Momir Bulatović

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{{Short description|First President of the Republic of Montenegro (1992–1998)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Momir Bulatović
| image = Ratko Dmitrovic, Momir Bulatovic, Zdenko Tomanovic-mc.rs (cropped 2).jpg
| caption = Bulatović in 2015
| order = 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Prime Minister of the FR Yugoslavia]]
| term_start = 19 May 1998
| term_end = 4 November 2000
| president = [[Slobodan Milošević]] [[Vojislav Koštunica]]
| predecessor = [[Radoje Kontić]]
| successor = [[Zoran Žižić]]
| order1 = 1st [[President of Montenegro|President]] of the Republic of [[Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006)|Montenegro]]
| term_start1 = [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|23 December 1990]]
| term_end1 = 15 January 1998
| primeminister1 = [[Milo Đukanović]]
| predecessor1 = [[Branko Kostić]] {{small|(as President of the Presidency)}}
| successor1 = [[Milo Đukanović]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|9|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|PR Serbia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|6|30|1956|9|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Raći (Podgorica)|Raći]], [[Podgorica Municipality]], [[Montenegro]]
| nationality = [[Montenegrins|Montenegrin]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=P. |first1=Č. |last2=R. |first2=V. |title=Булатовић или Жижић? |url=http://www.novosti.rs/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.393.html:165914-Bulatovi263-ili-Zizi263 |access-date=19 August 2019 |agency=Večernje novosti |date=22 January 2005 |language=Serbian}}</ref>
| party = [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia|SKJ]] {{small|(1980s–1991)}} [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]] {{small|(1991–1997)}} [[Socialist People's Party of Montenegro|SNP]] {{small|(1997–2001)}} [[People's Socialist Party of Montenegro|NSS]] {{small|(2001–2009)}} [[New Serb Democracy|NSD]] {{small|(2009–2019)}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Montenegro]]
| profession = Economist, politician
| native_name = {{nobold|Момир Булатовић}}
| native_name_lang = hbs-Cyrl
}}
'''Momir Bulatović''' ({{lang-sh-Cyrl|Момир Булатовић}}; 21 September 1956 – 30 June 2019)<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Preminuo Momir Bulatović |url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2019&mm=06&dd=30&nav_category=167&nav_id=1560574 |access-date=30 June 2019 |work=b92.net |agency=Tanjug |date=30 June 2019 |language=sr}}</ref> was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He was the first [[President of Montenegro|president]] of the [[Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006)|Republic of Montenegro]] from 1990 to 1998, after which he served as the [[Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] from 1998 until 2000, when [[Slobodan Milošević]] was [[overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|overthrown]].<ref name="NYTB">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/21/world/milosevic-ally-becomes-yugoslav-premier.html|agency=[[The New York Times]]|title=''Milosevic Ally Becomes Yugoslav Premier''|date=May 21, 1998|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> He was a leader of the [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro]] from 1989 to 1997, when he split from DPS after a conflict with [[Milo Đukanović]].

During his mandate as president of Montenegro within Yugoslavia, he oversaw the engagement of Montenegrin reservists in the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] in the [[siege of Dubrovnik]] as well as in the [[Bosnian War]]. According to [[Florence Hartmann]], Bulatović was subject to an investigation by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) for war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but was not charged.<ref name="BH">{{cite news|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/artman-pod-haskom-istragom-bio-i-momir-bulatovic/e6dw5lm|agency=[[Blic]]|title=''Artman: Pod haškom istragom bio i Momir Bulatović''|language=sr|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> He was a defense witness in the trials of [[Trial of Slobodan Milošević|Slobodan Milošević]],<ref name="BIM">{{cite news|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2007/09/18/serb-leader-s-death-tragic-for-victims/|author=Janet Anderson and Michael Farquhar|agency=[[Balkan Insight]]|title=''Serb Leader's Death "Tragic for Victims"''|date=September 18, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> [[Trial of Radovan Karadžić|Radovan Karadžić]],<ref name="SBK">{{cite news|url=http://www.sense-agency.com/tribunal_(mksj)/momir-bulatovic-i-quotvreme-ludakaquot.25.html?cat_id=1&news_id=14705|agency=Sense Tribunal|title=''MOMIR BULATOVIĆ I "VREME LUDAKA"''|language=sr|date=March 1, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> and [[Nikola Šainović]]<ref name="SBS">{{cite news|url=http://www.sense-agency.com/icty/momir-bulatovic-%E2%80%98milosevic-saved-me-from-the-tribunal.29.html?cat_id=1&news_id=10449|agency=Sense Tribunal|title=''MOMIR BULATOVIC: 'MILOSEVIC SAVED ME FROM THE TRIBUNAL"''|date=August 17, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> at the ICTY.

