Dritan Abazović

Dritan Abazović
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
14 October 2012
Personal details
Born (1985-12-14) 14 December 1985
Ulcinj, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party URA (2015-present)
PCG (2012-2014)
Alma mater University of Sarajevo
University of Montenegro

Dritan Abazović (born in Ulcinj on 25 December 1985) is an Albanian Montenegrin politician, President of United Reform Action since May 2017 and current member of Parliament of Montenegro.

Biography

Having finished elementary and secondary school in Ulcinj, Abazović graduated at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo, becoming a valedictorian and winner of the "Golden Badge" and "Golden Charter" of the University of Sarajevo. He obtained a master's degree in 2008 from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations, University of Montenegro.[1]

Abazović is currently a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Montenegro. He was longtime associate of non-governmental organizations in the field of human rights, the Euro-Atlantic and civic activism. He was engaged in projects related to the promotion of multiculturalism in post-conflict areas of the former Yugoslavia. As a participant of international programs, conferences and seminars, he specialized in several study programs.[2] He is fluent in Montenegrin, English and Albanian.

Political career

Abazović was one of the founders of the political party Positive Montenegro in 2012. At the Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2012, the party won 7 out of 81 seats, leading to Abazović becoming the youngest member of the current convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro. In 2014, following a split in the party, Abazović left Positive Montenegro, serving as an independent MP before joining the newly founded United Reform Action (URA) in 2015. He is currently president of URA and one of its two parliamentary representatives.[3][4]

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