Obrad Piljak (); 1933 – 7 April 2013) was a Bosnian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and former

Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina The chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the presiding member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Željka Cvijanović has been the incumbent office ...

, from April 1989 to December 1990. He was the last nominated (non-elected) member of the

Communist party of Bosnia and Herzegovina , logo = Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , colorcode = , leader = President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina , successor = SDP BiH , foundation = 1943 , diss ...

to serve as Presidency chairman, before the first multi-party elections were held in 1990 and

Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

replaced him in his post. Obrad Piljak was born in 1933 in Petrovo Vrelo,

Glamoč Glamoč ( sr-cyrl, Гламоч) is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the foothills of Staretin ...

. He holds a Ph.D. degree in

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. When not in politics, he was involved with

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and worked at the

Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Centralna banka Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Централна банка Босне и Херцеговине) is the central bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in t ...

. Piljak was on the Advisory Board of the Federal Banking Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was also an associate professor at the Faculty of economics in the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the larges ...

. Piljak died in 2013, aged 80.

References

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Rulers.org. Accessed 2010-01-21.
DECISION ON ADMISSIBILITY AND MERITS
HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMBER FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. 2000-06-09. Accessed 2010-01-21.
CENTRAL BANK OF BH, Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2001

. Accessed 2011-01-21. 1933 births 2013 deaths People from Glamoč Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav communists League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-politician-stub