implications, making a political confrontation between Đukanović and Bulatović inevitable. This manifested in the 1997 Montenegrin presidential election held in October, which Đukanović won by a thin margin. Although the OSCE recognized the result as legitimate, Bulatović claimed that the United States interfered in Đukanović's favor. Bulatović then participated in the mobilization of a large demonstration at Đukanović's inauguration in Podgorica on 14 January 1998. The protest at Đukanović's inauguration was confronted by the police, resulting in the injury of 44 policemen and four civilians. On 21 March 1998, Bulatović mobilized a large fraction from DPS CG and helped found the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (SNP). Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1998–2000) On 21 May 1998, Bulatović was named the new Prime Minister of Yugoslavia by the country's parliament, replacing Đukanović loyalist Radoje Kontić. On 23 March 1999, he signed a declaration of a state of war when NATO began bombing Yugoslavia. He resigned on 9 October 2000, shortly after Milošević was ousted. Later life, death and legacy Bulatović withdrew from frontline politics in 2001. His son Boško died at the age of 21 on 24 June 2008 after a short illness. In 2017, Bulatović took part in protests by the pro-Serb opposition in Montenegro against the country's NATO membership. He was last seen in public at the funeral of Mirjana Marković in April 2019. Bulatović died on 30 June 2019 at his family's home near Podgorica. A close associate, Milan Knežević, said the former president apparently suffered a heart attack. He was 62. Knežević, an opposition politician, said Bulatović "left a permanent trace in Montenegrin politics as a man who fought for his beliefs until the last day." Others, including some prosecutors at the ICTY, saw him as one of Milošević's partners in crime in the 1990s wars in Yugoslavia. References External links Bibliography |- |- |- |- |- 1956 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Belgrade Rovčani Serbs of Montenegro League of Communists of Montenegro politicians Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro politicians Socialist People's Party of Montenegro politicians People's Socialist Party of Montenegro politicians New Serb Democracy politicians Presidents of Montenegro University of Montenegro Faculty of Economics alumni Burials in Montenegro