Filip Vujanovic
| Filip Vujanović Филип Вујановић |
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| President of Montenegro | |
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Assumed office 22 May 2003 |
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| Prime Minister |
Milo Đukanović Željko Šturanović Milo Đukanović Igor Lukšić Milo Đukanović Duško Marković |
| Preceded by |
Rifat Rastoder (Acting) Dragan Kujović (Acting) |
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In office 25 November 2002 – 19 May 2003 Acting |
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| Prime Minister | Milo Đukanović |
| Preceded by | Milo Đukanović |
| Succeeded by |
Rifat Rastoder (Acting) Dragan Kujović (Acting) |
| Prime Minister of Montenegro | |
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In office 5 February 1998 – 5 November 2002 |
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| President | Milo Đukanović |
| Preceded by | Milo Đukanović |
| Succeeded by | Dragan Đurović (Acting) |
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1 September 1954 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Republic of Serbia) |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Socialists (1993–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Svetlana Vujanović (1985–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Website | Official website |
Filip Vujanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Вујановић, pronounced [fîlip ʋǔjanɔʋit͡ɕ]) (born 1 September 1954) is the President of Montenegro since 2003. He is the country's first President since its independence in June 2006. He claimed a landslide victory in the April 2008 presidential election, and he was narrowly re-elected in 2013.
Born and raised in Belgrade, Vujanović graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. Between 1978 and 1981 he worked in one of the city's Municipal Courts, and later also as an assistant at the Belgrade District Court. In 1981, aged 27, he moved to Titograd. Following a short stint as secretary at Titograd's District Court, he worked as a lawyer until entering politics in March 1993.
Vujanović joined the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) in 1993 upon the invitation of Montenegrin federal President Momir Bulatović following the creation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising Montenegro and Serbia) in the wake of the break-up of the previous Yugoslavia.
He was Minister of Justice in Milo Đukanović's pro-Slobodan Milošević government (1993–1996), and then Interior Minister from 1996 to 1998 after Đukanović switched loyalty and turned against Milošević. During the 1997 DPSM leadership conflict, Vujanović initially declared neutrality. He eventually sided with Milo Đukanović after Đukanović won the presidential election. Đukanović then appointed Vujanović as the first Prime Minister of Montenegro; Vujanović served in that post from 5 February 1998 until 8 January 2003.
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