Darko Pajović


Darko Pajović is the Ambassador of Montenegro to the People's Republic of China, former President of the Parliament of Montenegro, and founder of the political party Positive Montenegro.

Biography

He graduated at the University of Montenegro - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology. He specialized in the field of In Vitro Fertilization at the University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia. He is a graduate biologist-embryologist.
He started his service as a professor of biology in High School in 2000. Since 2003. he has been working as an embryologist in a Center for In Vitro Fertilization "Life", where in the laboratory conditions was created the first Montenegrin "test tube baby". Since 2004. is a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. He began his social engagement as an activist in the civil sector. He founded non-governmental and non profit organization "Green Home" in 2000 and was the executive director until 2012. During these twelve years, was a member of the National Council for Sustainable Development, National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO and member of the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy of the "International Union for Conservation of Nature".

Political career

For the first President of the centrist political party "'Positive Montenegro", he was elected at the founding congress, in May 2012. The same year in October led the list of Positive Montenegro in the parliamentary elections, which became a parliamentary party, winning 7 seats. He was a Member of Parliament for 4 years in the 25th assembly of the Parliament of Montenegro. During his mandate, was a member of the Security and Defense Committee, the Anti-corruption Committee, the Committee on International Relations and Emigrants and Member of The Parliamentary Committee of the European Union and Montenegro for Stabilization and Association.
On 27 January 2016, Pajović's Positive Montenegro despite formerly being an opposition party, provided the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists with 3 votes necessary to win the government confidence vote, after the junior partner Social Democratic Party left the government due to allegations of electoral fraud and political corruption, therefore forming a new ruling majority. Following this vote, national media and other opposition parties accused Pajović's party for deceiving and betraying its voters in order to save Prime Minister Đukanović. In turn, in June 2016 Darko Pajović was appointed as the President of the Parliament, position formerly held by Ranko Krivokapić, and held the position until October 2016. In October 2016, in the parliamentary elections, he led the list of Positive Montenegro, which failed to pass a census to enter the Parliament of Montenegro. After publishing of the results the same evening he resigned as President of the Positive Montenegro.