==Early life==
Bulatović was born in Belgrade as the son of a [[Yugoslav People's Army]] (JNA) officer who originated from Montenegro. The family lived in the [[Voždovac]] neighbourhood. Due to the nature of his father's job his family frequently relocated throughout [[Yugoslavia]]. When Momir was five years old, the family moved to [[Zadar]] in Croatia, where he completed his primary and secondary education.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

In 1975 the 18-year-old Bulatović moved to [[Titograd]] to study at the [[Veljko Vlahović University]]'s [[Faculty of Economics, Podgorica|Faculty of Economics]]. According to Bulatović, he wanted to return to Belgrade for university studies, but his family did not have enough money to send him there, so he ended up in Titograd.<ref>
[http://www.rts.rs/page/tv/ci/story/17/%D0%A0%D0%A2%D0%A1+1/581871/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%BC%3A+%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80+%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B.html Bulatovic @ Balkanskom ulicom]; RTS, 28 March 2010</ref>

Upon graduating he continued as an assistant at the same university and soon earned a master's degree.

==Anti-bureaucratic revolution (1989)==
In November 1988, while working as an assistant at the [[Faculty of Economics Podgorica|Faculty of Economics in Podgorica]], Bulatović was named coordinator of the [[League of Communists of Montenegro]].<ref name="MCG">{{cite web|url=http://www.maticacrnogorska.me/files/45/12%20radenko%20scekic.pdf|work=Matica Crnogorska|author=Radenko Šćekić|title=''"DOGAĐANJE NARODA" U CRNOJ GORI - POLITIČKO-PROPAGANDNI OKVIR''|language=sr|date=2011|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> After the [[anti-bureaucratic revolution]] in January 1989, Bulatović was promoted to the [[President of the League of Communists of Montenegro|presidency of the League of Communists of Montenegro]].<ref name="MCG"/>

With the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], Bulatović became president of [[Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia's Republic of Montenegro]], serving in that position from 23 December 1990 to 15 January 1998. During his tenure, he was a loyal ally to [[Slobodan Milošević]], and oversaw the Montenegrin reserve of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] in the [[Croatian War|Croatian]] and [[Bosnian War|Bosnian wars]]. {{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In the 1990, Yugoslav Communist party's congress, Bulatović supported Milošević's agenda of changing the party's voting system to a one-member-one-vote system which would give a numerical majority to Serbs. Montenegro also supported Serbia in opposing all reforms proposed by [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]] that were deemed to be intended to devolve power to the republics.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The [[League of Communists of Slovenia|Slovenian]] and [[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian communist factions]] abdicated the party in what they saw as an attempt by Milošević to create Serb hegemony in the party. The [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] collapsed, Bulatović followed the political changes in the other republics and made Montenegro a multi-party democracy and formed the [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)]] with former communists.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

==President of Montenegro (1990–1998)==

===Siege of Dubrovnik (1991)===
On 1 October 1991, [[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington]] came to [[Titograd]] and asked Bulatović if [[Dubrovnik]] was in danger of an attack by the [[Yugoslav People's Army]].<ref name="MD">{{cite news|url=http://www.monitor.co.me/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2922:zloini-koji-su-se-ukanoviu-isplatili&catid=2009:broj-1093&Itemid=3232|agency=[[Monitor (magazine)|Monitor]]|author=Veseljko Koprivica|title=''Zločini koji su se Đukanoviću isplatili''|language=sr|date=September 30, 2011|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> According to testimony by Nikola Samardžić to the ICTY, a member of Bulatović's cabinet, Bulatović promised Carrington that Dubrovnik would not be attacked.<ref name="MD"/> Just a few hours after meeting Carrington, Bulatović attended a meeting with several generals of the Yugoslav People's Army, including [[Pavle Strugar]], after which Bulatović told Samardžić that "30,000 [[Ustashe]] are coming from Dubrovnik to seize the [[Bay of Kotor]]", and that a response was urgent.<ref name="MD"/> Bulatović ultimately participated in ordering an attempted annexation of Dubrovnik to Montenegro, additionally claiming that it was historically linked to Montenegro.<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/soi/_Vol_5_1/_HTML/Pavlovic.html#fnB3 ''The 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik and the Consequences of the "War for Peace"''], yorku.ca; retrieved 31 January 2014.</ref> After the war ended, Bulatović claimed that the attack on Dubrovnik was "the only way to prevent the conflict from spreading into Montenegro", but also asserted that the military gave the government of Montenegro "false information".<ref name="MD"/>

