Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)

{{Short description|Government ministry of Montenegro}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

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| agency_name = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Montenegro

| nativename = Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova

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| formed = 1831 (1991)

| jurisdiction = Government of Montenegro

| headquarters = Stanka Dragojevića 2,
Podgorica

| chief1_name = Filip Ivanović

| chief1_position = Minister of Foreign Affairs

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro ({{Langx|cnr|Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova u Vladi Crne Gore / Министарство вањских послова у Владе Црне Горе}}) is the foreign-affairs ministry in the Government of Montenegro.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs since 1879

= Montenegrin monarchy =

== [[Principality of Montenegro]] ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Minister of Foreign Affairs

! rowspan="2" |Name

{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Monarch

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |1

|

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |{{small|Vojvoda}}

Stanko Radonjić

|20 March 1879

|14 October 1889

|{{ayd|1879|3|20|1889|10|14}}

|Independent

| rowspan="6" |Nicholas I
134x134px
{{small|(1860–1910)}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |2

|135x135px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |{{small|Vojvoda}}

Gavro Vuković
{{small|(1852–1928)}}

|14 October 1889

|19 December 1905

|{{ayd|1889|10|14|1905|12|19}}

|Independent

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |3

|146x146px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lazar Mijušković

{{small|(1867–1936)}}

|19 December 1905

|24 November 1906

|{{ayd|1905|12|19|1906|11|24}}

|True People's Party

style="background:#ADD8E6;" |4

|162x162px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Marko Radulović

{{small|(1866–1935)}}

|24 November 1906

|1 February 1907

|{{ayd|1906|11|24|1907|2|1}}

|People's Party

style="background:#ADD8E6;" |5

|144x144px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Andrija Radović

{{small|(1872–1947)}}

|1 February 1907

|17 April 1907

|{{ayd|1907|2|1|1907|4|17}}

|People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |6

|153x153px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lazar Tomanović

{{small|(1845–1932)}}

|17 April 1907

|28 August 1910

|{{ayd|1907|4|17|1910|8|28}}

|Independent

== [[Kingdom of Montenegro]] ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Minister of Foreign Affairs

! rowspan="2" |Name

{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Monarch

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |(6)

|153x153px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lazar Tomanović

{{small|(1845–1932)}}

|28 August 1910

|23 August 1911

|{{ayd|1910|8|28|1911|8|23}}

|Independent

| rowspan="7" |Nicholas I
134x134px
{{small|(1910–1916)}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |7

|

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Dušan Gregović

{{small|(1875–1923)}}

|23 August 1911

|19 June 1912

|{{ayd|1911|8|23|1912|6|19}}

|Independent

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |8

|144x144px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |{{small|Vojvoda}}

Mitar Martinović
{{small|(1870–1954)}}

|19 June 1912

| rowspan="2" |8 May 1913

|{{ayd|1912|6|19|1913|5|8}}

|True People's Party

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |

|

|Dušan Vukotić {{small|(Acting)}}When Mitar Martinović was on the military camp, he was represented by Dušan Vukotić in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

|3 October 1912

|{{ayd|1912|10|3|1913|5|8}}

|Independent

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |9

|139x139px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Petar Plamenac

{{small|(1872–1954)}}

|8 May 1913

|11 September 1915

|{{ayd|1913|5|8|1915|9|11}}

|Independent

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |10

|136x136px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |{{small|Serdar}}

Janko Vukotić
{{small|(1866–1927)}}

|11 September 1915

| rowspan="2" |2 January 1916

|{{ayd|1915|9|11|1916|1|2}}

|Independent

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"
!scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Mirko M. Mijušković
{{small|(Acting)}}When WW1 started and Janko Vukotić was on military camp, he was represented by Mirko Mijušković in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

|3 October 1915

|{{ayd|1915|10|3|1916|1|2}}

|Independent

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |(2)

|118x118px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lazar Mijušković

{{small|(1867–1936)}}

|2 January 1916

|25 January 1916

|{{ayd|1916|1|2|1916|1|25}}

|True People's Party

== Montenegrin government-in-exile ==

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Minister of Foreign Affairs

! rowspan="2" |Name

{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |Regent

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Monarch

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |(2)

