Ivan Pernar (politician, born 1985)

Ivan Pernar
Pernar at a 2017 eviction in Čakovec
Member of the Croatian Parliament for 6th electoral district
In office 14 October 2016 – 18 May 2020
Prime Minister	Tihomir Orešković Andrej Plenković
Personal details
Born	(1985-10-14) 14 October 1985 (age 39) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Green List (2009–2010) Human Shield (2011–2019) Party of Ivan Pernar (2019–present)
Children	2
Education	Professional study program in nursing
Alma mater	Zagreb University of applied health sciences

Ivan Pernar (born 14 October 1985) is a Croatian politician and activist. In June 2011, he founded the Alliance for Change party, which was later renamed to Human Shield. He was a member of Croatian Parliament from the 2016 elections to May 2020, having been elected in the 6th electoral district on the joint party list of Human Shield, Let's Change Croatia and Youth Action.^[1]

In June 2019, he announced that he left Human Shield, the party that he founded in 2011, accusing Party president Ivan Vilibor Sinčić and his wife of "turning the party into private property". At a press conference held in the Croatian Parliament, he stated that he had requested the deletion of his Human Shield membership and that he would set up a new party on 7 July 2019. This party would come to be known as the Party of Ivan Pernar. He ran for president in the 2019 Croatian presidential election, finishing in 7th place after winning 2.31% of the vote. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia, Pernar was accused of spreading and promoting misinformation.^[2][3]