Dušan Čaplovič

Dušan Čaplovič
Minister of Education
In office
4 April 2012 – 3 July 2014
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byEugen Jurzyca
Succeeded byPeter Pellegrini
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Personal details
Born(1946-09-18)18 September 1946
Died6 March 2025(2025-03-06) (aged 78)
PartyDirection – Slovak Social Democracy
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Spouse
Mária Čaplovičová
(div. 1983)
[1]
Children2
EducationComenius University

Dušan Čaplovič (18 September 1946 – 6 March 2025) was a Slovak politician, historian and archaeologist. In 2006–2010, he was the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities. Čaplovič was also vice-chairman of Direction – Social Democracy.[2]

Life and career

Čaplovič was a member of editorial boards of several national and international historical and archaeological journals.[which?][citation needed]

He joined the Communist Party in 1970. From 2001, he was the vice-president of Direction – Social Democracy that the first operated under the name SMER - Social Democracy in January 2005. Additionally he was a member of the presidency of Direction – Social Democracy.[citation needed] He was shadow minister for Education, Science and Culture in 2002. In 2002, he was elected to the National Council. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Conflicts of Interest and the Committee on Education, Science, Sports and Youth, Culture and Media.[citation needed]

Čaplovič was the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge, Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities from 2006. He pledged a coalition with the SNS and the HZDS.[3] After the demission of Environment Minister Jan Chrbet (SNS), Prime Minister Robert Fico refused the SNS-nominee Karol Gordik[4] and Dušan Čaplovič became interim Environment Minister. On 28 October 2009, President Ivan Gašparovič appointed Jozef Medveď as the new Environment Minister.[5]

Čaplovič died on 6 March 2025, at the age of 78.[6]

Works

  • Osídlenie Ostrej skaly nad Vyšným Kubínom, in: AVANS v r. 1977, Nitra 1978.
  • Orava v praveku, vo včasnej dobe dejinnej a na začiatku stredoveku, Martin 1987.
  • The Situation of Archaeological Research of Middle Ages. Agricultural Settlements in the Territory of Slovakia, in: Ruralia I, 1996.
  • Etnické zmeny a vývoj stredovekého osídlenia v juhovýchodných oblastiach karpatského oblúku (9.-12. storočie), in: Początki sąsiedztwa. Pogranicze etniczne polsko-rusko-słowackie w średniowieczu. Rzeszów 1996.
  • Oblasti východných Karpát a horného Potisia za panovania Svätopluka I. In: Svätopluk I. 894–1994. Nitra 1997.
  • Včasnostredoveké osídlenie Slovenska, Bratislava 1998.
  • Osmičky v našich dejinách (Perfekt Brat. 1999).
  • Dokumenty slovenskej národnej identity a štátnosti I., II. (Národné literárne centrum Brat. 1998).
  • Dejiny Slovenska. With: Viliam Čičaj, Ľubomír Lipták, Ján Lukačka.

References

  1. ^ "Polovičky". zivot.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 10 August 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Dušan Čaplovič". Úrad Vlády Slovenskej Republiky. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Hier droht kein Bürgerkrieg" (in German). Derstandard.at. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Slovak PM refuses Gordik as new environment minister". Bratislava: Czech News Agency. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Slovak President appoints Jozef Medveď as new Environment Minister". The Slovak Spectator. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Zomrel bývalý dlhoročný politik Smeru Dušan Čaplovič". Denník N (in Slovak). 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.