Veljko Milonjić

Chief of the Diplomatic Protocol

 DOB                           June 18th, 1978

Contact                      veljko.milonjic@mfa.gov.me; veljko@gwu.edu; veljko@t-com.me; +382 67 809 791

Work experience

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, ambassador in the Department for analytics, December 2022 – September 2023. – currently a.i. Chief of Diplomatic Protocol
  • Embassy of Montenegro in the United States of America, Charge d’ affairs, September/December 2022.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, deputy minister for economic and cultural diplomacy July 2018– July 2019
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, director for North, Central and South America, August 2017 – July 2018
  • Consul General of Montenegro in Munich, Germany, April 2013 – August 2017
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, director for consular affairs, September 2012 – April 2013
  • Ministry of Finance of Montenegro, adviser for international relations to the minister, January 2011– September 2012
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, senior adviser in the Diplomatic Protocol, July 2010 - January 2011

Embassy of Montenegro to United States, Washington, D.C., first secretary, February 2007 - July 2010

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, personal secretary to the minister, August 2004 – November 2006

Ministry for Economic Relations and European Integrations of Montenegro, intern/junior advisor, April 2003–August 2004

Academic work 

PhD candidate at the Catholic University of Ingolstadt – Eistaat, Bayern, Germany, November 2016 – present

Master of International Policy and Practice (MIPP), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (GPA - 3,85), 2009-2010

Graduated from University of Montenegro Law School, major in International Relations (GPA 8,65 / 10) 1997-2002

Graduated from Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins - Colorado, USA,1996/1997

High School - Gymnasium ’’Slobodan Škerović’' – Podgorica, Montenegro,1993/1996

  • Training on Digital diplomacy organised by the US Department of State, April 2018, Bled Slovenia.
  • Harvard (John F. Kennedy School) Kokkali Program for emerging leaders from Southeast Europe, June 2012, Turkey

Vienna Diplomatic Academy, Austria, July - September 2006

Diplomatic Academy » Gavro Vuković«, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, 2003 - 2004

Training in professional techniques in EU matters, Center for European Studies Strassbourg, Belgrade, 2003

  • Assistant professor at the University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro - Class on contemporary security challenges, 2011

 

 Membership in organisations

  • George Washington University (Elliott School of International Affairs) - Alumni
  • Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Kokkali Programme - Alumni

Member of the NGO “Young ecologists of Montenegro”, 1996-2000

Foreign Languages &computer skills

  • Montenegrin (Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian) – native
  • English – excellent
  • Italian, German – fair
  • Word, Excel, Power Point

Writing samples

Married, father of two.