Dismissed state secretaries of disbanded ministries, possible appointment of a maximum of 54 in the reconstructed Government

The reconstructed government will have seven vice presidents, 25 ministries and a minister without portfolio

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From today's Council session, Photo: Bojana Ćupić/Government of Montenegro
From today's Council session, Photo: Bojana Ćupić/Government of Montenegro
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The government made a decision that three ministries, the reconstructed government, can each have one state secretary, 15 ministries can have two state secretaries each, and seven ministries can each have three state secretaries appointed by the government, at the proposal of the minister.

This is one of the decisions from the first session of the reconstructed Government.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Sports and Youth can each have one State Secretary.

The Ministries of Justice, Defense, Public Administration, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue, Ministry of Social Care, Family Care and Demography, Ministry of Culture and Media, as well as the Ministries of Maritime Affairs, Transport, Tourism, Energy, and European Affairs can each have two state secretaries. , diaspora. The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Development of the North, the Ministry of Mining, Oil and Gas, and the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights can each have two state secretaries; The Ministry of Sports and Youth and the Ministry of Regional Investment Development and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations,

The Ministry of Finance can have three state secretaries each; Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Health.

The Government also established the Proposal for Amendments to the Proposal for the Law on Forests.

At its 42nd session, the Government adopted the Decree on Amendments to the Decree on the Organization and Mode of Work of the State Administration.

After the reconstruction of the 44th Government, there was a need to reorganize the state administration, so the decree established the following: Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue; Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography; Ministry of Maritime Affairs; Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Tourism; Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development; Ministry of Energy; Ministry of Mining, Oil and Gas; Ministry of Regional Investment Development and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations and Ministry of Diaspora.

The Regulation prescribes a deadline of 30 days for the adoption of regulations on the internal organization and systematization of state administration bodies, as well as the taking over of civil servants and employees who performed the assumed tasks, equipment and official documentation, on the day the Regulation enters into force.

The reconstructed Government will have seven vice-presidents, twenty-five ministries and a minister without portfolio

At today's session, the government confirmed the termination of the duties of the state secretaries in the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs, the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urban Planning and State Property, the Ministry of Tourism, Ecology, Sustainable Development and Development of the North, the Ministry of Energy and Mining and To the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, due to the termination of the mandate of the ministers in the 44th Government of Montenegro

It was also established that the State Secretary in the Ministry of European Affairs, Bojan Božović, was terminated due to his election as Minister of Justice in the 44th Government of Montenegro.

The termination of the mandate of the Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, due to the termination of the mandate of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 44th Government of Montenegro, as well as the termination of the mandate of the advisors of the Deputy Prime Minister for security, internal policy, European and foreign affairs, the advisors of the Deputy Prime Minister for work, education, health and social affairs and advisers to the Deputy Prime Minister for Demography and Youth.

The Government noted the dismissal of the permanent working bodies of the Government - the Commission for Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy, the Commission for Economic Policy and Financial System, the Commission for Personnel and Administrative Issues and the Commission for the Distribution of Part of Budget Reserve Funds.

The Government has appointed the Commission for the Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy, which will be headed by Momo Koprivica, the Vice President of the Government for the Political System, Justice and Anti-Corruption; the Commission for Economic Policy and Financial System, headed by Niko Đeljošaj, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Minister of Economic Development; The Committee for personnel and administrative issues, which will be headed by Dragoljub Nikolić, the Secretary General of the Government, and the Committee for the distribution of part of the funds of the budget reserve, headed by Slaven Radunović, Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property.

Prime Minister Milojko Spajić tasked Milutin Buturović, minister without portfolio, to coordinate activities related to cooperation with the Parliament of Montenegro.

At the session, decisions were also made on the appointment of advisors to the Deputy Prime Minister for security, defense, fighting crime and internal policy: Sandra Radević, Božidar Radinović, Milica Kaluđerović, Marija Nikčević and Valentina Minić.

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