Miodrag Živković (politician)
Miodrag "Miko" Živković (
Born to father Đorđije (teacher) and mother Vojislava (homemaker), Živković finished primary and secondary school in Kotor. In 1976 he enrolled at the
Political career
He finished the judicial exam in Belgrade in 1982. The same year he was accepted as a judge of Kotor Basic Court, a post which he held for 8 years, in parallel with State Court official for a short time, until he left the state institutions in 1990, disappointed in the state's ideological policies under Momir Bulatović, Milo Đukanović and Svetozar Marović of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro that favoured authoritarianism and Serbian nationalism.
Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
The same year he entered business as a lawyer and actively worked in the liberal movement that formed itself as the Liberal Alliance of Montenegro in 1991, starting his political career as delegate of the Liberal Alliance to the municipal board in Kotor. In 1994 he was elected president of the Liberal Alliance's municipal board in Kotor. At the Liberal Alliance conference in January 1999 in Igalo, Živković was elected as the party's new leader, replacing Slavko Perović who handed in his resignation.
Repairing Liberal Alliance's position in 2001, Živković cooperated with the pro-Serbian
Liberal Party of Montenegro
After being accused of political corruption regarding the sale of state owned land in what is known as Trsteno Affair
He was reelected Party President on 25 November 2006.
Private life
He is married to Milica Ranković and in 1987 they had a daughter, Sanja.
External links
- Biography at the Liberal Party of Montenegro website (Montenegrin)