|118x118px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lazar Mijušković

{{small|(1867–1936)}}

|25 January 1916

|12 May 1916

|{{ayd|1916|1|25|1916|5|12}}

|True People's Party

| rowspan="7" |Milena of Montenegro
115x115px
{{small|(1921–1923)}}
Anto Gvozdenović
139x139px
{{small|(1921–1929)}}

| rowspan="7" |Nicholas I
134x134px
{{small|(1916–1921)}}
Danilo
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{{small|(1 March–7 March 1921)}}
Mihailo
150x150px
{{small|(1921–1922)}}

style="background:#ADD8E6;" |(4)

|144x144px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Andrija Radović

{{small|(1872–1947)}}

|12 May 1916

|17 January 1917

|{{ayd|1916|5|12|1917|1|17}}

|People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |11

|

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Milutin Tomanović

|17 January 1917

|11 June 1917

|{{ayd|1917|1|17|1917|6|11}}

|Independent

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |12

|130x130px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Evgenije Popović

{{small|(1842–1931)}}

|11 June 1917

|17 February 1919

|{{ayd|1917|6|11|1919|2|17}}

|Independent

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |13

|153x153px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Jovan Plamenac

{{small|(1873–1944)}}

|17 February 1919

|28 June 1921

|{{ayd|1919|2|17|1921|6|28}}

|True People's Party

style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" |14

|122x122px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Pero Šoć

{{small|(1884–1966)}}

|28 June 1921{{fact|date=August 2024}}

|14 September 1922{{fact|date=August 2024}}

|{{ayd|1921|6|28|1922|9|14}}

|Independent

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |15

|139x139px

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |{{small|General}}

Anto Gvozdenović
{{small|(1853–1935)}}

|23 September 1922{{fact|date=August 2024}}

|14 September 1929{{fact|date=August 2024}}

|{{ayd|1922|9|23|1929|9|14}}

|Independent

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1991

=Union with Serbia=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=2| Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! Party

! colspan=2| Term of Office

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Nikola Samardžić
{{small|(1935–2005)}}

| none

| 15 February 1991

| 1 August 1992

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Miodrag Lekić
{{small|(born 1947)}}

| none

| 1 August 1992

| 17 May 1995

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro}};" |

| Janko Jeknić
{{small|(1949–1997)}}

| DPS

| 17 May 1995

| 17 January 1997

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro}};" |

| Branko Perović
{{small|(born 1959{{fact|date=August 2024}})}}

| DPS

| 17 January 1997

| 27 January 2000

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Branko Lukovac
{{small|(1944–2023)}}

| none

| 27 January 2000

| 8 January 2003

style="background:#DC143C;" |

| Dragiša Burzan
{{small|(born 1950)}}

| SDP

| 8 January 2003

| 29 July 2004

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Miodrag Vlahović
{{small|(born 1961)}}

| none

| 29 July 2004

| 10 November 2006

=Restoration of Montenegrin independence=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=2| Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! Party

! colspan=2| Term of Office

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro}};" |

| Milan Roćen
{{small|(born 1951)}}

| DPS

| 10 November 2006

| 10 July 2012

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Nebojša Kaluđerović
{{small|(born 1955)}}

| none

| 10 July 2012

| 4 December 2012

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro}};" |

| Igor Lukšić
{{small|(born 1976)}}

| DPS

| 4 December 2012

| 28 November 2016

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Srđan Darmanović
{{small|(born 1961)}}

| none

| 28 November 2016

| 4 December 2020

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Đorđe Radulović
{{small|(born 1984)}}

| none

| 4 December 2020

| 28 April 2022

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Montenegro}};" |

| Ranko Krivokapić
{{small|(born 1961)}}

| SDP

| 28 April 2022

| 21 October 2022

style="background:{{party color|United Reform Action}};" |

| Dritan Abazović
{{small|(born 1985)}}

| URA

| 21 October 2022

| 31 October 2023

style="background:{{party color|Europe Now!}};" |

| Filip Ivanović
{{small|(born 1986)}}

| PES

| 31 October 2023

| 23 July 2024

style="background:{{party color|Bosniak Party}};" |

| Ervin Ibrahimović
{{small|(born 1972)}}

| BS

| 23 July 2024

|Incumbent

References

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