Pavle Bulatović

Pavle Bulatović (Montenegrin: Павле Булатовић; 13 December 1948 – 7 February 2000) was a Yugoslav Montenegrin politician.

Pavle Bulatović
Minister of Interior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 14 July 1992 – 2 March 1993
Prime Minister	Radoje Kontic
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Đorđe Blagojević
Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 2 March 1993 – 7 February 2000
Prime Minister	Radoje Kontic Momir Bulatovic
Preceded by	Milan Panić
Succeeded by	Dragoljub Ojdanić
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-13)13 December 1948 Gornja Rovca, Kolašin, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	7 February 2000(2000-02-07) (aged 51) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Resting place	Gornja Rovca, Montenegro
Political party	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, Socialist People's Party of Montenegro
Spouse	Slavjanka
Children	Ivana, Balša, Jelena
Parent(s)	Nikica, Stana
Alma mater	University of Montenegro Faculty of Economics

Bulatović served as Interior Minister of Montenegro from 1990 to 1992, then as Federal Minister of Interior of FR Yugoslavia and as Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1993 until his assassination in 2000. Bulatović represented the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro which was then allied in government with the Socialist Party of Serbia, led by Slobodan Milošević.^[1][2]

Death

Bulatović was shot dead in Belgrade on the evening of 7 February 2000.^[3][2] The shooting took place at the restaurant of FK Rad in the Belgrade suburb of Banjica.^[1] He later died at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade.

Immediately after the killing, the Yugoslavian government went into an emergency session and declared that Bulatovic had been the victim of terrorism.^[3] As of 2024^[update], his assassination remains unsolved.^[4]

See also

• List of unsolved murders (2000–present)