Milica Pejanović-Đurišić

Chairwoman of the Governance Board, Atlantic Council of Montenegro

Milica Pejanović-Đurišić has completed her term as  Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Montenegro to UN in July 2021.  Before, she served as Minister of Defence in the Government of Montenegro from March 2012 to November 2016, having one of the leading roles in the process of Montenegro’s accession to NATO.  Prof. Pejanović-Đurišić was the first Ambassador of independent Montenegro to France, Monaco and UNESCO in the period  2007-2010. From 2004 to 2006,  she was Ambassador of the State Union Serbia&Montenegro to Belgium and Luxembourg.  In the period 1992-2002, Prof. Pejanović-Đurišić  was Member of the Parliament and in one term Chairman  of its Committee for Foreign affairs. She was elected Member of the State Presidency (1990-1992) at the first democratic elections in Montenegro.

With the PhD in Telecommunication Engineering, Milica Pejanović-Đurišić continuously pursues her academic carrier as a full professor in Telecommunications and Wireless Communications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro. She has been cooperating with numerous universities, research centers, international and think tank organizations worldwide as a visiting researcher and lecturer. In her research work she is focused on various aspects of ​​wireless communications and networks, where she has achieved notable results that were published in several hundred scientific papers in international journals and international conferences, in scientific and professional papers in domestic journals and conferences, as well as in a number of books and other publications.

Her current engagements  also include  participation in the Mediterranean Women Mediators network and steering committees of a number of ICT related conferences and initiatives.