Pero Tomov Petrović-Njegoš

Vojvoda Pero Tomov Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Перо Томов Петровић-Његош; 1800–1854) was a Montenegrin politician, president of the Governing senate of Montenegro and elder brother of Montenegrin prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš.

Before he died in 1851, prince-bishop Petar II named his nephew Danilo as his successor.

According to some historians Peter II himself was most likely preparing ground for the new ruler of Montenegro to be a secular leader.

However, when Peter II died, the Governing senate, under influence of vojvoda Đorđije Petrović-Njegoš, the wealthiest Montenegrin at the time, proclaimed Petar II's elder brother Pero Tomov as Prince of Montenegro (not Vladika).

Thus somewhat unexpectedly, Danilo II became the first secular Prince of Montenegro and Pero Tomov conceded defeat by returning to his position as president of the Governing senate.