Who is Albanian Dritan Abazovic, in whose hands is Montenegro's future?

Parliamentary elections have been held in Montenegro on Sunday. While more than 70% of the vote has been counted, the result among parties is narrow, while Milo Djukanovic leads.

But in these elections “the government's” is in the hands of an Albanian.

Dritan Abazovic is one of the most vocal Albanians on the political scene in Montenegro. He is head of political group URA, which is mostly made up of non-Albanians.

In this election he entered with the Serbian-language platform “Crno na Bijelo” or “black in white”.

In a recently given interview, he said his votes would make the difference, while he named himself the person who would make the change of game.

He said there have been many attacks, even from the national Albanian parties, who, according to him, do not want to accept that an Albanian can represent in Montenegro at a higher level.

He has assured that with Montenegro's new government, there will be no external policy changes, and it will only become a coalition those who are willing to make the system of government experts”.

But who is Albanian Dritan Abazovic, in whose hands is Montenegro's future?

He was born in 1985 in Ulcinj into an Albanian family. After finishing elementary and high school in Ulcinj, Abazovic graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Sarajevo University. But in Sarajevo, he finished his doctorate in 2019, at the Faculty of Political Sciences.

In 2011 he lived in the United States while attending the Washington D.C. State Department program.

From 2010 to 2012, he was the executive director of the local transmission company Teuta (Ulcin, Montenegro). From 2010 to 2012, he was Executive Director of the Mogul NGO in Ulcinj.

In 2010, he published his first book “Cosmopolitan Cultura and global justice”. Since 2010, he has been working as a high school teacher in Ulcinj, teaching culture, communication and religious history.

He speaks fluent Montenegrin, English and Albanian. In 2017, he signed the Declaration for the Common Language of Montenegrins, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.

How did it become part of politics in Montenegro?

Abazovic was one of the founders of the political party, Montenegro, in 2012.

In Montenegro's 2012 parliamentary elections, the party won 7 out of 81 seats, making Abbasovic the youngest member of Montenegro's Parliament.

In 2014, following a split in the party, Abazovic left Montenegro positive, serving as an independent MP before joining United Reform Action (URA) established in 2015.

He is currently president of The URA and one of its two parliamentary representatives. /Periscopi/