Ministry of Justice and Human and Minority Rights

Ministry of Justice and Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro
Ministarstvo pravde, ljudskih i manjinskih prava
Agency overview
Formed1991 (2020)
JurisdictionGovernment of Montenegro
HeadquartersVuka Karadžića 3,
Podgorica
Agency executive
Websitepravda.gov.me

The Ministry of Justice in the Government of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Ministarstvo Pravde u Vladi Crne Gore / Министарство Праве у Влади Црне Горе, MPVCG) is the ministry in the Government of Montenegro which is in charge of the nation's justice system and human and minority rights.

Ministers of Justice since 1879

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Montenegrin monarchy

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Image Beginning of the mandate End of mandate Time in office Name and surname Notes Prince
March 20, 1879 1893 13-14 years Božo Petrović-Njegoš Nicholas I

(1860-1910)
1893 November 25, 1899 5-6 years Valtazar Bogišić
November 25, 1899 June 3, 1903 3 years, 190 days Lujo Vojinović
June 3, 1903 October 2, 1904 One year, 122 days Miloš Đ. Shaulic First as a manager, then as a minister
October 2, 1904 December 19, 1905 One year, 78 days Božo Petrović-Njegoš as representative of the Minister
December 19, 1905 November 24, 1906 340 days Milo Dožić
November 24, 1906 February 1, 1907 69 days Milosav R. Raicevic
February 1, 1907 April 17, 1907 75 days Gavrilo M. Cerovic
April 17, 1907 April 15, 1909 1 year, 363 days Lazar Tomanović
April 15, 1909 February 6, 1910 298 days Sekula Drljević
February 6, 1910 April 13, 1910 65 days Pero Vuckovic represented
April 13, 1910 August 28, 1910 139 days Lazar Tomanović represented
Image Beginning of the mandate End of mandate Time in office Name and surname Notes Monarch
August 28, 1910 August 23, 1911 360 days Lazar Tomanović represented Nicholas I

(1910-1916)
August 23, 1911 June 19, 1912 302 days Milo Dožić
June 19, 1912 May 8, 1913 323 days Dušan Vukotić Government of Mitar Martinović
May 8, 1913 January 2, 1916 2 years, 239 days Ljubomir A. Brkic
January 2, 1916 January 15, 1916 13 days Marko Radulović

Montenegrin government-in-exile

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Image Beginning of the mandate End of mandate Time in office Name and surname Notes Regent Monarch
Titular king
January 15, 1916 May 12, 1916 108 days Marko Radulović Milena of Montenegro
(1921-1923)
Anto Gvozdenović

(1921-1929)
Nicholas I

(1916-1921)

Danilo

(March 1-March 7, 1921)
Michael

(1921-1929)

May 12, 1916 January 17, 1917 250 days Janko Spasojevic
January 17, 1917 June 11, 1917 145 days Stanisa Ilić
June 11, 1917 September 15, 1917 97 days Veljko Milićević
September 15, 1917 June 28, 1921 3 years, 287 days Pero Šoć represented
June 28, 1921 September 14, 1922 One year, 78 days Vladimir Đ. Popovic
September 14, 1922 September 14, 1929 7 years Pero Vuckovic

Ministers of Justice, since 1991

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Name
(Birth–Death)
Party Term of Office
Momčilo Knežević
(born 1951[citation needed])
DPS 15 February 1991 6 October 1992
Filip Vujanović
(born 1954)
DPS 6 October 1992 17 May 1995
Miodrag Latković
none 17 May 1995 16 July 1998
Dragan Šoć
(born 1957)
NS 16 July 1998 28 February 2001
Željko Šturanović
(1960-2014)
DPS 28 February 2001 10 November 2006
Miraš Radović
(born 1951)
none 10 November 2006 29 December 2010
Duško Marković
(born 1958)
DPS 29 December 2010 12 May 2016
Zoran Pažin
(born 1966)
none 12 May 2016 2 December 2020
Vladimir Leposavić
(born 1984)
none 2 December 2020 17 June 2021
Zdravko Krivokapić[nb 1]
(born 1958)
none 17 June 2021 1 July 2021
Sergej Sekulović[nb 1]
(born 1978)
none 1 July 2021 24 January 2022
Zdravko Krivokapić (Acting)[nb 1]
(born 1958)
none 24 January 2022 28 April 2022
Marko Kovač
(born 1985)
SNP 28 April 2022 31 October 2023
Andrej Milović none 31 October 2023 Incumbent
  1. ^ a b c Acting Minister of Justice and Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro
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