Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Montenegro

Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova
Agency overview
Formed	1831 (1991)
Jurisdiction	Government of Montenegro
Headquarters	Stanka Dragojevića 2, Podgorica
Agency executive	Filip Ivanović, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Website	gov.me/en/mvp

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro (Montenegrin : Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova u Vladi Crne Gore / Министарство вањских послова у Владе Црне Горе) is the foreign-affairs ministry in the Government of Montenegro.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs since 1879

Montenegrin monarchy

Principality of Montenegro

Minister of Foreign Affairs		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Vojvoda Stanko Radonjić	20 March 1879	14 October 1889	10 years, 208 days	Independent	Nicholas I (1860–1910)
2		Vojvoda Gavro Vuković (1852–1928)	14 October 1889	19 December 1905	16 years, 66 days	Independent
3		Lazar Mijušković (1867–1936)	19 December 1905	24 November 1906	340 days	True People's Party
4		Marko Radulović (1866–1935)	24 November 1906	1 February 1907	69 days	People's Party
5		Andrija Radović (1872–1947)	1 February 1907	17 April 1907	75 days	People's Party
6		Lazar Tomanović (1845–1932)	17 April 1907	28 August 1910	3 years, 133 days	Independent

Kingdom of Montenegro

Minister of Foreign Affairs		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(6)		Lazar Tomanović (1845–1932)	28 August 1910	23 August 1911	360 days	Independent	Nicholas I (1910–1916)
7		Dušan Gregović (1875–1923)	23 August 1911	19 June 1912	301 days	Independent
8		Vojvoda Mitar Martinović (1870–1954)	19 June 1912	8 May 1913	323 days	True People's Party
		Dušan Vukotić (Acting) [1]	3 October 1912		217 days	Independent
9		Petar Plamenac (1872–1954)	8 May 1913	11 September 1915	2 years, 126 days	Independent
10		Serdar Janko Vukotić (1866–1927)	11 September 1915	2 January 1916	113 days	Independent
-		Mirko M. Mijušković (Acting) [2]	3 October 1915		91 days	Independent
(2)		Lazar Mijušković (1867–1936)	2 January 1916	25 January 1916	23 days	True People's Party

Montenegrin government-in-exile

Minister of Foreign Affairs		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Regent	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(2)		Lazar Mijušković (1867–1936)	25 January 1916	12 May 1916	108 days	True People's Party	Milena of Montenegro (1921–1923) Anto Gvozdenović (1921–1929)	Nicholas I (1916–1921) Danilo (1 March–7 March 1921) Mihailo (1921–1922)
(4)		Andrija Radović (1872–1947)	12 May 1916	17 January 1917	250 days	People's Party
11		Milutin Tomanović	17 January 1917	11 June 1917	145 days	Independent
12		Evgenije Popović (1842–1931)	11 June 1917	17 February 1919	1 year, 251 days	Independent
13		Jovan Plamenac (1873–1944)	17 February 1919	28 June 1921	2 years, 131 days	True People's Party
14		Pero Šoć (1884–1966)	28 June 1921[ citation needed ]	14 September 1922[ citation needed ]	1 year, 78 days	Independent
15		General Anto Gvozdenović (1853–1935)	23 September 1922[ citation needed ]	14 September 1929[ citation needed ]	6 years, 356 days	Independent

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1991

Union with Serbia

Name (Birth–Death)		Party	Term of Office
	Nikola Samardžić (1935–2005)	none	15 February 1991	1 August 1992
	Miodrag Lekić (born 1947)	none	1 August 1992	17 May 1995
	Janko Jeknić (1949–1997)	DPS	17 May 1995	17 January 1997
	Branko Perović (born 1959[ citation needed ])	DPS	17 January 1997	27 January 2000
	Branko Lukovac (1944–2023)	none	27 January 2000	8 January 2003
	Dragiša Burzan (born 1950)	SDP	8 January 2003	29 July 2004
	Miodrag Vlahović (born 1961)	none	29 July 2004	10 November 2006

Restoration of Montenegrin independence

Name (Birth–Death)		Party	Term of Office
	Milan Roćen (born 1951)	DPS	10 November 2006	10 July 2012
	Nebojša Kaluđerović (born 1955)	none	10 July 2012	4 December 2012
	Igor Lukšić (born 1976)	DPS	4 December 2012	28 November 2016
	Srđan Darmanović (born 1961)	none	28 November 2016	4 December 2020
	Đorđe Radulović (born 1984)	none	4 December 2020	28 April 2022
	Ranko Krivokapić (born 1961)	SDP	28 April 2022	21 October 2022
	Dritan Abazović (born 1985)	URA	21 October 2022	31 October 2023
	Filip Ivanović (born 1986)	PES	31 October 2023	23 July 2024
	Ervin Ibrahimović (born 1972)	BS	23 July 2024	Incumbent

References

1. When Mitar Martinović was on the military camp, he was represented by Dušan Vukotić in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. When WW1 started and Janko Vukotić was on military camp, he was represented by Mirko Mijušković in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

External links

• Official Website