenegrin: ''Hrvatska građanska inicijativa'', HGI, Montenegrin Cyrillic: Хрватска грађанска иницијатива, ХГИ) is a political party of the Croat minority in Montenegro.
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He was a member of
Croatian Confraternity Bokelj Navy 809.
Croatian Confraternity Bokelj Navy 809 ( hr, Hrvatska bratovština Bokeljska mornarica 809.) is a non-profit association which was established in 1924 in Zagreb. It preserves the twelve century-long tradition of the Bokeljs, people originating f ...
Nikolić was born in
Gornja Lastva in
Tivat
Tivat (, ) is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.
Name
In Serbian and Montenegrin ...
municipality,
Bay of Kotor
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. With the
Coalition for European Montenegro
The European Montenegro ( cnr, Европскa Црна Горa, script=Cyrl, cnr, Evropska Crna Gora, label=none, script=Latn; abbr. ECG) was the ruling political alliance in Montenegro headed by Milo Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialist ...
, he entered the
Parliament of Montenegro
The Parliament of Montenegro ( cg, Скупштина Црне Горе, Skupština Crne Gore) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 ...
in the
2006 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2006.
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* 2006 Acehnese regional election
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. In doing so he became the first Croat minority representative to enter the Assembly. He died in 2010, at the age of 64.
See also
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Croatian Confraternity Bokelj Navy 809.
Croatian Confraternity Bokelj Navy 809 ( hr, Hrvatska bratovština Bokeljska mornarica 809.) is a non-profit association which was established in 1924 in Zagreb. It preserves the twelve century-long tradition of the Bokeljs, people originating f ...
References
1949 births
2010 deaths
People from Tivat
Croats of Montenegro
Croatian Civic Initiative politicians
Croatian people of Montenegrin descent
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