Duško Marković

Duško Marković
Душко Марковић
5th Prime Minister of Montenegro
Assumed office
28 November 2016
President Filip Vujanović
Milo Đukanović
Preceded by Milo Đukanović
Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro
In office
29 December 2010 – 28 November 2016
Prime Minister Igor Lukšić
Milo Đukanović
Preceded by Igor Lukšić
Succeeded by Milutin Simović
Minister of Justice of Montenegro
In office
29 December 2010 – 12 May 2016
Prime Minister Igor Lukšić
Milo Đukanović
Preceded by Miraš Radović
Succeeded by Zoran Pažin
Head of the National Security Agency
In office
5 May 2005 – 29 December 2010
Prime Minister Milo Đukanović
Željko Šturanović
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Vladan Joković
Personal details
Born (1959-07-06) 6 July 1959
Mojkovac, Yugoslavia
(now Montenegro)
Political party Democratic Party of Socialists
Alma mater University of Kragujevac

Duško Marković (Cyrillic: Душко Марковић; born 6 July 1959) is a Montenegrin politician and the current Prime Minister of Montenegro, elected on 28 November 2016.[1] He is also Deputy president of ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).

Early and private life

Marković was born on 6 July 1959 in Mojkovac, Montenegro (then part of socialist Yugoslavia). He finished elementary and middle school in Mojkovac, and graduated in law at the University of Kragujevac, Serbia (SFRY).[2]

He is married with three children.

Career

Prime Minister Duško Marković with Vice President Mike Pence, Podgorica 2017.

In 1983, Duško Marković worked as a legal consultant at the Brskovo mine in his hometown Mojkovac.

In 1986, Marković was appointed secretary of the municipal assembly of Mojkovac, and mayor in 1989. He left the post in 1991 to be appointed Secretary-General of the Montenegrin government led by Milo Đukanović. In 1997, he was elected to the Montenegrin Assembly, and the following year he became assistant Minister of the Interior, in charge of the State Security Service (SDB).

In 2005, following the establishment of the new National Security Agency (ANB) in May that year, Marković was appointed by Parliament to head the agency, a position he held until 2010, when he was co-opted to the Igor Lukšić government: first as a minister without portfolio, then as deputy prime minister and Justice Minister. He left the government in 2015 and the same year the congress of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) elected him Deputy president of the party. In 2016, he was again appointed the Minister of the Justice in Provisional government.

Prime Minister Duško Marković with US Secretary Rex Tillerson, White House, 8 May 2017

On 25 October 2016, ten days after the parliamentary election, the DPS bureau chose Marković to replace Milo Đukanović as prime minister.[3] His nomination was condemned by the opposition, who accused Marković of involvement in corruption scandals and of omission of information in the inquiry about the murder of a journalist close to the opposition in 2014.[4]

On 9 November 2016, Marković was nominated as prime minister by the president of Montenegro Filip Vujanović,[5] and on 28 November he was confirmed by 41 out of 81 members of the parliament (with the opposition boycotting the assembly), with the support of the Albanian, Croat and Bosniak minority parties.[6]

On 25 May 2017, Marković hit headlines around the world when the United States president Donald Trump appeared to brusquely shove him aside to get in front of him at a photo op during a NATO summit meeting, which was attended by Montenegro for the first time, days prior to its formal accession to the alliance.[7] Later, Marković responded to questions about the incident by shrugging it off.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Murić, Darvin; Gudović, Ivana (28 November 2016). "Crna Gora dobila novu Vladu". vijesti.me. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Prime Minister Duško Marković - Biography". gov.me. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Ouest-France (26 October 2016). "Monténégro. Dusko Markovic va devenir Premier ministre". ouest-france.fr/ (in français). Retrieved 6 December 2016. .
  4. ↑ Eurasia Times (28 November 2016). "Monténégro : l'opposition ne tolère pas la candidature de Dusko Markovic". eurasiatimes.org/ (in français). Retrieved 15 December 2016. .
  5. ↑ Boursorama (9 November 2016). "Au Monténégro, un ex-chef de la police secrète Premier ministre". boursorama.com/ (in français). Retrieved 15 December 2016. .
  6. ↑ Le Courrier des Balkans (29 November 2016). "Monténégro : un nouveau gouvernement qui ne tient qu'à une voix". courrierdesbalkans.fr/ (in français). Retrieved 6 December 2016. .
  7. ↑ At NATO gathering, Trump brushes past Montenegro’s prime minister
  8. ↑ Breaking down Trump’s ‘shove’
Political offices
Preceded by
Milo Đukanović		 Prime Minister of Montenegro
2016–present		 Incumbent
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