Montenegrins of Serbia
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The Montenegrins of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

are a national minority in the republic. Serbia's 2002 Census puts Serbia's Montenegrin population at 69,049. In Central Serbia
Central Serbia
Central Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...

, there are 33,536, and in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

, there are 35,513. However, over 267,000 Serbs in Serbia have Montenegrin citizenship and the line between Montenegrin Serbs and Montenegrins is fluid, with members of the same family frequently opting for different identities. Most see no contradiction in being Montenegrin and Serb, with the former identity viewed by them as being a subset of the latter.

Demographics

  • 1948 Census: 74,860 (1.15%)
    • Central Serbia: 16,221
    • Kosovo: 28,050 (3.9%)
    • Vojvodina: 30,589 (1.9%)
  • 1953 Census: 86,061 (1.23%)
    • Central Serbia: 24,202
    • Kosovo: 31,343 (3.9%)
    • Vojvodina: 30,516 (1.8%)
  • 1961 Census: 104,753 (1.37%)
    • Central Serbia: 32,383
    • Kosovo: 37,588 (3.9%)
    • Vojvodina: 34,782 (1.9%)
  • 1971 Census: 125,260 (1.48%)
    • Central Serbia: 57,289
    • Kosovo: 31,555 (2.5%)
    • Vojvodina: 36,416 (1.9%)
  • 1981 Census: 147,466 (1.58%)
    • Central Serbia: 77,134
    • Kosovo: 27,028 (1.7%)
    • Vojvodina: 43,304 (2.1%)
  • 1991 Census: including Kosovo: 139,299 (1.42%); excluding Kosovo: 118,934 (1.52%)
    • Central Serbia: 74,213
    • Kosovo: 20,365 (1%)
    • Vojvodina: 44,721 (2.2%)
  • 2002 Census (excluding Kosovo): 69,049 (0.92%)
    • Central Serbia: 33,536
    • Vojvodina: 35,513 (1.75%)

Notables

  • Nenad Stevović, Current leader of the Montenegrin Party in Serbia
  • Marko Baša
    Marko Baša
    Marko Baša is a Montenegrin football player who plays for Lille.-Lille:...

    , Footballer
  • Rade Bulatović, BIA Chief
  • Batrić Jovanović
    Batrić Jovanović
    Batrić Jovanović is a politician and author from Montenegro. He represented Montenegro in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia parliament-Books:* Trinaestojulski ustanak 1984*Montenegrins about themself in 1986....

  • Jovica Stanišić
    Jovica Stanišic
    Jovica Stanišić is a former head of the State Security Service now BIA within the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. He is facing trial at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

  • Slobodan Vučetić, Constitution Court President
  • Manojlo Vukotić, Editor-in-chief of Večernje Novosti
    Vecernje novosti
    Večernje novosti is a Belgrade-based daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it quickly grew into a high-circulation daily.It first appeared on stands on October 16, 1953 edited by Slobodan Glumac who set the newspaper's tone for years to come...

  • Filip Vujanović
    Filip Vujanovic
    Filip Vujanović is a Montenegrin politician who, since 2003, has served as the President of Montenegro. He is the first President of Montenegro since it split ties with Serbia and became an independent nation in June 2006...

    , Montenegrin President - born in Belgrade
    Belgrade
    Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...


See also

  • Montenegrins of Vojvodina
    Montenegrins of Vojvodina
    Montenegrins are the sixth largest ethnic community in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. According to the 2002 census, there are 35,513 Montenegrins in Vojvodina, constituting 1.75% of the population of the province...

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