Dubravka Lalović

Born in 1973 in Kotor, Montenegro               

EDUCATION:  Faculty of Philology in Belgrade

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Present – Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Montenegro to NATO

November 2017 – August 2019 – Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, Government of Montenegro

2017 – May to November - Director General for NATO and Security Policy, a.i., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

2013-2017 – Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of Montenegro to the U.S. , Washington DC

2012-2013 – Acting Director General, Directorate General for NATO and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

2010 – 2012 - Head of NATO Directorate, EU and NATO Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

2007-2010 – Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the OSCE, UN and other IO in Vienna, Austria - Counselor

2006-2007 - Multilateral Department – Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro / issues of Accession of Montenegro to major multilateral treaties

2005-2006 - Permanent Mission of Serbia and Montenegro to the OSCE, UN and other IO in Vienna, Austria, Second Secretary

2003-2005 –Multilateral Department – Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

2002-2003 - Public Relations Department – Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

2001-2002 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro - internship

ASSIGNMENTS:

• National Coordinator for Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2003-2004

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

• May 2003 - Advanced Course in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Raoul Wallenberg Institute for human rights, Lund, Sweden
• October 2003 - Specialist course on European Integration, Diplomatic academy, Vienna, Austria
• August 2007 - International Visitors Program, State Department, Washington,
• January 2011 – Senior course, Marshall Centre Security studies, Germany

LANGUAGE SKILLS: English, Italian / fluent