Radovan Fuchs | |
|---|---|
 Fuchs in 2022 | |
| Minister of Science and Education | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
| Preceded by | Blaženka Divjak |
| Minister of Science, Education and Sports | |
| In office 2 July 2009 – 23 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Jadranka Kosor |
| Preceded by | Dragan Primorac |
| Succeeded by | Željko Jovanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1953 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Maja Fuchs |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Radovan Fuchs (born 5 September 1953) is a Croatian scientist and politician serving as Minister of Science and Education since 2020.
His paternal grandfather, Hinko, was a grain merchant who emigrated to Croatia from Germany, while his paternal grandmother, Eugenia, was from Hungary.[1] The couple settled in the Croatian region of Slavonia. His maternal grandparents were from Vela Luka. Fuchs is of Croatian, Hungarian, and Jewish descent.[1] His father converted to Catholicism, and Christmas and other Catholic holidays were always celebrated in the Fuchs household.[1] He is a relative, on his father's side, of Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski.[1] Fuchs graduated in 1979 from the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Zagreb.[2] He received his master's degree in 1984 in the field of biomedicine. Fuchs obtained his PhD diploma in 1988 on the biomedical center at Uppsala University in Sweden.[2] Dissertation which he defended was from the field of toxicology and pharmacology.
