Ranko Krivokapić
{{Distinguish|Zdravko Krivokapić}}
{{Short description|Montenegrin politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ranko Krivokapić
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Ranko Krivokapić Senate of Poland.jpg
| caption = Krivokapić in 2013
| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| termstart = 28 April 2022
| termend = 21 October 2022
| primeminister = Dritan Abazović
| predecessor = Đorđe Radulović
| successor = Dritan Abazović
| office2 = President of the Parliament of Montenegro
| term_start2 = 30 July 2003
| term_end2 = 18 May 2016
| predecessor2 = Filip Vujanović
| successor2 = Darko Pajović
| office3 = Member of the Parliament of Montenegro
| term_end3 = 30 August 2020
| term_start3 = 31 May 1998
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|08|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nikšić, SR Montenegro,
SFR Yugoslavia
| party = Social Democratic Party
| alma_mater = University of Belgrade
| occupation =
| profession = Lawyer, politician
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100128011831/http://www.skupstina.me/24_saziv/index1.php?module=1&sub=14 Parliament website]
| native_name_lang = sr
| native_name = {{nobold|Ранко Кривокапић}}
}}
Ranko Krivokapić ({{Lang-cnr-Cyrl|Ранко Кривокапић}}; born August 17, 1961) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs from April to October 2022. He is a former long-term President of the Parliament of Montenegro from 2003 to 2016,[https://web.archive.org/web/20090308093816/http://www.skupstina.me/index1.php?module=1&sub=14 Krivokapic's profile on Montenegrin Parliament's official website] and the President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 2002 until his resignation in 2017. He is currently the honorary president of the SDP.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=Peace used to be preserved by the agreement, which is now hard to reach even within the ruling majority |url=https://en.cdtmn.org/2021/12/14/peace-used-to-be-preserved-by-the-agreement-which-is-now-hard-to-reach-even-within-the-ruling-majority/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Center for democratic transition |language=en-US}} He is the longest-serving President of the Parliament of Montenegro in the country's history.
Biography
Krivokapić was born on 17 August 1961 in Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. His political interest began in the late 1980s. He graduated from the University of Niš Law School, and started pursuing LLM at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.{{Cite web |title="Ranko Krivokapić – SDP Crna Gora" |url=https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%9B}}{{Circular reference|date=June 2022}} Besides his native language, Krivokapić speaks English.
=Politics=
He was elected a representative in Montenegrin Parliament six times, the first time being in 1989. He was 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 within the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Following the ratification of an independence referendum held in 2006 by the Parliament of Montenegro, Krivokapić became the president of a sovereign parliament rather than of a constituent state of a union.{{Cite web |title=Montenegrin Speaker of Parliament elected OSCE PA President |url=https://www.oscepa.org/en/news-a-media/press-releases/press-2013/montenegrin-speaker-of-parliament-elected-osce-pa-president |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.oscepa.org}}
He continued to serve in that position until his dismissal in 2016.{{cite news|title=Očekivano: Pajović izabran za predsjednika Skupštine|url=https://www.cdm.me/politika/ocekivano-pajovic-izabran-za-predsjednika-skupstine/|work=CdM}} After the poor results at May 2019 local elections Krivokapić decided to resign from the office of SDP president. In June 2019, Draginja Vuksanović was elected new president of the Party, Krivokapic has been named honorary president.[https://www.cdm.me/politika/draginja-vuksanovic-stankovic-od-danas-na-celu-sdp-a/ Draginja Vuksanović Stanković od danas na čelu SDP-a]
Since 28 April 2022, Krivokapić is serving as the minister of foreign affairs in the minority government of Dritan Abazović.{{Cite web |title=Abazović premijer, Crna Gora dobila novu Vladu - CdM |url=https://www.cdm.me/politika/crna-gora-dobila-novu-vladu/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=www.cdm.me |language=en-US}} However, Abazović removed him from office in October 2022.{{Cite news |title=Montenegrin Parliament Dismisses Two Pro-Western Ministers |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-ministers-dismissed-krivokapic-konjevic-abazovic/32095985.html |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}
See also
References
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Category:Foreign ministers of Montenegro
Category:Government ministers of Montenegro
Category:Montenegrin nationalists
Category:Social Democratic Party of Montenegro politicians
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Montenegro
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