Radovan Fuchs is a Croatia

Croatia

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n scientist and the current Minister of Science, Education and Sport in the Croatian Government.

Fuchs paternal grandfather, Hinko, was a grain merchant who emigrated to Croatia from Germany

Germany

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, while his paternal grandmother, Eugenia, was from Hungary

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. The couple settled in Croatian region of Slavonia

Slavonia

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. His maternal grandparents were from Vela Luka

Vela Luka

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. Fuchs is of Jew

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ish descent. His father converted to Catholicism, and Christmas and other Catholic holidays were always celebrated in the Fuchs household. He is a relative, on his father side, of Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski

Vatroslav Lisinski

Vatroslav Lisinski was a Croatian composer.Lisinski was born Ignaz Fuchs to a German Jewish family...

. Fuchs graduated in 1979 from the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

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. He received his master's degree in 1984 in the field of biomedicine. Fuchs obtained his Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 diploma in 1988 on the biomedical center at Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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 in Sweden

Sweden

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. Dissertation which he defended was from the field of toxicology and pharmacology.