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| Political Structure | |
| Official Name | Republic of Montenegro, a republic of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which also includes Serbia |
| Form of State | Democratic republic |
| Legal System | Based on the Montenegrin constitution of 1992 |
| National Legislature | Assembly (Skupstina), 71 seats |
| Elections | May 31, 1998 |
| Head of State | President, (at the time of this writing) currently Milo Djukanovic, elected October 1997, sworn in January 15, 1998. Next election due 2001 |
| National Government | A new coalition government was approved by parliament on July 16th 1998 |
| Main Political Parties | Democratic Socialist Party of Montenegro (DSSM); Socialist People's Party (SNP); People's Party (NS); Liberal Alliance (LSCG); Democratic Alliance (DS); Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA); Party of Democratic Action (SDA); Social Democratic Party (SDS) |
| Prime Minister | Filip Vujanovic (DSSM) |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Predrag Goranovic (DSSM) Asim Telacevic (DSSM) Milutin Lalic (DSSM) Novak Kilibarda (NS) Dragisa Burzan (SDS) |
| Key Ministers | Agriculture -- Milutin Simovic (DSSM) Culture -- Budimir Zubak (NS) Education -- Dragan Kujovic (DSSM) Environment -- Miladin Vukotic (DSSM) Ethnic Minority Issues -- Ljujidj Juncaj (DUA) Finance -- Miroslav Ivanisevic (DSSM) Foreign Affairs -- Branko Perovic (Ind) Health -- Miomir Mugosa (DSSM) Industry, energy and mining -- Vojin Djukanovic (DSSM) Interior -- Vukasin Maras (DSSM) Justice -- Dragan Soc (NS) Labour -- Predrag Drecun (NS) Religions -- Slobodan Tomovic (NS) Sport -- Slavoljub Stijepovic (DSSM) Tourism -- Vlado Mitrovic (DSSM) Trade -- Ramo Bralic (SDS) Transport and Shipping -- Jusuf Kalamperovic (SDS) Urban Planning -- Radovan Bakic (DSSM) |
| Parliamentary Speaker | Svetozar Marovic |
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 1999