{{cquote|"[[Stjepan Mesić]] asked me back in 1993, 'What in God's name are you doing, why are you taking us over? Did you have any information how many of us were there?' I replied to him that [[Veljko Kadijević|Kadijević]] told me that there were 30,000 of them. [And] that for 30,000 close to our border we need to react with 60,000. Then Mesić told me that there were only 700 of them. We only found out later." -Bulatović for ''[[Vijesti]]'' on 31 September 2010.<ref name="RFED">{{cite web|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/dubrovnik_razaranje_jna/2173969.html|work=[[Radio Free Europe]]|title=''Crnogorski vrh promijenio priču o razaranju Dubrovnika''|language=sr|date=October 1, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref>}}

===Carrington's proposal (1991)===
The siege of Dubrovnik, in addition to war crimes committed, had enormous consequences for Yugoslavia's international standing. The [[European Economic Community]] invited Carrington and representatives from Yugoslavia to negotiate a peace accord known as the [[Peace plans proposed before and during the Bosnian War|Carrington plan]] on 19 October 1991, in [[The Hague]]. The proposal of a "loose federation of independent states" was a non-starter for Milošević, who preferred a centralized Yugoslavia with institutional powers in Belgrade. Bulatović, to the shock of Milošević and his own party members, agreed to Carrington's terms and even signed a draft of the plan during an overnight session of the [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|Montenegrin parliament]] on October 17, arguing that it would secure Montenegro's interests and end the [[Yugoslav wars]].{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=98}} Bulatović's signature potentially guaranteed Montenegro's legal right to secede from Yugoslavia, resulting in an almost explosive rift with the Yugoslav leadership in Belgrade.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=99}} [[Borisav Jović]] contacted Bulatović about his support for the Carrington plan in disbelief, asking him if he had been paid off by the Croats, Austrians, or Italians.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=99}} Bulatović claimed that the Carrington proposal offered Montenegro the [[Prevlaka]] peninsula, and that it guaranteed Montenegro would not be subject to [[sanctions against Yugoslavia|sanctions]].{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=99}} Furthermore, Montenegro was allegedly offered a large amount of aid from the West with Italian foreign minister [[Gianni De Michelis]] telling Bulatović that he "wanted to chart an independent course from Belgrade."{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=99}} In a follow-up session of the Montenegrin parliament on 24–25 October, parliament and party members ratified Bulatović's signature on the Carrington plan, making the accord more imminent.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=99}}

However, in a sharp turn, the Narodna Stranka (People's Party) called for an emergency session in the Montenegrin parliament, during which Bulatović was accused of treason.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=100}} [[Milo Đukanović]] defended Bulatović in the parliamentary hearing.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=100}} Bulatović tried to make his own case, telling the parliament members "if servility and acceptance of everything coming from Belgrade is the criteria for good governance in Montenegro, then this nation doesn't need a government, elections, or political parties."{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=100}} Subsequently, Bulatović was invited to a meeting with Milošević and Jović in Belgrade; Bulatović described the meeting as "very explosive".{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=101}} As a result of the meeting, Milošević added a clause to Bulatović's Carrington commitment, such that a republic could decide to stay in Yugoslavia through a referendum.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=101}} This resulted in the [[1992 Montenegrin independence referendum|1992 independence referendum]], where voters in Montenegro decided to remain in the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].

