Obrad Piljak
Obrad Piljak | |
|---|---|
| 9th President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office April 1989 – 20 December 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Marko Ćeranić |
| Preceded by | Nikola Filipović |
| Succeeded by | Alija Izetbegović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1933 Petrovo Vrelo, Glamoč, Vrbas Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 1 April 2013 (aged 79) |
| Political party | SKJ |
| Occupation | Politician |
Obrad Piljak (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǒbraːt pǐːʎak]); 4 December 1933 – 7 April 2013) was a Bosnian politician and the former president of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who served his term from April 1989 to December 1990. He was the last person to be a nominated (non-elected) member of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina that served as the chairman of the collective head of state, before the first multi-party elections were held in 1990. Alija Izetbegović soon replaced him in his post.
Obrad Piljak was born in 1933 in Petrovo Vrelo, Glamoč. He holds a Ph.D. degree in economics. Before his political era, he worked at the banking sector with the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Piljak was also a part of the advisory board of the Federal Banking Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a former associate professor at the Faculty of economics in the University of Sarajevo. Piljak died in 2013, aged 79.