Radovan Fuchs

• University of Zagreb
• Uppsala University

PhD Radovan Fuchs
Fuchs in 2022
Minister of Science and Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 July 2020

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.

References

1. Kalogjera-Brkić, Ivana (26 July 2009). "I'm not the minister because of the money, I already have my millions" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
2. "O Vladi RH - dr. sc. Radovan Fuchs". www.vlada.hr (in Croatian). Vlada Republike Hrvatske. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2010-07-15.