Radoje Kontić (born May 31, 1937 in Nikšić

Nikšić

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, Zeta Banovina

Zeta Banovina

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, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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) is a retired Montenegrin

Montenegro

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 politician and technologist

Technology

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. He was the last Chairman of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro's Executive Council from 1989 to 1991 - a post which he obtained by riding the wave of the anti-bureaucratic putsch

Anti-bureaucratic revolution

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 in Montenegro during January 1989. He also served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

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 from February 9, 1993 until May 19, 1998 when he lost a no-confidence vote. He was a member of the League of Communists of Montenegro

League of Communists of Montenegro

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 and later a member of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro

Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro

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Like many others in the technocratically

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inclined second generation of Yugoslav communists, Kontić entered politics through directorial stints in state-owned companies. In Kontić's particular case, he worked his way up the corporate/political ladder in the Nikšić steelmill throughout late 1960s and 1970s. Finally in 1978 he became a member of SR Montenegro's Executive Council, thus entering politics full time.