Obrad Piljak

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Obrad Piljak is a Bosnian politician and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from April 1989 to Dec 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 Izetbegovic replaced him in his post.

Obrad Piljak was born in 1933 in Petrovo Vrelo, Glamoč. He holds a Ph.D. degree in economics. When not in politics, he was involved with banking and worked at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, he is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Banking Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of economics in Sarajevo.


Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vojislav Kecmanović Đedo | Đuro Pucar Stari | Vlado Šegrt | Rato Dugonjić | Džemal Bijedić | Hamdija Pozderac | Raif Dizdarević | Branko Mikulić | Milanko Renovica | Munir Mesihović | Mato Andrić | Nikola Filipović | Obrad Piljak | Alija Izetbegović | Živko Radišić | Ante Jelavić | Jozo Križanović | Beriz Belkić | Mirko Šarović | Borislav Paravac | Dragan Čović | Sulejman Tihić | Ivo Miro Jović | Nebojša Radmanović | Željko Komšić | Haris Silajdžić


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