Antun Sbutega

Antun Sbutega was born in Kotor in 1949. He received his primary education in Prčanj and completed secondary school in Kotor. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, where he also completed his master's and doctoral studies. From 1977 to 1991, he was employed at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Kotor as a teaching assistant and assistant professor in the field of economics. From 1994 to 2007, he worked at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Vatican), dealing with the financing of Catholic missions around the world. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Montenegro's ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. After that, he continued his diplomatic career as ambassador to Italy, San Marino and Malta. He has collaborated with many universities in Italy and published a number of scholarly papers and essays on economics, diplomacy, culture and history in Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, San Marino and the Vatican. In Montenegro, he publishes articles dealing with topics related to culture, diplomacy and history. He was Admiral of the Boka Navy of Kotor from 2016 to 2023, and is now Honorary Admiral. He is a painter and has exhibited at several solo and group exhibitions in Montenegro, Italy and Croatia.