People's Republic of Montenegro (1945–1963) Народна Република Црна Гора (Serbo-Croatian) Socialist Republic of Montenegro (1963–1991) Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора (Serbo-Croatian) Republic of Montenegro (1991–1992) Република Црна Гора (Serbo-Croatian)
1944–1992
Flag (1946–1993) Emblem
Location of Montenegro in Yugoslavia
Status	Constituent republic of Yugoslavia
Capital	Titograd
Common languages	Serbo-Croatian (Serbian standard) Albanian
Government	Socialist republic Federated state
President
• 1945–1946 (first)	Niko Miljanić
• 1990–1992 (last)	Momir Bulatović
Prime Minister
• 1945–1953 (first)	Blažo Jovanović
• 1989–1992 (last)	Radoje Kontić
Legislature	People's Assembly
History
• ZAVNOCGB	15 December 1944
• End of WWII	8 May 1945
• Constitutional Amendment	December 1992
Population
• 1991 census	615,035
ISO 3166 code	ME
Preceded by Succeeded by German occupied territory of Montenegro Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Republic of Montenegro

The Socialist Republic of Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora / Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was one of the six republics forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the nation state of the Montenegrins. It is a predecessor of the modern-day Montenegro.

Prior to its formation, Montenegro was part of Zeta banovina administrative unit of Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

History

On 7 July 1963, the People's Republic of Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Narodna Republika Crna Gora / Народна Република Црна Гора) was renamed the "Socialist Republic of Montenegro" (a change ratified both by the Federal Constitution and the newly created Montenegrin Constitution in 1963) with Serbo-Croatian as the official language. In 1991, as the League of Communists of Montenegro changed its name to Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro after the first multi-party elections, the adjective "Socialist" was deleted from the republic's title (ratified by the Constitutional Amendment LXXXIV of August 2 in 1991).^[1] The Flag and Emblem was changed in December 1993.

Demographics

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1971 census:

• Montenegrins: 355,632 (67.15%)
• ethnic Muslims: 70,236 (13.26%)
• Serbs: 39,512 (7.46%)
• Albanians: 35,671 (6.74%)
• Yugoslavs: 10,943 (2.07%)
• Croats: 9,192 (1.74%)
• Total: 529,604 inhabitants

1981 census:

• Montenegrins: 400,488 (68.54%)
• ethnic Muslims: 78,080 (13.36%)
• Albanians: 37,735 (6.46%)
• Yugoslavs: 31,243 (5.35%)
• Serbs: 19,407 (3.32%)
• Croats: 6,904 (1.18%)
• Roma: 1,471 (0.25%)
• Macedonian: 875 (0.15%)
• Slovenes: 564 (0.1%)
• Hungarians: 238 (0.04%)
• Germans: 107 (0.02%)
• Russians: 96 (0.02%)
• Italians: 45 (0.01%)
• other: 816 (0.14%)
• No response: 301 (0.05%)
• Regional affiliation: 1,602 (0.27%)
• Unknown: 4,338 (0.74%)
• Total: 584,310 inhabitants

1991 census

• Montenegrins: 380,467 (61.86%)
• ethnic Muslims: 89,614 (14.57%)
• Serbs: 57,453 (9.34%)
• Albanians: 40,415 (6.57%)
• Yugoslavs: 26,159 (4.25%)
• Croats: 6,244 (1.02%)
• Roma: 3,282 (0.53%)
• Macedonians: 1,072 (0.17%)
• Slovenes: 369 (0.06%)
• Hungarians: 205 (0.03%)
• Germans: 124 (0.02%)
• Russians: 118 (0.02%)
• Italians: 58 (0.01%)
• other: 437 (0.07%)
• No response: 1,944 (0.32%)
• Regional affiliation: 998 (0.16%)
• Unknown: 6,076 (0.99%)
• Total: 615,035 inhabitants

Heads of institutions

References

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