Slavko Perović ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Славко Перовић; born 2 August 1954) is a Montenegrin politician. He is best known as a co-founder and former leader of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), former party that was fighting for independence of

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and promoting liberalism in Montenegro throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Early life

Perović was born and raised in

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, People's Republic of Montenegro,

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to father Vukašin Perović, a pre-

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journalist and

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, who also published five novels and poema, and mother Zoraida (b. Nakićenović) from Kuti (

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), a housewife. He graduated from Veljko Vlahović University's Faculty of Law in 1978 in

Titograd Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

. He passed the court attorney exam in

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a year later, and earned his

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at the International University Centre in

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. As a student, he was active in a number of social projects, including ''Mi'' youth magazine, culture magazine ''Ars'', and Radio Cetinje.

Political career

Liberal Alliance

In 1990, he was one of the founders of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), a party formed in

with goals of promoting liberalism the idea of Montenegrin independence, and opposing Montenegrin involvement in

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, imposed by the ruling

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. In the early 1990, Perović and his LSCG was active as the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia' Montenegrin branch. Originally he was the Executive Committee president, but in 1991, he was elected for the party's President. Perović was also a LSCG representative in

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since 1990. In 1996, Perović initiated the creation of the Narodna Sloga (''"Popular Unity"'') coalition with the People's Party (NS), in order to reconcile

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and

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in Montenegro, and return public's attention to everyday problems Montenegro was facing. Because of his opposition political activity, in 1988 he was fired from his position in the Cetinje Literary Hall by the Montenegrin Government. The official reason for the action was a communist author's book that Perović did not allow to be printed in

. During the

, Perović and his party were the strongest political subject in Montenegro opposing the armed conflict, organizing multiple anti-war rallies. After the parliamentary elections in October 2002, Perović retired from his position in the LSCG, but remained active in politics.

References

External links

Perovic on wordpress

Perovic and his notebook on wordpress
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perovic, Slavko 1954 births Living people Politicians from Cetinje Cuce Montenegrin independence activists Montenegrin emigrants to the Czech Republic Liberal Alliance of Montenegro politicians University of Montenegro Faculty of Law alumni

Early life

Political career

Liberal Alliance

See also

References

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