A total of 19.387,17 euros were allocated from the budget in May for the salaries of advisors to the leaders of the Parliament of Montenegro, and more than half of that sum - 11.796,93 euros - went to the president's seven-member advisory team. Andrije Mandić.
Marko Milicic, the head of Mandić's cabinet, who is listed in the parliamentary records as an advisor, received 1.996,34 euros. His biography states that he was born in 1998 in Nikšić. He is a final year student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Montenegro. Miličić is, as it is emphasized, a correspondent for the Center for Social Stability, the largest Serbian political think tank that analyzes both regional and geopolitical developments. He is also a member of the info-debate club "PolitikUS" that follows developments related to the political scene of the United States of America. He is the author, it is emphasized, of numerous published texts in domestic, regional and world media on the topic of global politics and processes and speaks English.
Among the highest salaries when it comes to Mandić's advisors, in the amount of 1.856,25 euros, there is Biljan Vucurovic, former director of the Slobodan Škerović High School. She was dismissed in January this year for failing to act in a case of sexual harassment of a former student. Vučurović, as stated by the Ministry of Education, did not take the measures she was required to take following a report of possible sexual harassment of a former student of that school by a professor R. C. - which she was informed about by a former student Sara Vujisic and the NGO Prima.
Mandić's advisor at the time Matija Medojević he earned 1.703,32 euros in May. He completed primary school and the “Slobodan Škerović” Gymnasium in Podgorica. He graduated from the civil law department of the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro in Podgorica in 2010. He began his work engagement at the Basic Court in Podgorica in 2011, after which he passed the bar exam in 2014. In the period from 2014 to 2021, he performed the duties of an advisor at the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures and the Ministry of Public Administration, as well as the function of an expert for legal affairs at the “Electricity Exchange” Ltd., where he was the executive director from September 2021 to January 2024. He participated in numerous conferences in the field of energy, public administration reform and public procurement and was a member of the School Board of the “Slobodan Škerović” Gymnasium. He speaks English. Medojević was recently appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Mining.
Mandić's advisor Žana Praščević Milačić finished primary school and the “Slobodan Škerović” Gymnasium in Podgorica. She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro. She began her work engagement at the Basic Court in Podgorica. She is a lawyer, and was the Assistant Secretary General of the Government and Secretary General of the Government of Montenegro. Praščević Milačić earned 1.864,64 euros.
There are no biographies listed on the parliament website. Gordana Đuračić with a salary of up to 1.741,58 euros, publicist and literary critic Zelidrag Nikčević (salary 1.575,94 euros), as well as Sima Barović who replaced him as an advisor in mid-May Janko MilatovićBarović was paid 1.076,70 euros for half a month.
Zdenka Popović, the Vice President of the Assembly, has two advisors. Marko Jokic A salary of 1.218,45 euros was paid for May, and the consultant's salary Zarije Vukovića is 1.223,66 euros.
Vice President of the Assembly Mirsad Nurković advises Zijad Halilovic who was paid 1.239,32 euros per month for this.
Marjan Ljuljđuraj is an advisor to the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Nikola Camaja He also received 1.409,30 euros in May this year.
The Parliament of Montenegro, in addition to the current advisors, also pays 1.946,41 euros each Aleksandar Klarić, former Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro, based on the termination of his office.
Milena Vuković i Lidija Grdinić, former deputy secretaries general, on the same basis, receive 2.038,25 euros each.
The "Vijesti" editorial team obtained the data for this text using the MANS application "Ask institutions".
Advisor travel and per diems
Marko Miličić, advisor and chief of staff to Andrija Mandić, often accompanies the speaker of parliament on his travels.
Miličić traveled to Ioannina, Greece, in May, to the 19th Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, and received a daily allowance of 108,78 euros for that.
Žana Praščević Milačić also traveled to this Greek city and received the same daily allowance.
The advisory delegation to Budapest, where the conference of the presidents of the parliaments of the EU member states was held, in addition to Miličić, consisted of Gordana Đuračić and Biljana Vučurović, who received daily allowances in the amount of 233,10 euros each, and Miličić received 202,02 euros.
Mandić's chief of staff also traveled to Tel Aviv (daily allowance of 373,80 euros), as did advisor Đuračić, who received daily allowances of 623 euros for her five-day stay.
The advisory delegation of the head of parliament in Strasbourg, at the Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Council of Europe, consisted of Želidrag Nikčević, Matija Medojević and Gordana Đuračić, who were each paid 108,07 euros for this trip.
Želidrag Nikčević also stayed in Skopje, with a daily allowance of 56 euros.
Medojević and Gordana Đuračić accompanied Mandić on an official visit to Spain. Medojević received a daily allowance of 222,60 euros, and Đuračič was paid 338,57 euros.
Advisor Biljana Vučurović stayed in Paris from April 1 to 4. For this trip, she was paid a daily allowance of 300,12 euros, and her companion Gordana Đuračić was paid 257,25 euros.
Žana Praščević Milačić and Gordana Đuračić also stayed in Riyadh, during Andrija Mandić's official visit to Saudi Arabia. Praščević Milačić received a daily allowance of 430,10 euros for this trip, and Đuračić's travel order was 421,61.
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