National holiday:
National Day, 13 July
Constitution:
12 October 1992 (was approved by the Assembly); note - Montenegro
is currently writing a new constitution set to be presented to
Parliament in spring 2007
Legal system:
based on civil law system
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Filip VUJANOVIC (since 11 May 2003)
head of government: Prime Minister Zeljko STURANOVIC (since 13
November 2006)
cabinet: Ministries act as cabinet
elections: president elected by direct vote for five-year term
(eligible for a second term); election last held 11 May 2003 (next
to be held in 2008); prime minister proposed by president, accepted
by Assembly
election results: Filip VUJANOVIC elected on the third round; Filip
VUJANOVIC 63.3%, Miodrag ZIVKOVIC 30.8%
Legislative branch:
unicameral Assembly (81 seats, elected by direct vote for four-year
terms; changed from 74 seats in 2006)
elections: last held 10 September 2006 (next to be held 2010)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
Coalition for a European Montenegro 41, SNS 12, Coalition SPP/NS/DSS
11, PZP 11, Liberals and Bosniaks 3, Democratic League-Democratic
Prosperity 1, Democratic Union of Albanians 1, Albanian Alternative 1
Judicial branch:
Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme
Court (judges have life tenure)
Political parties and leaders:
Albanian Alternative or AA [Vesel SINISHTAJ]; Bosniak Party or BS
[Rafet HUSOVIC]; Democratic League-Party of Democratic Prosperity or
SPP [Mehmet BARHDI]; Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo
DJUKANOVIC]; Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko
KADIC]; Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Ferhat DINOSA];
Liberal Party of Montenegro or LP [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC]; Movement for
Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]; Party of Serb Radicals or SSR
[Dusko SEKULIC]; People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag
POPOVIC]; People's Socialist Party or NSS [Emilo LABUDOVIC]; Serbian
People's Party of Montenegro or SNS [Andrija MANDIC]; Social
Democratic Party or SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC]; Socialist People's Party
or SNP [Srdjan MILIC]
International organization participation:
CEI, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICCt, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOM,
IPU, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO (observer)
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Miodrag VLAHOVIC