Periša Kastratović

Periša Kastratović has been serving as Ambassador of Montenegro to the Republic of Turkey since September 2019. During his career he held important positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office and Parliament of Montenegro. He served as Advisor for international relations to the President of Parliament (2016-2019) and Associate to Prime Minister’s Advisor for international relations (2013-2014). His career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started at the Embassy of Montenegro to the Republic of Italy as consular officer (2009-2010), followed by diplomatic work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he served at the Directorate General for NATO and security policy, Office of the State Secretary for political affairs and Minister’s Cabinet (2010-2013) and diplomatic post at the Embassy of Montenegro to the United Arab Emirates (2015-2016). During his career, he contributed to the work of several government bodies formed in the process of Euro Atlantic Integration of Montenegro, as well as delegate of Montenegro to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly in Abu Dhabi and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. He graduated political sciences and international relations at the Faculty of Political Science at La Sapienza University in Rome and completed specialist studies in foreign affairs and diplomacy at the University Donja Gorica in Podgorica. He further developed additional diplomatic skills at the Program on Applied Security Studies (PASS) at the College of International and Strategic Studies – George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany, NATO school in Germany and Diplomatic Academy of Montenegro. He is fluent in English and Italian language. He is alumni of the Summer School for Young Diplomats “Gavro Vuković” (class 2011).