Montenegro

Parliament

Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Andrija Mandić (Male)
Year of birth
1965
Additional information
Elected on 30 Oct. 2023.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Aleksandar Klarić (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 31 March 2021.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
59
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
22
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
27.16% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members
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Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Article 39a (1) and (2) of the Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives (last amended on 21 March 2014) reads as follows: “For the purpose of exercising the gender equality principle, candidates of the less represented gender shall account for no less than 30% of the candidates listed. For every four candidates listed in sequential order (first four candidates, next four candidates etc. to the end of the list) there shall be at least one candidate of the less represented gender.” Article 104 (3) of the same law states the following: “If the term of office for an incumbent councillor or representative of the less represented gender terminates, the next candidate on the list of the less represented gender shall be elected to replace the outgoing incumbent.”



Several political parties also implement quotas: SDCG, DCG, SDP and URA.
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
2006
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
2006
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
2006
Detail of restrictions Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
Universal
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
2006
Notes
Women first gained the right to vote and stand for election in 1946 in the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, the predecessor to modern-day Montenegro, and one of six republics forming the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. Before Montenegro's full independence in 2006, the first woman to enter parliament was in 1946, elected to the Socialist Republic of Montenegro's Constitutional Assembly. Dates above are based on the current Montenegrin parliament, following the June 2006 independence referendum.
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2022

Specialized body - Women's caucus

Women MP's Group
(March 2021)
Formal or informal
Informal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes

Activities

Issues dealt with by the caucus
The goals and principles of the group are as follows:
1. promotion of gender equality in decision-making at all levels;
2. encouragement of women to participate more in political and public life;
3. improvement of the position of women in all areas of society; and
4. encouragement and advancement of solidarity and humanity, promotion of volunteerism, and mutual assistance.

In order to achieve its goals, the group has set-out the following tasks:
- to improve the legislative framework related to the promotion of gender equality in all decision-making positions and in all areas of society;
- to improve the legislative framework related to combating gender-based violence;
- to improve legal regulations and the environment for the socio-economic empowerment of women;
- to improve legal regulations and the environment for the equal position of women in the labor market;
- to improve legal regulations and the environment for better healthcare for women, especially those in rural areas;
- to improve the legislative framework in order to stimulate solidarity, humanity, and volunteerism;
- other tasks deemed necessary, or useful for achieving the group's goals.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes

Contact information for the Committee

Address
Ms Anđa Stanišić, Secretary of the Women’s MP Group
Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 10
81000 Podogorica
Montenegro
Phone
+382-20404541
+382-67594068