Koča Pavlović (
Montenegrin Cyrillic: Коча Павловић; 17 September 1962 – 19 September 2019) was a
Montenegrin journalist and
politician
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.
Filmmaking career
Pavlović began his career as a
journalist
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Roles
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, working as a political talk-show host and chief editor of
NTV Montena and TV Budva television networks.
War for Peace
In 2004, Pavlović directed the documentary film ''"War for Peace"'' (''Rat za mir''), the first Montenegrin documentary about the involvement of the
Montenegrin army in the
Civil War in Yugoslavia and the
Siege of Dubrovnik
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. The film was produced by
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 ...
-based production company, Obala. The movie sparked great controversies in Montenegro.
The movie was banned before release, and it wouldn't be until 2022 that it was shown in the country.
Political career
Pavlović was a founding member of a non-governmental organization
Group for Changes, which was transformed into a political party in 2006. Since the
elections in 2006, the
Movement for Changes (PzP) has established itself as one of the strongest
parliamentary opposition parties in the country, Koča Pavlović served as a
Member of Parliament for PzP and as the party's spokesman. Following the
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
and
2016 elections Pavlović served in the
Parliament of Montenegro
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as an opposition MP for the
Movement for Changes. In 2017, he signed the
Declaration on the Common Language of the
Croats
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,
Serbs
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,
Bosniaks
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and
Montenegrins
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Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...
.
Death
Pavlović died on 19 September, 2019, in
Belgrade
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, where he had been staying for some time to receive medical treatment.
See also
*
Movement for Changes
*
Democratic Front
References
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1962 births
2019 deaths
People from Žabljak
Movement for Changes politicians
Montenegrin journalists
Male journalists
Members of the Parliament of Montenegro
Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language