Rudolf Kolak (4 November 1918 – 22 December 2004) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician.

Biography

Kolak was born in

Gornji Ribnik Gornji Ribnik ( sr-cyrl, Горњи Рибник) is a village in the municipality of Ribnik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in ...

near Ključ to a

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family. He studied at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

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until 1940. Kolak joined the

Communist Party of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was the founding and ruling party of SFR Yugoslavia. It was formed in 1919 as the main communist opposition party in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats a ...

in 1941, joining the

Partisans Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to: Military * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line ** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ** Itali ...

. Later he became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. After the war, Kolak held various posts: he was Secretary of the People's Assembly of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, President of People's Assembly in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

, President of the Supervisory Committee, and Minister in the Government of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After that he was spokesman in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of

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and spokesman of the

President of Yugoslavia The president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the head of state of that country from 14 January 1953 to 4 May 1980. Josip Broz Tito was the only person to occupy the office. Tito was also concurrently President of the League ...

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

. From 1963-65 he was Vice President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and became President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1965 and held that post until 1967. After that he was Vice President of the Federal Government of

from 1967-69 and President of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce from 1969-74.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolak, Rudi Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1918 births 2004 deaths Yugoslav Partisans members Yugoslav politicians Deputy prime ministers of Yugoslavia Croat politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Bosnia and Herzegovina people of World War II Members of the Presidency of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Candidates of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour