Vujica Lazović

Vujica Lazović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Вујица Лазовић; born 10 March 1963 in Plav, Montenegro, SFRY) is a Montenegrin politician, professor and diplomat who is currently serving as ambassador of Montenegro to Slovenia.

He was vice-president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) under Ranko Krivokapić, and was one of founding members of the new Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD), in 2016.

In 1997, Lazović received his doctorate at the University of Montenegro.

he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro (2006-2016) and the Minister of Economy (2006-2010), in several governments during the rule of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of Milo Đukanović regime in Montenegro, between May 2006 and September 2016, when he was appointed ambassador of Montenegro to Slovenia.

In 2015 he became one of the founders of the Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD), when the faction of the Social Democratic Party defected from the political party, and formed new political subject, after the split between pro-DPS faction led by two vice-presidents Lazović and Ivan Brajović and party leader Ranko Krivokapić.