=== Muslim communities in Montenegro ===
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|quote="...yesterday in [[Pljevlja]] we were on the edge of an international conflict and all that negative energy could have turned against the Muslims such that the fate and existence of Muslims in Pljevlja could have ended that night. What a catastrophe that would be, from the point of our international position, there's absolutely no need to explain."
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With the war raging in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulatović faced the first serious threat of "spill-over" in the summer of in 1992, when Muslims in [[Pljevlja]] were subject to intimidation and violence. On 6 August 1992, a local warlord named Milika "Čeko" Dačević walked into Pljevlja's police headquarters to ask that a vehicle which was seized be returned to his personal envoy, threatening to "declare war" on Pljevlja.<ref name="Sastanak"/> Although Bulatović described Dačević as someone "who hardly can be characterized as sane",<ref name="Sastanak"/> over half of the police force turned themselves over to Dačević during his custody, essentially turning over the police station to Dačević's militia.<ref name="Sastanak"/><ref name="BP">{{cite web|url=http://www.bosnjaci.net/prilog.php?pid=39032|author=K. Radević|work=Bošnjaci.net|title=''CRNOGORSKI ZLOČIN - BULATOVIĆ: PITAO SAM MILA O ČEMU SE RADI''|language=bs|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=120}} In addition to the stand-off with Dačević, his militia included forces of the Kornjača brothers from [[Čajniče]], who helped blocked off the town from a garrison of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] (JNA).<ref name="BP"/> Duško Kornjača threatened to kill all of the Muslims in Pljevlja unless Dačević was released.<ref name="Sastanak"/> The militia's control over Pljevlja was strong enough that the Yugoslav People's Army garrison in Pljevlja, composed of only 73 soldiers,<ref name="Sastanak"/> refused to confront them.<ref name="BP"/> As a result, on 7 August 1992, Bulatović, [[Milo Đukanović|Đukanović]], [[Dobrica Ćosić]] and [[Života Panić]] came to Pljevlja to negotiate with all parties involved.<ref name="Sastanak"/> During the negotiations, a representative of Pljevlja's Islamic community named Hakija Ajanović asked Bulatović to tighten border controls to prevent Serbian paramilitaries from Bosnia entering Montenegro.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=120}} In contrast, Bulatović had been told by the police that "the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina was not possible to secure".<ref name="BP"/> In the end, Bulatović and his colleagues promised the Islamic community in Pljevlja that they would attempt to disarm the paramilitaries{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=121}} and add reinforcements of the Yugoslav People's Army to patrol the town.<ref name="BP"/> To satisfy the militia, Bulatović asked the local Muslims not to seek autonomy, although they had not done so over the course of the meeting.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=121}}

{{cquote|"All of our efforts to assure the world how we're for peace fall into the water by the fact that self-proclaimed colonel Radović, who was once a JNA senior, who [[Vojislav Šešelj|Šešelj]] promoted to a colonel, spoke in yesterday's airing by Studio Television of Montenegro, saying that he has his own forces, that he will kill all the Muslims...just by chance the journalist didn't put that. Simply, I think we're coming to the situation where we don't control the field, or the territory--that the self-proclaimed commanders and self-styled formations move and give statements which are catastrophic for our international position, yet we have absolutely no power whatsoever to take that space." -Bulatović on 7 August 1992.<ref name="Sastanak"/>}}

In spite of Bulatović's reassurances, Pljevlja's Muslim community suffered various incidents, particularly in the village of Bukovica where six Muslim inhabitants were killed from 1992 to 1995.<ref name="DanasBk">{{cite news|url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/zlocini-bez-kazne/|author=Jakub Durgut|agency=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]]|title=''Zločini bez kazne''|language=sr|date=February 18, 2017|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> Additionally, the first kidnapping of Muslim inhabitants took place in Pljevlja on February 15, 1993, where Muslim family members were taken to a prison in Čajniče. After a negotiation leading to the release of Serbian reservists held as [[Prisoners of war|prisoners]] by the [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], Bulatović announced the freeing of the Bungur family from the Čajniče prison in 1993, crediting Ćosić and [[Radovan Karadžić]] "personal responsibility" for the family's freedom.<ref name="DanasBk"/>

In May 1993, Bulatović participated in the negotiations of the [[Peace plans proposed before and during the Bosnian War#Vance–Owen plan|Vance-Owen Plan]], held in [[Athens]] in the presence of Greek Prime Minister [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]].<ref name="Indv">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/friendly-persuasion-nails-karadzic-vance-owen-peace-plan-is-finally-agreed-but-far-from-smoke-filled-2320660.html|author=Annika Savill|agency=[[The Independent]]|title='''Friendly persuasion' nails Karadzic: Vance-Owen peace plan is finally agreed but far from smoke-filled rooms in Greece passions and hatreds bode ill for UN force in Bosnia''|date=May 3, 1993|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref> Bulatović along with Ćosić and Milošević collaborated in pressuring Karadžić to sign the plan.<ref name="Indv"/><ref name="Vreme">{{cite news|url=https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=487261|author=Slobodan Kostić|agency=[[Vreme]]|title=''Raspadanje do Kosova''|language=sr|date=February 8, 2007|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref> Karadžić eventually signed the plan, after which Bulatović traveled with Ćosić and Milošević to [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]], where they tried to convince [[Republika Srpska (1992–95)|wartime Republika Srpska's parliament]] to adopt the resolution signed in Athens.<ref name="Vreme"/> The [[National Assembly (Republika Srpska)|parliament of Republika Srpska]] in Pale rejected the resolution in defiance of the Milošević-Ćosić-Bulatović team, and the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina continued for another two years.<ref name="Vreme"/>

