Obrad Piljak

Obrad Piljak (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǒbraːt pǐːʎak]);^[1] 4 December 1933^[2] – 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
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	(1933-12-04)4 December 1933 Petrovo Vrelo, Glamoč, Vrbas Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	1 April 2013(2013-04-01) (aged 79)
Political party	SKJ
Occupation	Politician

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.^[3]