Jure Pelivan

Jure Pelivan (; 1 December 1928 – 18 July 2014) was a Bosnian Croat politician and economist who served as the last Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1992, during the end of the Yugoslav era. He then served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from March to November 1992. Pelivan was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.

Early life Jure Pelivan was born on 1 December 1928 in the village of Orguz, which is located near Livno. He was ethnically Croat.

Political career Pelivan represented Mostar in the National Assembly in the early 1990s. From December 1990 to March 1992, he served as president of the Executive Council. Pelivan then served as the inaugural prime minister of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During his premiership, he criticized Bosnian Army general Sefer Halilović and war-time Bosnian Presidency member Ejup Ganić for what he perceived as Muslims allegedly heading the army. Pelivan also repeatedly resisted attempts for him to step down, saying it was being used to overthrow his party in the next election.

Later career An economist, Pelivan served as board member of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina for eight years following the end of the Bosnian War in late 1995. As board member, he engaged in the introduction of the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, which was initially pegged to the Deutsche Mark, and was then pegged to the euro in 2002. Pelivan retired from the bank in September 2007. He moved to neighboring Split, Croatia in 2007, where he resided for the remainder of his life. He died in Split on 18 July 2014, at the age of 85.