Mika Špiljak

Mika Špiljak
6th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office 15 May 1983 – 15 May 1984
Prime Minister	Milka Planinc
Preceded by	Petar Stambolić
Succeeded by	Veselin Đuranović
3rd President of the Federal Executive Council
In office 16 May 1967 – 18 May 1969
President	Josip Broz Tito
Preceded by	Petar Stambolić
Succeeded by	Mitja Ribičič
4th President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia
In office June 1963 – May 1967
President	Jakov Blažević
Prime Minister	Dragutin Haramija
Preceded by	Zvonko Brkić
Succeeded by	Savka Dabčević-Kučar
7th Chairman of the League of Communists of Croatia
In office 1984–1986
President	Jakša Petrić Pero Car Ema Derossi-Bjelajac
Prime Minister	Ante Marković Ema Derossi-Bjelajac
Preceded by	Josip Vrhovec
Succeeded by	Stanko Stojčević
32nd Mayor of Zagreb
In office 1945–1949
Preceded by	Eugen Starešinić
Succeeded by	Milivoj Rukavina
Personal details
Born	(1916-11-28)28 November 1916 Odra Sisačka (part of Sisak), Austria-Hungary
Died	18 May 2007(2007-05-18) (aged 90) Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Mika Špiljak (28 November 1916 – 18 May 2007) was a Croatian politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

He was born in Odra Sisačka (part of Sisak). His father Dragutin was a railway worker. Špiljak began working at the age of 16. He joined the Communist Party in 1938 and fought with Partisans during World War II.

From 1945 to 1949, he was the mayor of Zagreb.

In 1963, Špiljak 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.

Špiljak then served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1983 until 1984. He was subsequently appointed as the Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia from 1984 until 1986.

He died in 2007 at the age of 90. He was cremated in Zagreb.

In the 2000s (decade), German courts linked Špiljak to the assassination of Croatian emigrant Stjepan Đureković in 1983.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Petar Stambolić	President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia 15 May 1983 – 15 May 1984	Succeeded by Veselin Đuranović
Preceded by Petar Stambolić	President of the Federal Executive Council¹ 16 May 1967 – 18 May 1969	Succeeded by Mitja Ribičič
Preceded by Zvonko Brkić	President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia June 1963 – May 1967	Succeeded by Savka Dabčević-Kučar
Preceded by Eugen Starešinić	Mayor of Zagreb 1945–1949	Succeeded by Milivoj Rukavina
Party political offices
Preceded by Josip Vrhovec	Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia 1984 – 1986	Succeeded by Stanko Stojčević
Notes and references
1. i.e. the Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia