Rudi Kolak was a Yugoslav and Bosnian

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 communist politician.

Biography

Kolak was born in Gornji Ribnik

Gornji Ribnik

Gornji Ribnik is a village in the municipality of Ključ, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

 near Ključ

Kljuc

Ključ is a town and municipality by the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the Una-Sana Canton. The name of the town and the municipality translates to "Key" in Bosnian....

 in Bosnia

Bosnia (region)

Bosnia is a eponomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The other eponomous region, the southern, other half of the country is...

. He studied at University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

'd Law School

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

The University of Belgrade Faculty of Law , also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educational institutions of the University of Belgrade, Serbia...

 until 1940. Kolak joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1941 thus becoming Yugoslav Partisan. Later he became member of 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

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

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

Josip Broz Tito

Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...

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From 1963 to 1965 he was Vice President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and becomed 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 SFR Yugoslavia from 1967 to 1969 and President of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce from 1969 to 1974.