Career
He then served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 3 March 1992, until 9 November 1992. Pelivan, an economist, served on the board of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina for eight years following the end of the Bosnian War. Jure Pelivan 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.