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, ...

and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from April 1989 to December 1990. He was the last nominated (non-elected) member of the Communist party of Bosnia and Herzegovina to serve as Presidency chairman, before the first multi-party elections were held in 1990 and Alija Izetbegović 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 Stareti ...

. 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. 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. Piljak died in 2013, aged 80.

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Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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