'Ranko Krivokapić' (Ранко Кривокапић) is the current
Speaker of the
Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro and the President of the
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP)
Biography
Krivokapić was born on
August 17,
1961 in
Kotor,
Montenegro,
Yugoslavia. His political interest began in the late 1980s. He graduated from a Law Faculty, and received his master's degree in
Belgrade. Besides
Montenegrin, Krivokapić also speaks
English fluently.
He was elected a representative in Montenegrin Parliament six times, first time being in
1989. He was also a Montenegrin representative to the Parliament of Yugoslavia from
1993 to
1997.
From
2003 to
2006 Krivokapić served as the speaker of Parliament of Montenegro inside the state union of
Serbia and Montenegro. Following the ratification of an
independence referendum held in May,
2006 by the Parliament of Montenegro, Krivokapić became the President of a sovereign parliament.
References
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Krivokapic's profile on Montenegrin Parliament's official website