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Croatian politician
Mika ?piljak
(
Serbo-Croatian pronunciation:
[mika
?pi?ak]
or
[-?pi?aːk]
; 28 November 1916 ? 18 May 2007) was a Croatian
politician
who spent most of his political career as a member of the
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
in the
SFR Yugoslavia
. He served as
President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
from 1983 to 1984 and was also
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
from 1967 to 1969.
?piljak was previously
President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia
from 1963 to 1967. He was also
President of the League of Communists of Croatia
from 1984 to 1986.
Early years
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He was born in
Odra Sisa?ka
(part of
Sisak
), in the
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
(present-day
Croatia
). His father Dragutin was a railway worker. ?piljak began working at the age of 16. He joined the
Communist Party
in 1938 and fought with
Partisans
during
World War II
.
Career
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From 1949 to 1950, he was the
mayor
of
Zagreb
.
In 1963, ?piljak was appointed the Chairman of the Executive Council of Croatia and served until his 1967 appointment as the President of the
Federal Executive Council
, Yugoslavia's
Prime Minister
. He served in that capacity until 1969.
?piljak then served as President of the collective
Presidency of Yugoslavia
from 1983 until 1984. While holding this office, ?piljak opened the
1984 Winter Olympics
.
He was subsequently elected President of the
Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia
from 1984 until 1986.
Death
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He died in 2007 at the age of 90.
[1]
He was
cremated
in Zagreb.
[2]
In the 2000s (decade), German courts linked ?piljak to the assassination of Croatian emigrant
Stjepan đurekovi?
in 1983.
[3]
After the hearings in Germany, all the links connecting him to the assassination were dropped.
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