Nenad Stevović (

Montenegrin Cyrillic The Montenegrin alphabet is the collective name given to "" ( Montenegrin Latin alphabet; in Cyrillic) and "" ( Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet; in Latin), the writing systems used to write the Montenegrin language. It was adopted on 9 June 2009 ...

: Ненад Стевовић; born 1962) is a Serbian politician, publicist, political scientist and a researcher. He is a prominent figure in the Montenegrin community in Serbia and is the founder and the president of the Montenegrin Party.

Biography

He was born in

Lovćenac Lovćenac ( sr-cyr, Ловћенац) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village is known as the ''de facto'' capital of Montenegrins of Serbia, Montenegrins in Serbia, and ...

in 1962 to an ethnic Montenegrin family. He was the founder and first president of the Association of Montenegrins of Serbia "Crusader" (2003). He was also the founder and is the president of the Montenegrin Party (2008). He is the initiator and coordinator of the founding of the Montenegrin cultural and educational association "Princess Ksenija" from Lovćenac, the Montenegrin community of

Prokuplje Prokuplje ( sr-Cyrl, Прокупље, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Toplica District in southern Serbia. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 38,054 inhabitants. Prokuplje is one of the Roman sites of Serb ...

, the Montenegrin cultural and educational association "Montenegrina" from

Subotica Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Sub ...

and the Montenegrin cultural center of

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. He was the initiator of the twinning of

Cetinje Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of sev ...

and the Vojvodina municipality of

Mali Iđoš Mali Iđoš (Montenegrin Cyrillic, Montenegrin/ sr-Cyrl, Мали Иђош, ; , ) is a village and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality comprises three local communities a ...

, where the settlement of Lovćenac is located (2005). Stevović was active before and during the

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campaign for the independence of

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. His activity was especially manifested in the organization of Montenegrin diaspora in Serbia and several European countries. Stevović was the initiator and implementer of the installation of the bust of the Montenegrin bishop and writer

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ; – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a List of rulers of Montenegro, Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose ...

in Lovćenac (2012). Initiator of the introduction of

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into official use in Serbia in the municipalities of Mali Iđoš, Vrbas and Kula. He was the founder, and the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Oganj", a list of the Montenegrin diaspora (2004-2007). Stevović was the founder of the book fund in the Montenegrin language and script in the state libraries in Mali Iđoš, Lovćenac and

Feketić Feketić ( sr-cyr, Фекетић, , or ) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its po ...

. He is a member of

Matica crnogorska Matica crnogorska (, ) is a Montenegrin cultural institution. It was founded in 1993 as a non-governmental organization which promotes Montenegrin national and cultural identity and the Montenegrin language. In 2008, the Parliament of Montenegr ...

, Vojvodina Political Science Association and the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina.

References

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