Srđan Milić ( sr-cyr, Срђан Милић; born September 17, 1965) is a Montenegrin politician and Member of the Parliament of Montenegro, from 2002 to 2020 and former leader of the Socialist People's Party, from 2006 until his resignation in 2017. He was an candidate for President of Montenegro in 2008.

Background

Milić was born in the coastal city of Bar, at that time part of the

Socialist Republic of Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

of SFR Yugoslavia. His family hails from

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. Regarding the

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, he declares Serb ethnicity and

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native speaker. He studied at the Faculty for Outer Trade and Tourism at the

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, also learning

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and

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and computer skills. After graduation, he permanently moved to

Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kn ...

, where he got married and had three children. He worked in the field of

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from 1983 to 1990. In 1991 and 1992, he was an assistant at the

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's Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management in

Kotor Kotor ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative ...

Politics

From 1992 to 2002 he worked as an entrepreneur, when he entered the world of

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, joining

Predrag Bulatović Predrag Bulatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Булатовић; born 16 July 1956) is a Montenegrin politician, current member of the Parliament of Montenegro and vice-president of the Democratic People's Party since the party's foundi ...

's reformed Socialist People's Party of Montenegro. In the party, he dedicated his life to the research of the

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and European integrations of outside countries. A member of both the Main Board of the SNP and the Main Board's Executive Committee, he was elected President of SNP CG's Commission for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. In the 2006 parliamentary election, he was elected into the parliament on the SNP-NS-DSS coalition's list. Over the years, he attended and held numerous conferences across the European continent on the subject of European integrations. After President Bulatović's resignation for a catastrophically poor rating at an election, Milić was elected President of the Socialist People's Party on 26 November 2006. Becoming chief of SNP's parliamentary club, he distanced the party from its traditional partners the People's Party and

Democratic Serb Party The Democratic Serb Party ( sr, Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a minor conservative political party in Montenegro, representing the Serbs of Montenegro. History The Democratic Serb Party wa ...

, introducing the prime element of European

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in SNP's political ideology. He rendered the party a strong supporter of European Union enlargement, promoted a shift in Montenegrin standard politics, and supported joining

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. He is a member of the Montenegrin Parliament's Commission for European Integration. He has said that he loves Serbia and Russia, and that Montenegro did a big mistake in supporting sanctions against Russia.MILIĆ: Volim Rusiju i Srbiju, a najviše Crnu Goru, Analitika
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References

External links

Biography at the Socialist People's Party

Srdjan Milic for the president of Montenegro
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