Montenegro
Parliament
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Presidential-Parliamentary
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Unicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
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
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Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940.
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2006
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Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
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No information available
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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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.
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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.
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2022
Women’s right to vote
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Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote. More than one year may be displayed depending on the status of the right: restricted or universal and changes in status.
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2006
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National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
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National
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Restricted or universal suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
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Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
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Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election. More than one year may be displayed based on the status of the right: restricted or universal and shifts to the status.
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2006
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Restricted or universal
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
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No information available
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Detail of restrictions
Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
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Universal