Milica Pejanović-Đurišić
Milica Pejanović-Đurišić | |
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Милица Пејановић-Ђуришић | |
Democratic Party of Socialists | |
| In office 19 October 1997 – 31 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Momir Bulatović |
| Succeeded by | Milo Đukanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation | Professor, politician |
Milica Pejanović-Đurišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Пејановић-Ђуришић; born 27 April 1959) is a Montenegrin professor and politician who was Minister of Defense from 2012 to 2016.[1] She is the first woman to hold this office.[2] She is currently active as Ambassador of Montenegro to the United Nations.
Political career
Anti-bureaucratic revolution and the DPS foundation
Pejanović-Đurišić was active in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, where Momir Bulatović chose her as a board member on the organizational committee which replaced the older communists during the anti-bureaucratic revolution in Montenegro in January 1989.[3] When Yugoslavia began to break up, she supported Montenegro remaining in Yugoslavia in 1992.[3]
Split in the Democratic Party of Socialists
In 1997, when the Democratic Party of Socialists began to split between Đukanović and Bulatović, she initially was closer to Bulatović.[3] However, she abruptly cut herself off from Bulatović after one of the DPS committee meetings, after which she was chosen to be the new president by the DPS.[3] In addition to consolidating power with Đukanović, her split from Bulatović resulted in an explosive feud, as Bulatović called her "Mata Hari in a nightgown",[3] and accused her of "selling her soul" for "shares in Crnogorski Telekom".[4] Pejanović-Đurišić responded to the accusations with a statement saying that "Bulatović is a given contradiction, he's Robin Hood and Pol Pot, Šćepan Mali and Vojislav Šešelj, and in fact their miserable surrogate...his political end will be sad."[4]
Crnogorski Telekom
Pejanović-Đurišić became the president of the board of Crnogorski Telekom while retaining her position in DPS. Opposition parties accused her of using an illegal loophole for privatizing Telekom, although a court case ruled that she did not break the law.[3] She participated in the formulation of the 2001 tender for Telekom, the state's first attempt of privatizing the telecommunications operator.[3]
She advocated for a "phased" privatization of Telekom, arguing that a privatization in phases would guarantee the state would have a certain amount of company shares "in any variant".[3]
Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro
From February 2004 to July 2006, she served as the Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro to Belgium and Luxembourg.[5] After Montenegro's independence in 2006, she served as Montenegro's ambassador to France, Monaco (Pejanović-Đurišić being fluent in French) and UNESCO from February 2007 to 2010.[6]
Minister of Defence of Montenegro
In 2012, Pejanovic-Djurisic was appointed as
References
- ^ "Milica Pejanović-Đurišić nova ministarka odbrane Crne Gore". Blic. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- Radio Free Europe. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jovanović, Vladimir (March 16, 2012). "Mica ratnica". Monitor (in Serbian). Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ a b Ivanović 2005, p. 136.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Montenegro Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Milica Pejanović-Đurišić". ASCG. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Defence Minister Pejanović Đurišić: Montenegro committed to". Government of Montenegro. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
Bibliography
- Ivanović, Željko (2005). Crnogorski Diznilend. Podgorica: Daily Press - ISBN 86-7706-123-1.
- Morrison, Kenneth (2009). Nationalism, Identity and Statehood in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84511-710-8.
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