PODGORICA, Montenegro - Momir Bulatovic, who was the president of Montenegro during the turbulent breakup of the former Yugoslavia, died Sunday at age 62, a close associate said. Bulatovic died at his family’s home near the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica, Milan Knezevic told The Associated Press. Bulatovic served as Montenegro’s president from 1990 until 1998. Bulatovic was a founder of Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists along with the country’s long-serving leader, Milo Djukanovic. In the early 1990s, Montenegro sided with Serbia in the ethnic wars that tore the former Yugoslavia apart.

Source: thestar June 30, 2019 20:34 UTC