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He died in 2007 at the age of 90.
He died in 2007 at the age of 90.
<ref>"[http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=348955 Umro bivši hrvatski i jugoslavenski čelnik Mika Špiljak]" {{hr icon}}</ref> He was [[cremated]] in Zagreb.<ref>[http://www.sisak.info/?p=6180 Umro Mika Špiljak]</ref>
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In the 2000s (decade), German courts linked Špiljak to the assassination of Croatian emigrant [[Stjepan Đureković]] in 1983.<ref>[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Svijet/tabid/67/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76545/Default.aspx U Njemačkoj uhićen bivši jugoslavenski agent zbog ubojstva Stjepana Đurekovića], [[Slobodna Dalmacija]]</ref>
In the 2000s (decade), German courts linked Špiljak to the assassination of Croatian emigrant [[Stjepan Đureković]] in 1983.<ref>[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Svijet/tabid/67/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76545/Default.aspx U Njemačkoj uhićen bivši jugoslavenski agent zbog ubojstva Stjepana Đurekovića], [[Slobodna Dalmacija]]</ref>

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Mika Špiljak
Mayor of Zagreb
In office
1945–1949
Preceded byEugen Starešinić
Succeeded byMilivoj Rukavina
Personal details
Born(1916-11-28)28 November 1916
Odra Sisačka (part of Sisak), Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Died18 May 2007(2007-05-18) (aged 90)
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Mika Špiljak (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mîka ʃpîʎak] or [-ʃpîʎaːk]; 28 November 1916 – 18 May 2007) was a Croatian politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

He was born in

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.

cremated in Zagreb.[2]

In the 2000s (decade), German courts linked Špiljak to the assassination of Croatian emigrant Stjepan Đureković in 1983.[3]

After the hearings in Germany, all the links connecting him to the assassination were dropped.

References

Political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
15 May 1983 – 15 May 1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia
16 May 1967 – 18 May 1969
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Executive Council of Croatia
June 1963 – May 1967
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Mayor of Zagreb

1945–1949
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Croatia

1984 – 1986
Succeeded by