Jure Pelivan Explained

Jure Pelivan
Office:Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Term Start:3 March 1992
Term End:9 November 1992
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Mile Akmadžić
Office1:13th President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Term Start1:20 December 1990
Term End1:3 March 1992
Predecessor1:Marko Ćeranić
Successor1:Office abolished
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Office2:Governor of the National Bank of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Term Start2:1987
Term End2:1990
Birth Date:1 December 1928
Birth Place:Livno, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Split, Croatia

Jure Pelivan (pronounced as /hr/; 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.

An ethnic Croat, Pelivan was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.[1] An economist, he served as a board member of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina for eight years following the end of the Bosnian War.[1]

Pelivan moved to neighboring Split in Croatia, in 2007, where he resided for the remainder of his life.[1] He died in Split on 18 July 2014, at the age of 85.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: U Splitu preminuo Jure Pelivan, prvi predsjednik vlade nezavisne BiH . . 2014-07-19 . 2014-08-17.