The President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, has so far appointed six advisers, some of whom are well-known to the Montenegrin public.
As announced to "Vijesta" from Milatović's cabinet, Marija Lakić Barfus was appointed as advisor for foreign policy, Biljana Papović as advisor for political system and internal policy, Ivan Šikmanović as advisor for legal issues, Dejan Vukšić as advisor for security and defense, economic advisor and economic diplomacy Mladen Grgić, while the advisor for regional development is Aleksandar Stijović.
Lakić Barfus is a career diplomat and was, among other things, director general for NATO and security policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Until recently, Papović was the deputy executive director of the NGO Center for Democratic Transition (CDT), and Šikmanović was the legal advisor to former Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić.
Vukšić is the former head of the National Security Agency (ANB) and until recently the leader of the Democratic Christian Movement (DHP), Grgić was the head of the Investment Agency of Montenegro until March, while Stijović was the Minister of Agriculture in the Krivokapić Government.
Milatović's cabinet stated that his advisers were chosen after careful selection, based on academic and professional achievements in the areas they cover, and represent, as they point out, a discontinuity from the previous practice of political appointments.
They add that, according to the current act on systematization, the President of Montenegro has the option of appointing ten advisers.
"In addition to the advisory team, more young professionals will be hired in order to strengthen the institution's personnel, modernize it and put it into the function of the program goals of President Milatović. We emphasize that part of the president's associates were chosen on the basis of a public competition to which nearly 1.200 interested professionals applied," it was announced. is "News".
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