===Loss to Đukanović and departure from DPS===
On 11 July 1997, the national committee ("''Glavni odbor''", abbreviated as "''GO''") of [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]], formerly the [[League of Communists of Montenegro|League of Communists]], held a closed doors session after which the committee selected [[Milica Pejanović-Đurišić]] to replace Bulatović as the party president.<ref name="NR">{{cite web|url=http://admin.nedeljnik.rs/nedeljnik/portalnews/dve-decenije-od-sednice-na-kojoj-se-pocepao-dps-kako-su-se-razveli-milo-i-bulatovic/|work=[[Nedeljnik]]|title=''Kako su se "razveli" Milo i Momir: Dve decenije od sednice na kojoj se pocepao DPS''|language=sr|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2019}}</ref> The party split had enormous implications, making a political confrontation between Đukanović and Bulatović inevitable. This manifested in the [[1997 Montenegrin presidential election]] held in October, which Đukanović won by a thin margin. Although the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] recognized the result as legitimate, Bulatović claimed that the United States interfered in Đukanović's favor.{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=160}} Bulatović then participated in the mobilization of a large demonstration at Đukanović's inauguration in [[Podgorica]] on 14 January 1998. The protest at Đukanović's inauguration was confronted by the police, resulting in the injury of 44 policemen and four civilians.<ref name="Obj">{{cite web|url=https://objektiv.me/2019/01/13/noc-kada-je-podgorica-gorjela-foto-video/|work=Objectiv.me|title=''NOĆ KADA JE PODGORICA GORJELA''|language=sr|date=January 13, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2019}}</ref>

On 21 March 1998, Bulatović mobilized a large fraction from DPS CG and helped found the [[Socialist People's Party of Montenegro]] (SNP).{{sfn|Morrison|2009|p=163}}

==Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1998–2000)==
On 21 May 1998, Bulatović was named the new prime minister of Yugoslavia by the country's parliament, replacing Đukanović loyalist [[Radoje Kontić]].<ref name="NYTB"/> On 23 March 1999, he signed a declaration of a state of war when [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO began bombing Yugoslavia]].<ref name="MNN">{{cite web|url=http://www.nedeljnik.rs/nedeljnik/portalnews/momir-bulatovic-cesto-sam-se-pitao-koja-bi-to-budala-mogla-da-zarati-sa-protivnikom-koji-govori-u-ime-citavog-sveta|author=Momir Bulatović|work=[[Nedeljnik]]|title=''Često sam se pitao koja bi to budala mogla da zarati sa protivnikom koji govori u ime čitavog sveta?''|language=sr|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref> He resigned on 9 October 2000, shortly after Milošević was ousted.

==Later life, death and legacy==
Bulatović withdrew from frontline politics in 2001.<ref name="Telegraf ENG ref">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/english/3077141-the-former-president-of-the-republic-of-montenegro-momir-bulatovic-passed-away-due-to-heart-attack |author=Telegraf.rs |title=The former president of the Republic of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic passed away due to heart attack |access-date=2020-07-02 |date=2019-07-01 |language=en}}</ref> His son Boško died at the age of 21 on 24 June 2008 after a short illness.<ref name="Son ref">{{cite web |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/hronika/umro-sin-momira-bulatovica/g8zf5sp |author=Blic |author-link=Blic |title=Umro sin Momira Bulatovića |access-date=2020-07-02 |date=2008-06-25 |language=sr}}</ref>

In 2017, Bulatović took part in protests by the pro-Serb opposition in Montenegro against the country's [[NATO membership]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/d9fdc5e333fb449ea092e6f06b9e913d|title=Former president of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic, dies at 62|date=June 30, 2019|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> He was last seen in public at the funeral of [[Mirjana Marković]] in April 2019.<ref name="Telegraf ENG ref"/>

Bulatović died on 30 June 2019 at his family's home near Podgorica.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/former-president-of-montenegro-momir-bulatovic-dies-at-62/30029602.html|title=Former President Of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic, Dies At 62|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}}</ref> A close associate, [[Milan Knežević (Montenegrin politician)|Milan Knežević]], said the former president apparently suffered a heart attack.<ref name="auto1"/> He was 62.<ref name="auto"/> Knežević, an opposition politician, said Bulatović "left a permanent trace in Montenegrin politics as a man who fought for his beliefs until the last day."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/president-montenegro-momir-bulatovic-dies-62-64051240|title=Former president of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic, dies at 62|website=ABC News}}</ref> Others, including some prosecutors at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|ICTY]], saw him as one of Milošević's partners in crime in the [[Yugoslav Wars|1990s wars in Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2007/09/18/serb-leader-s-death-tragic-for-victims/|title=Serb Leader's Death "Tragic for Victims"|date=September 18, 2007}}</ref>

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==External links==
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Kenneth |title=Nationalism, Identity and Statehood in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro|publisher=I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84511-710-8}}

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