Montenegrin Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation

The State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Montenegro and Boka (Serbo-Croatian: Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Crne Gore i Boke, ZAVNOCGB, Земаљскo aнтифашистичко виjеће народног ослобођења Црнe Горe и Бокe, ЗABHOЦГиБ) was formed as the highest governing institution of the anti-fascist resistance movement in Montenegro, in the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1]

Political and military leaders at the session of CASNO on April 18, 1945.

The National Anti-Fascist Council of the Peoples Liberation of Montenegro and Boka was formed in Kolašin on 15 and 16 November 1943.[2] On its second session on June 14, 1944, it changed its name to Montenegrin Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation (CASNO) (Crnogorska Antifašistička Skupština Narodnog Oslobođenja).[3]

During World War II it developed to be the leadership of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro. Its president was dr. Nikola "Niko" Miljanić.[4]

In 1945 at the end of the war, it transformed to the National Parliament of Montenegro.[2]

References

1. Lakić, Zoran; Pajović, Radoje; Vukmanović, Gojko (1963). "Narodnooslobodilačka borba u Crnoj Gori 1941-1945: Hronologija događaja", Titograd
2. History of Montenegrin Parliamentarism Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Istorijski leksikon Crne Gore", Vijesti, Podgorica, 2006
4. Lakić, Zoran (1981). "Narodna vlast u Crnoj Gori 1941-1945". Obod Cetinje, Narodna knjiga Beograd