Branimir Gvozdenović 
Parliamentary Positions
- Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro
Personal information
Place of birth: Bar
Contact Information
Phone Number: + 382 20 404 533
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Branimir Gvozdenović was born in 1961 in Bar. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica. He began his professional career at the Secretariat for Development of Montenegro, where he was in charge of organisational affairs, and coordinated a young team of experts which, in the 90s of the past century, initiated the IT development of Montenegro on the new ICT platforms. He was later appointed Assistant Secretary at the Secretariat, and in 1999 he was elected Executive Director of the Post Office of Montenegro.
He became Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Economic Development in 2001, and he covered this post during three terms. In the same period, he served as the President of the Municipality of Bar for 18 months. In the following term of the Government, he served as the Minister of Economic Development. Following the 2009 parliamentary elections, he assumed the role of the Minister of Spatial Planning and Environment and he covered this post until the end of 2010.
In the period February 2011 - December 2012, he served as the Political Director of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. In the period from December 2012 to November 2016 he served as the Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism
During his career, Mr Gvozdenović, among other things, served as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Elektroprivreda Crne Gore and a member of the Management Board of the PE PTT of Montenegro. He was one of the initiators for holding of the Festival of IT Achievements (INFOFEST) as the most significant regional ICT event, as well as a series of projects which yielded concrete results with regard to the development of the country.
He was elected member of the Parliament of Montenegro several times.
He is a member of the Presidency of the Democratic Party of Socialists.
Furthermore, he is a member of several associations and thematic societies. He is the President of the Assembly of the Women’s Handball Club “Budućnost”, and he also acted as the President of the Assembly of the Handball Association of Montenegro and the Chairman of the Management Board of the Women’s Handball Club “Budućnost”.
His professional desires are aimed at boosting the economic and democratic development, as well as the acceleration of the process of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Montenegro.
Genci Nimanbegu 
Parliamentary Positions
- Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro
Personal information
Date of birth: 06 September 1971
Place of birth: Ulcinj
Contact information
Telephone: + 382 20 404 532
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Genci Nimanbegu was born on 6 September 1971. He graduated from primary and secondary schools in his hometown of Ulcinj. He started his graduate studies at the Faculty of Economy in Dubrovnik, however, due to the war in the former Yugoslavia territory, he was forced to end his studies there and continue them at the Faculty of Economy in Podgorica, where he graduated.
From July to December 1997, he worked as an associate of the CEO of “Primus elektroniks” company in Ulcinj.
During the war in Kosovo (March-June 1999), he founded and led “Drita” humanitarian organisation, formed in Ulcinj with the goal to provide care and help to the refugees from Kosovo.
He worked in the UN World Food Programme (UN/WFP) from June 1999 until the closing of the mission in Montenegro in March 2004.
In April 2004, he assumed the role of the CEO of the “Ulqin Business Association” (UBA). The number of members of this association grew from 60, which it had in 2004, to 280 it has today.
In 2005, with a group of Albanian intellectuals and patriots from Ulcinj, he participated in the creation of the Albanian Party Forca e Re Demokratike, and he was elected its Vice-President.
In the parliamentary elections of 2009, he was elected Vice President of the Parliament of Montenegro, and re-elected in 2012 and 2016 elections. He is currently a Vice President of the Parliament of Montenegro.
He is a member of the Committee on Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning and the Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget, as well as a member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since December 2016.
In 2013, he was elected President of the Albanian National Council in Montenegro.
In addition to his mother tongue - Albanian - he has active knowledge of Montenegrin (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian), English, Italian and also has basic knowledge of French.
He is married to an academic painter Vahida, with whom he has two children: Lisa and Joni.
