Former President of Montenegro and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Momir Bulatović has died at the age of 63. He died of a heart attack in the village of Raći, near Podgorica. The funeral will also take place here on July 2.
In the photo: Momir Bulatović in the center. On the left is Milo Đukanović, the current President of Montenegro. On the right is Svetozar Marović, President of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Photo: Novosti.rs
Momir Bulatović was born on September 21, 1956, in Belgrade and studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Montenegro. In the late 1980s, he began working in youth organizations and later joined the struggle against the leadership of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. In addition, he advocated for the protection of the Serbian population in Kosovo, RBC reports.
In 1989, he was elected chairman of the presidency of the League of Communists of Montenegro, and a year later won the first multiparty elections and became Montenegro’s first president; he held this post until 1998. Then, from 1998 to 2000, he served as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.В 1989 году был избран председателем президиума Союза коммунистов Черногории, а спустя год одержал победу на первых многопартийных выборах и стал первым президентом Черногории; занимал этот пост до 1998-го. Затем, с 1998 по 2000 год, был премьер-министром Союзной Республики Югославия.