Milo Đukanović

Minister of Defence of Montenegro
In office
5 June 2006 – 10 November 2006

Preceded by: Office created

Succeeded by: Boro Vučinić

Born : 15 February 1962 (age 47)
Nikšić,Yugoslavia (now Montenegro)

Political party : Democratic Party of Socialists

Spouse(s) : Lidija Kuč

Children : Blažo Đukanović

Religion : Atheism

Milo Đukanović listen(born 15 February 1962) is the Prime Minister of Montenegro, currently in his 6th term.
Đukanović served three consecutive terms as Prime Minister from 1991 to 1998 (1991–1993, 1993–1996, and 1996–1998); he was then President of Montenegro from 1998 to 2002 and Prime Minister again from 2003 to 2006. Although he chose to step down in late 2006, he returned to office as Prime Minister in February 2008. His coalition won the 2009 early election with an absolute majority, securing him a sixth term in office. Đukanović is also the long-term President of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, originally the Montenegrin branch of the Yugoslavian Communist Party, governing Montenegro ever since the introduction of multiparty politics. He is controversial for his role in the 1990s, very high continuous level of influence in Montenegrin political life, and the ongoing criminal investigation by the Italian authorities.
When Đukanović emerged on the political scene as a youngster, he was a close ally of Slobodan Milošević.[1] In 1996, however, he turned against Milošević, abandoning the traditional joint Serbian and Montenegrin vision in favour of a sovereignist ideology. He oversaw the conversion of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Montenegro’s increasing separation from Serbia, culminating in the victory at the 2006 independence referendum.

Early life

Born in Nikšić to an upper-middle class family (his father, Radovan, a judge, and his mother, Stana, a nurse) from the Cuce Old Montenegrin clan, Đukanović grew up with two siblings - older brother Aco and older sister Ana. He completed primary and secondary school in his home town of Nikšić, before enrolling at Veljko Vlahović University’s Faculty of Economics in Titograd where he graduated in 1986 with a diploma in tourism studies. As a youngster, Đukanović, standing well over 190 cm in height, was a keen and avid basketball player.

Political career

Early days in politics
In 1979 while still in high school, Đukanović joined the Yugoslav Communist League. His father Radovan was already an influential member within the party’s Montenegrin branch, which initially opened many doors for young Milo. By 1986 he was a presidency member of Socialist Youth Alliance’s (SSO) Montenegrin branch as well as the presidency member of its federal-level parent organization.[2] As a member of the party’s various youth bodies he quickly stood out from the pack, earning a nickname Britva (’Straight razor’) for his direct, fiery and forceful rhetoric. Progressing steadily up the party ladder, by mid-1989 following the “anti-bureaucratic revolution”, Đukanović became a member of the League’s highest decision making body - the Central Committee. He became the Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Montenegro, a post he held until its transformation into DPS CG.