The Parliament of Montenegro (Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

: Скупштина Црне Горе, Skupština Crne Gore) is the unicameral

Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...

 legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

 of Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. The Parliament currently has 81 members, each elected for a four-year term. The current Speaker of the Parliament

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 is Ranko Krivokapić

Ranko Krivokapic

Ranko Krivokapić is the Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the President of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro .-Biography:...

, while the deputy speakers are Željko Šturanović

Željko Šturanovic

Željko Šturanović is a former Prime Minister of Montenegro who served from November 10, 2006 to February 29, 2008.-Early life:Šturanović was born in Nikšić, in what was then the People's Republic of Montenegro, part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.-Appointment as Prime Minister:He...

 and Rifat Rastoder

Rifat Rastoder

Rifat Rastoder is a Montenegrin Bosniak politician, writer and journalist...

. Following an independence referendum

Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006

The Montenegrin independence referendum was a refe­rendum on the independence of the Republic of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro that was held on 21 May 2006.The total turnout of the referendum was 86.5%...

, the Parliament declared and ratified the independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006.

Powers

The Parliament appoints the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Montenegro

The Prime Minister of Montenegro , is the head of the Government of Montenegro. The role of the Prime Minister is to direct the work of the Government, and to submit to the Parliament the Government's Program, including a list of proposed ministers...

 nominated by the President

President of Montenegro

-Presidents of Montenegro:-See also:*President of Serbia and Montenegro*President of Yugoslavia*List of Presidents of Montenegro*Prime Minister of Montenegro-External links:*...

, as well as the ministers chosen by the Prime Minister. Parliament also passes all laws in Montenegro, ratifies international treaties, appoints justices of all courts, adopts the budget and performs other duties as established by the Constitution

Constitution of Montenegro

The current Constitution of Montenegro was ratified and adopted by the Constitutional Parliament of Montenegro on 19 October 2007 on an extraordinary session by achieving the required two-thirds supermajority of votes. The Constitution was officially proclaimed as the Constitution of Montenegro on...

. The Parliament can pass a vote of no-confidence in the Government with a majority of the members.

Deputies

A deputy has a four-year term. One deputy is elected per 6,000 voters, which in turn results in a change of total number of deputies in the parliament (the present assembly convening comprises 81 deputies instead of previous number of 74).

Parliamentary coalitions and parties

The ruling majority are DPS, SDP, HGI and DUA.

Parliamentary Clubs	Seats	Parties	Seats
Democratic Party of Socialists	35	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro is the ruling social-democratic political party in Montenegro....  (DPS CG)	34
		Croatian Civic Initiative Croatian Civic Initiative The Croatian Civic Initiative is a Croat minority political party in Montenegro. The party was formed in 2002. It first participated in elections in the Tivat municipality that year, and is still based in the town...  (HGI)	1
Socialist People's Party	16	Socialist People's Party of Montenegro Socialist People's Party of Montenegro The Socialist People's Party of Montenegro is a socialist opposition political party in Montenegro. It has 16 MPs in the Parliament of Montenegro, which it won on the 2009 parliamentary election...  (SNP CG)	16
Social Democratic Party	9	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro is a political party in Montenegro....  (SDP CG)	9
New Serb Democracy	8	New Serb Democracy New Serb Democracy New Serb Democracy is a political party in Montenegro, formed on 24 January 2009 as a merger of the Serbian People's Party and the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro....  (NSD)	8
Movement for Changes	5	Movement for Changes Movement for Changes Movement for Changes is a political party in Montenegro which has a proclaimed goal to integrate their country into the European Union and to support political and economic reforms to bring it into line with European norms...  (PZP)	5
Bosniak party	3	Bosniak Party (BS)	3
Democratic League in Montenegro (DSCG)	1
Democratic Union of Albanians Democratic Union of Albanians The Democratic Union of Albanians is an Albanian minority political party in Montenegro....  (DUA)	1
Albanian Alternative Albanian Alternative The Albanian Alternative is a political party in Montenegro.AA is led by Gjergj Camaj. At the last legislative elections in Montenegro, in March 2009, AA won 1 out of 81 seats....  (AA)	1
New Democratic Power – FORCA New Democratic Power – FORCA The New Democratic Power – FORCA - is an Albanian minority political party in Montenegro.The Party was founded on October 22, 2005 as a local minoririty party representing the Albanian population in Ulcinj... (FORCA)	1

External links

• Official Website