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Administrative divisions 21 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina); Andrijevica, Bar, Berana, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pljevlja, Pluzine, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak
Capital city	Podgorica
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	42 26 N, 19 16 E
Constitution 19 October 2007 (approved by the Assembly)
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address use embassy street address
Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission Ambassador Miodrag VLAHOVIC
Executive branch > Cabinet	Ministries act as cabinet
Executive branch > Chief of state President Filip VUJANOVIC (since 11 May 2003)
Executive branch > Head of government Prime Minister Milo DJUKANOVIC (since 29 February 2008)
Flag description a red field bordered by a narrow golden-yellow stripe with the Montenegrin coat of arms centered
Government type	republic
Independence 3 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
Judicial branch Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure)
Legal system based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch unicameral Assembly (81 seats; members elected by direct vote for four-year terms; changed from 74 seats in 2006)
National holiday	National Day, 13 July
Political parties and leaders Albanian Alternative or AA [Vesel SINISHTAJ]; Coalition for European Montenegro or DPS-SDP (bloc) [Milo DJUKANOVIC] (includes Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC] and Social Democratic Party of SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC]); Coalition SNP-NS-DSS (bloc) (includes Socialist People's Party or SNP [Srdjan MILIC], People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag POPOVIC], and Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko KADIC]); Democratic League-Party of Democratic Prosperity or SPP [Mehmet BARHDI]; Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Ferhat DINOSA]; Liberals and the Bosniak Party (bloc) [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC] (includes Liberal Party of Montenegro or LP [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC] and Bosniak Party or BS [Rafet HUSOVIC]); Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]; Serbian List (bloc) [Andrija MANDIC] (includes Party of Serb Radicals or SSR [Dusko SEKULIC], People's Socialist Party or NSS [Emilo LABUDOVIC], and Serbian People's Party of Montenegro or SNS [Andrija MANDIC])
Political pressure groups and leaders Sandzak People's Movement [Cemal SULFEJIC]
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	none

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