Janko Vučinić

{{Short description|Montenegrin MP and boxer (1966–2019)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Janko Vučinić
Јанко Вучинић

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| office = Member of Parliament

| term_start = 14 October 2012

| term_end = 25 October 2019

| party = Workers' Party

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|5|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nikšić, SFR Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|25|1966|5|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Nikšić, Montenegro

| alma_mater = Veljko Vlahović University

| profession = Union leader, politician

| children = Maksim Vučinić

}}

Janko Vucinic (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Вучинић; 13 May 1966 – 25 October 2019){{cite web |title=UMRO JANKO VUČINIĆ! Moždani udar ga pokosio ispred prostorija stranke |url=https://www.espreso.rs/svet/crna-gora/458295/umro-janko-vucinic-mozdani-udar-ga-pokosio-ispred-prostorija-stranke |website=espreso.rs |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=sr |date=25 October 2019}} was a Montenegrin professional boxer, union leader and politician, member of the Parliament of Montenegro. He was the president of the Workers' Party (RP), a constituent member of the opposition political alliance Democratic Front parliamentary club in the Parliament of Montenegro.{{cite web|url=http://zakoni.skupstina.me/25saziv/index.php/en/skupstina/poslanice-i-poslanici/parlamentarne-partije/24-skupstina/poslanice-i-poslanici/parlamentarne-partije/demokratski-front/127-mr-janko-vucinic|title=Mr Janko Vučinić|website=Zakoni.skupstina.me|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328120026/http://zakoni.skupstina.me/25saziv/index.php/en/skupstina/poslanice-i-poslanici/parlamentarne-partije/24-skupstina/poslanice-i-poslanici/parlamentarne-partije/demokratski-front/127-mr-janko-vucinic|url-status=dead}}

Early life and career.

Janko Vučinić was born in 1966 in Nikšić, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated at the Metallurgic-Technical Faculty at the Veljko Vlahović University in Titograd in 1991. After finishing his studies, he worked in Željezara in Nikšić. He was the President of the Union Organization of Željezara from 2004.

Political life

From 2008 to his political engagement in the Democratic Front he was the President of the Central Committee of the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro. Until entering the Democratic Front electoral list in 2012, he was not a member of any political party. On 3 March 2015 Vučinić announced the formation of a new left-wing Workers' Party. Since its foundation, RP is a constituent member of the opposition Democratic Front (DF) alliance.{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-gets-its-own-syriza|title=Montenegro's New Leftists Carry Torch for Syriza|website=Balkaninsight.com|date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=10 October 2018}}[http://portalanalitika.me/clanak/178815/vucinic-radnicka-partija-za-prava-obicnog-covjeka Radnička Partija: Za prava običnog čovjeka], Portal Analitika (March 2015) In March 2019, the Workers' Party left the coalition with Democratic Front.[https://m.cdm.me/politika/radnicka-partija-istupila-iz-df-a-ne-pristajemo-da-budemo-marginalizovani/ Radnička partija istupila iz DF-a: Ne pristajemo da budemo marginalizovani] CdM (March 2019) After his death in October 2019, his son Maksim, succeeded him as the president of the party.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-04|title=Sin Janka Vučinića novi predsjednik, suprug Željke Savković istupio iz stranke|url=https://m.cdm.me/politika/sin-janka-vucinica-novi-predsjednik-suprug-zeljke-savkovic-istupio-iz-stranke/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=CdM|language=en-US}}

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