Velimir Bujanec

Velimir Bujanec (born 18 November 1974) is a Croatian far-right journalist and talk-show host. He is the editor and host of Croatian political talk show Bujica.

Biography Velimir Bujanec was born in Varaždin, on 18 November 1974. He spent his early years in Varaždinske Toplice and attended the First Gymnasium of Varaždin. Subsequently, he studied political science in Zagreb. In 1990, with the support of Ivić Pašalić, he became the president of Croatian Democratic Union's youth branch. In 1991, he became the president of Croatian Party of Rights youth branch. He had previously caused controversy by posting multiple photos from his youth in which he is seen wearing a Nazi uniform with a swastika armband. He later tried to distance himself from Nazi ideology, claiming he was not an Ustasha and describing his views merely as right-wing and conservative.

Controversies In January 2026, while appearing on a right-wing Podcast Velebit, Bujanec admitted that, during the early stages of the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, he fabricated lists of alleged “UDBA agents” and “KOS agents” while working with the newspaper Slobodni tjednik. According to Bujanec, the lists were created by arbitrarily selecting names from telephone books, modifying them to appear credible, and occasionally including individuals with whom he had personal disputes.

Personal life In 2017, Bujanec married Karolina Šego.

Legal issues In 2014, he was arrested for providing a prostitute with cocaine and spent a month in Remetinec prison. He was sentenced to a total of ten months in prison, suspended for three years. In 2023, he and two other men were recorded singing "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara", a song notorious for glorifying massacres perpetrated by the Ustashas during World War II.