Predrag Šustar
| Predrag Šustar | |
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| Minister of Science, Education and Sports | |
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In office 22 January 2016 – 19 October 2016 |
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| President | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović |
| Prime Minister | Tihomir Orešković |
| Preceded by | Vedran Mornar |
| Succeeded by | Pavo Barišić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 March 1970 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party |
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (prior to 2013) Croatian Democratic Union (2013-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Ira Rechner |
| Children | Eva Tara |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb University of Padua |
Predrag Šustar (born 11 March 1970) is a Croatian philosophy professor and politician who served as Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković from 22 January 2016 until 19 October 2016. He is member of the center-right Croatian Democratic Union.
Predrag Šustar was born 11 March 1970 in Rijeka, where he finished elementary and high school. In 1989, he enrolled in the study of molecular biology at the Biology department of the Zagreb Faculty of Science from which he graduate in biological engineering on April 27, 1994. After graduation, Šustar enrolled in University of Pisa, but transferred in August 1995 to the Philosophy department of the University of Padua from which he graduated in philosophy on December 2, 1999. On January 14, 2000, he began his postgraduate studies on the same university. He gained his PhD on February 13, 2003.
From September 2 until December 15, 2001, Šustar was visiting scholar at the Columbia University. On December 15, 2003, he was elected to the academic title of docent from the history of philosophy and philosophy of science, and become employed at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Rijeka. From September 5 until June 4, 2007, he was Fulbright visiting scholar at the Columbia University, with his mentor for the project "Science and Human World View: Kant’s Teleology Account" being professor Philip Kitcher. From 2007 until 2009, Šustar served as Head of Department of Philosophy of the Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and from 2008 until 2010, Vice Dean for General Affairs of the same Faculty. On February 18, 2009, he was elected to the academic title of associate professor. From 2009 until 2015, he served two terms as Dean of the Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. From March 1, 2015 until September 30, 2016, he worked as visiting professor in the doctoral programs of the Departments of Philosophy and Biology at the University of Padua.
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