The Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, officially Vice President of the Government of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Potpredsjednik Vlade Crne Gore), is the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of Montenegro.

Conventionally all of the junior partners in the coalition, get one deputy, they are ranked according to the size of their respective parties.

History of the office The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro was established on 15 February 1991, during the first government of Milo Đukanović. It was initially held by three people: Blagoje Lučić, Vuk Ognjenović and Zoran Žižić. Since then, the office was usually held simultaneously by several people at the same time (in the government of Filip Vujanović there were five Deputy Prime Ministers at one point). Also, Deputy Prime Ministers may or may not combine the position with another government portfolio. Deputy Prime Minister in the 42nd cabinet of Montenegro is Dritan Abazović.

List of deputy prime ministers Name Term of office Political party Blagoje Lučić15 February 199114 July 1992Democratic Party of Socialists Vuk Ognjenović15 February 19911 August 1992Democratic Party of SocialistsZoran Žižić15 February 199124 December 1996Democratic Party of Socialists Mihailo Ljesar1 August 199220 December 1993AssassinatedDemocratic Party of SocialistsKrunoslav Vukčević1 August 199224 December 1996Democratic Party of SocialistsRade Perović5 March 199324 December 1996Democratic Party of SocialistsAsim Telaćević1 February 19942 July 2001Democratic Party of SocialistsMiodrag Vuković24 December 199616 July 1998Democratic Party of SocialistsSlavko Drljević24 December 19968 July 1997IndependentMilutin Lalić8 July 19972 July 2001Democratic Party of SocialistsJovan Mihailović8 July 19975 February 1998Democratic Party of SocialistsSlavko Drljević5 February 199816 July 1998IndependentPredrag Drecun5 February 199816 July 1998People's PartyPredrag Goranović16 July 199827 January 2000Democratic Party of SocialistsNovak Kilibarda16 July 19984 July 2000People's PartyDragiša Burzan16 July 19982 July 2001Social Democratic PartyLjubiša Krgović27 January 20002 July 2001Democratic Party of SocialistsSavo Đurđevac4 July 200028 February 2001People's PartyBranimir Gvozdenović2 July 200110 November 2006Democratic Party of SocialistsŽarko Rakčević2 July 20018 January 2003Social Democratic PartyDragan Đurović2 July 200110 November 2006Democratic Party of SocialistsJusuf Kalamperović8 January 200310 November 2006Social Democratic PartyMiroslav Ivanišević8 January 200310 November 2006Democratic Party of SocialistsGordana Đurović10 November 200611 June 2009Democratic Party of SocialistsVujica Lazović10 November 200628 November 2016Social Democratic PartySvetozar Marović11 June 200929 December 2010Democratic Party of SocialistsIgor Lukšić11 June 200929 December 2010Democratic Party of SocialistsDuško Marković29 December 201028 November 2016Democratic Party of SocialistsIgor Lukšić4 December 201228 November 2016Democratic Party of SocialistsRafet Husović4 December 20124 December 2020Bosniak PartyAzra Jasavić12 May 201628 November 2016Positive MontenegroMilorad Vujović12 May 201628 November 2016IndependentPetar Ivanović12 May 201628 November 2016Democratic Party of SocialistsMilutin Simović28 November 20164 December 2020Democratic Party of SocialistsZoran Pažin28 November 20164 December 2020IndependentDritan Abazović4 December 202028 April 2022United Reform ActionVladimir Joković28 April 2022 Incumbent Socialist People's Party of MontenegroRaško Konjević28 April 2022 Incumbent Social Democratic PartyJovana Marović28 April 2022Incumbent United Reform ActionErvin Ibrahimović28 April 2022Incumbent Bosniak Party

See also Government of Montenegro

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