Milan Roćen is Montenegrin politician who is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Montenegro is the foreign-affairs ministry in the Government of Montenegro.-Ministers:...

  in Government of Montenegro

Government of Montenegro

The Government of Montenegro is the executive branch of state authority in Montenegro. It is headed by the prime minister. It comprises the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers as well as ministers....

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Education

He graduated in journalism from the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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Political career

From 1976 to 1979, following his degree in journalism, Milan Roćen was a journalist for the weekly magazine Ekonomska politika in Belgrade

Belgrade

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In 1979, he becomes staff member for the information and propaganda department of the presidency of the central committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro

League of Communists of Montenegro

The League of Communists of Montenegro was the Montenegrin branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990...

. In 1982, he became political chief of staff to the President of the same committee.

Since November 2006, Milan Roćen is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro (Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro since December 2010).

Personal life

He is married and has one son. Besides speaking his native Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

, he also speaks Russian

Russian language

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