Vladimir Joković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Јоковић; born 2 January 1967) is a Montenegrin politician, sports administrator and former karateka serving as the deputy prime minister of Montenegro and the minister of agriculture, forestry and water management since 28 April 2022.
He is the current leader of the Socialist People's Party (SNP), since August 2017, and served as the member of the Parliament of Montenegro, elected from the For the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG) common electoral list, at the 2020 parliamentary election.
[3] On 1 May 2019 SNP sign an agreement with Independent parliamentary group of Parliament of Montenegro composed of United Montenegro (UCG), Workers' Party (RP) and two independent MPs, including former SNP high-ranking member Aleksandar Damjanović, forming new catch-all alliance named For the Benefit of All[4] Alliance eventually dissolved prior the parliamentary election in August 2020, all three parties decided to join a pre-election coalition with right-wing Democratic Front (DF) alliance, under the name For the Future of Montenegro, employing a more significant cultural and socially conservative discourse, supporting 2019-2020 clerical protests in Montenegro and Serbian Orthodox Church rights in Montenegro.
[5] As the leader of SNP, Joković received the fifth position on the combined electoral list and was elected to the Parliament of Montenegro after the coalition won 32.55% of popular vote and 27 MPs (in the 81-seat parliament of Montenegro).
[6] Since 28 April 2022, he has been serving as the minister of agriculture, forestry and water management in the minority government of Dritan Abazović.