Dušan Čaplovič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dušan Čaplovič

slovak minister of education of the Slovakia, vice prime minister of Slovakia, archeologist and politician

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1946

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Profession: politician, archaeologist, prehistorian

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dušan Caplovic (born 18 September 1946) is a Slovak politician, formerly a historian and archaeologist.
In 2006-2010, he was the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities.
Caplovic is also Vice-Chairman of Direction – Social Democracy.He is a member of editorial boards of several national and international historical and archaeological journals. Dušan Caplovic joined the Communist Party in 1970.
Since 2001, he is the vice-president of Direction – Social Democracy that the first operated under the name SMER - Social Democracy in January 2005.
Additionally he is member of the presidency of Direction – Social Democracy.
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. Since 2006 Caplovic is the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities.
He pledged for a coalition with the SNS and the HZDS.
After the demission of Environment Minister Jan Chrbet (SNS), prime minister Robert Fico refused the SNS-nomminee Karol Gordik and Dušan Caplovic became interim Environment Minister.
October 28, 2009 president Ivan Gašparovic appointed Jozef Medved as the new Environment Minister.