The most famous Croatian quiz master Robert Pauletić was appointed today at a closed session of the Government as the Deputy Minister of Tourism. Robert Pauletić comes to this position as a candidate of Most.
This graduate political scientist, who speaks fluent English and also uses Italian and španjolskim, is a person of rich tourism experience. He has traveled, according to his official biography, to 90 countries across all seven continents, including Antarctica. He is the leading Croatian travel writer by the number of copies sold, having written four books – Nepal, Brazil, Himalayas, and Ice. He is best known as the youngest winner of Kviskoteka, having won at the age of 15 in 1986.
He spent his working life in the puzzle magazine Vjesnikov Kviz and in the magazine Kviskoteka, of which he has been the editor since 1994. He has also written for Polet, Slobodna Dalmacija, and Playboy. For about twenty years, he has collaborated with HRT on a freelance basis.
Pauletić often travels to distant parts of the world, and he has professionalized this hobby by publishing his first two books “Nepal in 77 Stories” (2003) and “Brazil” (2004). In April 2009, with his friend, the legendary Himalayan climber Stipe Božić, he embarked on a Himalayan adventure, successfully reaching the final goal, the ascent to the base camp of Mount Everest (5300 m). In November 2009, his third book “Himalayas in 77 Stories” was published, a combination of personal experiences from the Himalayas and thrilling stories from Stipe Božić’s rich climbing career. In November and December 2009, Pauletić stayed in Antarctica, and as part of an international expedition that included the famous Antarctic researcher, Japanese Keizo Funatsu, on December 7, 2009, he became the first person from Croatia to set foot on the southernmost point of the Earth, the South Pole. He published a report from Antarctica and the South Pole in 2010 as part of the book “Ice”, his life’s work that contains travelogues from all seven continents. The book “Ice” also includes a DVD with a half-hour film “Antarctica” that Pauletić filmed himself on the “White Continent.”
