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Ivan Vuković (; born 17 September 1984) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the
mayor of Podgorica Mayor of Podgorica () is the head of the City of Podgorica (capital of Montenegro). He acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the Podgorica Capital City Podgorica Capital City (Serbo-Croatian: Glavni grad Podgorica / � ...
from 2018 to 2023. Before taking office, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Vice-Dean for International Cooperation at the Faculty of Political Science in
Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...
.


Early life

Vuković was born on September 17, 1984, in Podgorica, where he finished both elementary school and high school. Vuković completed his undergraduate and specialist studies in 2007 at the
University of Montenegro The University of Montenegro () is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and most of its constituent faculties are located in the country's capital Podgorica, with campuses in Nikšić, Cetinje, and Kotor. Its ...
, Faculty of Political Science (study program International Relations and Diplomacy). He was one of the top students in his class, with an average grade of A (9.7). Shortly before the referendum in 2006, he was one of the student representatives in the Movement for Independence of Montenegro. After completing his specialist studies (2006-2007), Vuković completed an internship at the Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after which he enrolled in postgraduate studies in the Netherlands at
Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...
. In 2008, Vuković defended his masters thesis on the topic of "European Integration and Political Competition in Montenegro: The Determinants of Party Consensus". Upon returning to Montenegro (2008-2014) Vuković began working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Montenegro. During 2010, Vuković wrote foreign policy columns for the daily newspaper ''
Pobjeda Pobjeda ( cyrl, Пoбjeдa, , lit. "The Victory") ( MNSENIPO is a Montenegrin daily newspaper. Having been published for 75 years, it is the oldest Montenegrin newspaper still in circulation; in the media, it is also the oldest Montenegrin ac ...
''. From September to November 2013, Vuković conducted a PhD thesis research at Harvard University and in June 2014 defended his PhD thesis on ''Party Outcomes in Hybrid Regimes in the Western Balkans and Beyond'' at the Central European University in Budapest.


Academic career

In the period 2014–2015, Vuković acquired the title of Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science; In November 2015 he was elected Assistant Professor and Vice-Dean for International Relations at the same Faculty. Vuković spent academic year 2016–2017 at George Washington University as the first
Fulbright The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...
Postdoctoral scholarship holder from Montenegro. During his stay in America, he taught there on the subject “Politics in Central and Eastern Europe”. Vuković is fluent in English and has a good grasp of French.


Political career

In 2018, Vuković publicly supported the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS),
Milo Đukanović Milo Đukanović (, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the President of Montenegro from 2018 to 2023, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2002. He also served as the Prime Minister of Montenegro (1991–19 ...
. In May 2018, he continued his political path as the holder of the coalition list “For the Good of the Citizens of Podgorica”, winning local election in Podgorica. In July 2018, by secret ballot in the Capital City Assembly, Vuković was elected Mayor. Out of the total number of councilors (36), 35 voted for Vuković and one ballot was invalid. On July 31, 2018, at age 34, Vuković began serving as the forty-third mayor of Podgorica. Vuković stated:


Bibliography


Publications

* "Deinstitutionalising Power of Decision-Making Personalisation: the Paradigmatic Case of the Serbian Communist-Successor Party" (with Filip Milačić), chapter accepted for publishing in the book: "Institutionalisation of Political Parties: Comparative Cases", Rowman & Littlefield International/ECPR Press, London, 2018. * "The Rise of the Politics of National Identity: New Evidence from Western Europe" (with Filip Milačić), article accepted for publishing in the magazine Ethnopolitics, 2017. * “Minority Representation in Montenegro: Defying Balkan Standards” (with Filip Milačić), chapter in the book: “Beyond International Conditionality: Local Variations in Minority Representation in Central and South-Eastern Europe”, NOMOS Baden-Baden, Germany, 2017. * “Party Organization in Montenegro”,chapter in the book: “Organizational Structures of Political Parties in Central and Eastern European Countries”, Jagiellonian University Press, Poland, 2016. * “Die Verfassung Montenegros” (with Filip Milačić), Osteuropa-RECHT, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2016. * “The Determinants of Party Consensus on European Integration in Montenegro“, Politička misao (Croatian Political Science Review), Vol. 52, No. 4-5, 2015. * “Population Censuses in Montenegro: A Century of National Identity ‘Repacking’”, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2015. * “Political Dynamics of the Post-communist Montenegro: One-party Show“, Democratization, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2015. * “Diverging Party Outcomes in Hybrid Regimes: The Cases of Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro“, Romanian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2011. * “The Post-Communist Political Transition of Montenegro: Democratization Prior to Europeanization“, Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2010. * “Temeljne vrijednosti pravnog poretka Evropske unije“, Crna Gora u XXI stoljeću – U eri kompetitivnosti (“The Core Values of the EU Legal System“, Montenegro in the 21st Century – In the Era of Competitiveness), Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vol. 73, No. 1, 2010. * “Rebuilding Leviathan: Political Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies”, by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book review published in Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol. 2, No. 2, November 2010.


Research

* 2016-2017: ''Country expert'' (Montenegro), “Nations in Transit Report”, Freedom House * 2015-: Associate in the project, “Democracy, Political Participation and The Role of Political Parties in South-East Europe”, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung * 2014-: Associate in the project, “Censuses in South-East Europe”, a consortium of universities from the Western Balkans * 2013-: Project coordinator, “Identity Politics and Democratization in Austria and Montenegro”, University of Graz and University of Montenegro * 2013: ''Country expert'' (Montenegro), “Varieties of Democracy – V-Dem”, University Goteborg and ''Notre Dame'' University * 2013-2016: Associate in the project, “Developing Human Rights Education at the Heart of Higher Education”, EU Tempus project * 2013-2016: Associate in the project, “Development of Policy-Oriented Training Programmes in the Context of European Integration”, EU Tempus project * 2010-: Member, Centar za društvena istraživanja, Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet Crne Gore (Center for social research, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Montenegro) * 2009: Associate in the project, “Crna Gora u XXI vijeku – U eri kompetitivnosti” (Montenegro in XXI century – era of competition), Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti (Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts)


References

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