Dušan Čaplovič (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. Čaplovič is also vice-chairman of

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. He is a member of editorial boards of several national and international historical and archaeological journals. Dušan Čaplovič joined the Communist Party in 1970. Since 2001, he is the vice-president of

that the first operated under the name ''SMER - Social Democracy'' in January 2005. Additionally he is member of the presidency of

. 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. Čaplovič has been the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge, Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities since 2006. He pledged for a coalition with the SNS and the HZDS. After the demission of Environment Minister Jan Chrbet (SNS), prime minister

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refused the SNS-nomminee Karol Gordik and Dušan Čaplovič became interim Environment Minister. October 28, 2009 president

Ivan Gašparovič Ivan Gašparovič (; born 27 March 1941) is a Slovak politician and lawyer who was third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected. Biography Ivan Gašparovič was ...

appointed Jozef Medveď as the new Environment Minister.

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

External links

Website of Čaplovič in the National Council
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caplovic, Dusan 1946 births Living people Politicians from Bratislava Slovak communists Direction – Social Democracy politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Writers from Bratislava Slovak archaeologists Education ministers of Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016 Comenius University alumni