Jure Bilić (Serbo-Croatian: Јуре Билић; 12 September 1922 – 27 January 2006) was a Yugoslav communist politician.[1]

Bilić was born in Makarska in 1922. In 1941 he joined the Yugoslav Partisans and became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

After the World War II, Bilić was the State Secretary for Agriculture in Croatia. His ascendancy to high-ranking positions in the Party began in the early 1970s, after the downfall of the Croatian Spring movement. He served as President of the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (1978–1982), Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia (1982–1983) and member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1983–1986).

A party committee vote removed him from office in 1986.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Umro Jure Bilić, jedan od predsjednika CK SKH" [Jure Bilić, one of the presidents of CK SKH, died]. Večernji list (in Croatian). 27 January 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ Meier, Victor; Ramet, Sabrina P. (1999). Yugoslavia: a history of its demise. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-18595-0.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
1978 – 8 May 1982 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Croatia
1982–1983 		Succeeded by