Dušan Čaplovič

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]

Dušan Čaplovič
Minister of Education
In office 4 April 2012 – 3 July 2014
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Preceded by	Eugen Jurzyca
Succeeded by	Peter Pellegrini
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010 Serving with Štefan Harabin, Robert Kaliňák, Ján Mikolaj, Viera Petríková
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-18)18 September 1946 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Died	6 March 2025(2025-03-06) (aged 78)
Political party	Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Mária Čaplovičová ​ (div. 1983)​ [1]
Children	2
Education	Comenius University

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.