Jure Pelivan
{{Short description|Bosnian Croat politician and economist (1928–2014)}}
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| name = Jure Pelivan
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| 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
| deputy1 = Jadranko Prlić {{small|(1990–1991)}}
| 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
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|12|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Livno, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|07|18|1928|12|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Split, Croatia
| party = Croatian Democratic Union {{small|(1990–2014)}}
| otherparty = SKJ {{small|(until 1990)}}
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Jure Pelivan ({{IPA|hr|jǔːre pěliʋaːn}}; 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.{{cite book |title=National Security and the Future |date=2005 |publisher=St. George Association |page=193 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_Security_and_the_Future/uaIpAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Jure+Pelivan+%2220.12.1990.%22&dq=Jure+Pelivan+%2220.12.1990.%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=hr}} He then served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from March to November 1992.{{cite news |title=Preminuo Jure Pelivan, prvi premijer neovisne BiH |url=https://www.vecernji.ba/vijesti/preminuo-jure-pelivan-prvi-premijer-neovisne-bih-951355 |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=Vecernji |date=19 July 2014 |language=hr}} Pelivan was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.{{cite news|title=U Splitu preminuo Jure Pelivan, prvi predsjednik vlade nezavisne BiH |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/u-splitu-preminuo-jure-pelivan-prvi-predsjednik-vlade-nezavisne-bih/760910.aspx |work=Index.hr |date=2014-07-19 |accessdate=2014-08-17}}
Early life
Jure Pelivan was born on 1 December 1928 in the village of Orguz, which is located near Livno.{{cite book |title=Focus |date=1991 |publisher=Tanjug News Agency, Foreign Language Desk |page=16 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Focus/Ai9BAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Jure+Pelivan+%221+December+1928%22&dq=Jure+Pelivan+%221+December+1928%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2 April 2025 |language=en}} He was ethnically Croat. When he was still active in economics, he served as director of the branch in Livno and Deputy Governor for the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web |title=Jure Pelivan otiṡao iz CBBiH |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182557/http://www.cbbh.ba/files/mjesecne_novine/2007/oktobar2007_hr.pdf |website=web.archive.org |access-date=2 April 2025}}
Political career
He represented Mostar in the National Assembly in the 90s.{{cite news |title=Kako se biralo na prvim višestranačkim izborima u BiH, neka imena i danas su u politici |url=https://www.vecernji.ba/vijesti/kako-se-biralo-na-prvim-visestranackim-izborima-u-bih-neka-imena-i-danas-su-u-politici-1447109 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Vecernji |date=18 November 2020 |language=hr}} From December 1990 to March 1992 he was President of the Executive Council. He announced his resignation in April 1992 from this position, with the government remaining in office until the next election, which did not happen.{{cite journal |title=Dokumenti predsjedništva Bosne i Hercegovine 1991. - 1994 |journal=Szevak |date=2006 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=127,164 |url=https://nsf-journal.hr/nsf-volumes/volumes-and-issues/id/1132 |access-date=2 April 2025 |language=hr-HR}} During his second presidency he criticized Sefer Halilovic and Ejup Ganic, then members of the president's council, for what he perceived as Muslims heading the army. He also repeatedly resisted attempts for him to step down, saying it was being used to overthrow his party in the next election.
After politics
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. When he was on the board he engaged in the introduction of the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, which was then pegged to the Deutsche mark, and then the introduction of the euro in 2002. He retired from the bank in September 2007. Pelivan moved to neighboring Split in 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.
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