Novak Kilibarda

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Novak Kilibarda (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Килибарда) is a Montenegrin politician, writer and activist. He is the president of the People's Concord of Montenegro.

In the late 1980s the Serb nationalist movements were strengthening in SR Montenegro. In 1990 with arrival of multiparliamentarism Montenegrin intellectuals gathered around Novak Kilibarda and formed the People's Party of Montenegro, claiming heritage from the old People's Party from the beginnings of the 20th century in the Montenegrin realm. Kilibarda advocated the Serbian nationalist movement often demanding abolition of borders within Yugoslavia and direct union of Montenegro into Serbia. Supporting a Greater Serbia during the Yugoslav wars, Kilibarda often visited Yugoslav and Serb divisions fighting in Croatia and Bosnia from 1991 to 1995 in support.

In 1992 Kilibarda was together with Milo Đukanović he led the bloc for common Yugoslavia with Serbia during the referendum, ending in full victory.

Novak was a fierce opposer of Slobodan Milošević claiming his work is against Serb interests. It is so that he joined DPS and SDP in Djukanovic's Victory is of Montenegro coalition in 1997, supporting ousting Bulatovic and Milosevic's supporters. He was in his government from 1998 to 2000. Losing support from many individuals who were disgusted by cooperation with DPS, they left the party and formed the Serbian People's Party of Montenegro.

Changing his opinion to more moderate views and disappointed by the Serbs losses in the Yugoslav wars, Novak attained a pro-Djukanovic attitude eventually supporting the idea of an independent Montenegro. He published brochures in opposition to Serb-conducted war crimes and plead forgiveness of Croatia and Bosnia for his previous attitudes. Outspoken supporter of braking the federal state of Serbia, he was ousted from NS CG in 2000 when the party withdrew from coalition with DPS CG. Forming close relations with controversial Jevrem Brković and his Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts, he attained a sovereignist view that Montenegrins are a unique relation and not Serbs. He formed the People's Concord of Montenegro with his supporters that failed to become prominent on the political scene. On the 2006 independence referendum he was a leader of Djukanovic's bloc for independence, ending in victory like the previous referendum.