Rifat Rastoder
Rifat Rastoder (born 11 July 1950 in Radmanci, Berane, Montenegro) is a Montenegrin politician, writer and journalist. He declares himself a Bosniak. He is currently the deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Socialdemocratic Party of Montenegro.
Biography
Rifat Rastoder on 11 July 1950 in Radmanci, Berane, Montenegro. He moved to Podgorica in 1969, and continues to live there to this day. He became a professional journalist in 1980. Until 1986, he worked for Radio Crne Gore as a journalist, program editor and the editor of the programming block. In 1990, he was voted the best journalist. From late 1996, he was a journalist, editor of the interior-political rubric and comentator for the Pobjeda newspaper. From 1991, he was a journalist and editor in the weekly news magazine, Monitor, along with one of the iniciators of founding Radio Antena M.
In politics, he was one of the founders and vice-presidents of the Civic Movement since 1990. He is also a member of the board of the Civic Forum. He was also one of the founders of the Socialdemocratic Party of Montenegro, of which he is vice-president.
He was chosen to be a representative in the Parliament four times and deputy speaker of the Parliament for three mandates, of which he served under Svetozar Marović, Filip Vujanović and current speaker of parliament, Ranko Krivokapić.
Besides speaking his native Serbian language, he also speaks Russian and somewhat English.
Works
- Crvena mrlja (1990; co-author)
- Usud imena
- Pravo na ime
Trivia
- His relative, Šerbo, is a prominent Montenegrin historian.