Radek John

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Radek John

Minister of Interior
In office 13 July 2010 – 21 April 2011
Preceded by	Martin Pecina
Succeeded by	Jan Kubice
Personal details
Born	Prague
Spouse(s)	Zlata Adamovská (till 2010)
Profession	Screenwriter, writer, politician

Radek John (born 6 December 1954, in Prague; Czech pronunciation: [ˈradɛk ˈjoːn]) is a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter and politician, current chairman of the political party Public Affairs (in Czech: Věci veřejné).^[1] His novel Memento is the first book examining the drug problem in the context of the former communist Czechoslovakia.^[2] The novel was translated into ten languages.^[2]

From 13 July 2010 to 21 April 2011 he served as the Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic.^[3]

Early life

In 1979 he graduated at the Prague's FAMU (screenwriting), from 1980 till 1993 he worked as an editor of Mladý Svět magazine. Then he worked as a screenwriter in Barrandov Film Studios.

References

↑ "Czech ODS leader Necas wants to be Prime Minister - ČeskéNoviny.cz". České Noviny (Czech Press Agency). 2010-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Radek John" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
↑ "Klaus jmenoval ministry Kubiceho a Šmerdu, Bárta a John skončili" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

v t e Ministers of the Interior of the Czech Republic

Ruml Vodička Svoboda Grulich Gross Bublan Langer Pecina John Kubice Pecina Chovanec

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas

First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs	Karel Schwarzenberg

Deputy Prime Minister	Radek John Karolína Peake

Minister of the Interior	Radek John Jan Kubice

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jaromír Drábek Ludmila Müllerová

Minister of the Environment	Pavel Drobil Tomáš Chalupa

Minister for Regional Development	Kamil Jankovský

Minister of Defence	Alexandr Vondra Karolína Peake Petr Nečas Vlastimil Picek

Minister of Industry and Trade	Martin Kocourek Martin Kuba

Minister of Health	Leoš Heger

Minister of Finance	Miroslav Kalousek

Minister of Justice	Jiří Pospíšil Pavel Blažek

Minister of Transport	Vít Bárta Radek Šmerda Pavel Dobeš Zbyněk Stanjura

Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Josef Dobeš Petr Fiala

Minister of Culture	Jiří Besser Alena Hanáková

Minister of Agriculture	Ivan Fuksa Petr Bendl

Minister without Portfolio Head of the Government Legislative Council	Petr Mlsna

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 40017300 LCCN: n81074158 ISNI: 0000 0000 5531 0744 NKC: jk01052046

Persondata
Name	John, Radek
Alternative names
Short description	Czech writer
Date of birth	6 December 1954
Place of birth	Prague
Date of death
Place of death

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