Gavro Vuković

Who was Gavro Vuković?

Gavro Vuković, also known as Vojvoda Gavro, was a senator of the Principality of Montenegro, a military commander, Yugoslav politician and writer. A graduate of the University of Belgrade, the first Montenegrin to reach that degree of education, he returned to Montenegro and took up office in the Montenegrin government. He was a Secretary of Senate in 1874, and then a member of the High Court. After participating in the Montenegrin-Ottoman War, he undertook high diplomatic missions concerning the aftermath of Berlin Congress and therefore was named Montenegrin ambassador in Istanbul. Gavro became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Montenegro in October 1899 and held that position until December 1905. From 1906 to 1908, he was the President of the National Senate and was twice elected as deputy in Parliament, in 1906 and 1914. In the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes he was a member of the Montenegrin Federalist Party and again took the position of ambassador in Istanbul. He was buried next to Đurđevi Stupovi in Berane, where he had attended elemtary school.