Momir Bulatovic (born 1956) became president of Montenegro in 1990 in the first democratic multiparty elections held there. Heading a left-wing Democratic party of Socialists, he won again in the elections of 1992 as part of the newly organized Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was selected as Prime Minister of the Republic in 1998.

Momir Bulatovic was born on September 26, 1956, in Belgrade, capital city of Yugoslavia. His family belonged to the Vasojevici clan from Montenegro, a small mountainous region in southern Yugoslavia. Although similar to Serbs with whom they share the same language and religion under the auspices of the Serbian Orthodox Church, many people of Montenegro are proud of their rich history and consider themselves as Montenegrins rather than Serbs.

The childhood of Momir Bulatovic did not substantially differ from that of the majority of the youngsters who grew up during the 1960s and early 1970s, the most prosperous period in...