Education
Comenius University in Bratislava.
Comenius University in Bratislava.
In 2006-2010, he was the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities. Dušan Čaplovič joined the Communist Party in 1970. He was shadow minister for Education, Science and Culture in 2002.
In 2002 he was elected to the National Council.
Since 2006 Čaplovič is the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities. He pledged for a coalition with the Slovenská narodná strana (Slovak National Party) and the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. After the demission of Environment Minister January Chrbet (Slovenská narodná strana (Slovak National Party)), prime minister Robert Fico refused the Slovenská narodná strana (Slovak National Party)-nomminee Karol Gordik and Dušan Čaplovič became interim Environment Minister.
October 28, 2009 president Ivan Gašparovič appointed Jozef Medveď as the new Environment Minister.
Čaplovič is also Vice-Chairman of Direction – Social Democracy. 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 is a member of editorial boards of several national and international historical and archaeological journals. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Conflicts of Interest and the Committee on Education, Science, Sports and Youth, Culture and Media.
