Montenegro
Parliament
Historical data on women
Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government
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