Miroslav Macek (born 7 December 1944 in
Litomyšl
Litomyšl (; german: Leitomischl) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle c ...
,
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; cs, Protektorát Čechy a Morava; its territory was called by the Nazis ("the rest of Czechia"). was a partially annexed territory of Nazi Germany established on 16 March 1939 following the German oc ...
) is a
politician
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, writer and former
deputy prime minister
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of
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
.
In May 2006 Macek made international news when, coming from behind, he struck the
Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
David Rath
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at a dentists' conference, accusing him of having insulted his wife (after Rath had publicly stated that Macek had married his wife for money).
Writer
In 2017, he published his novel ''Saturnin se vrací'' (''Saturnin Returns''), a sequel to
Zdeněk Jirotka's acclaimed novel, ''
Saturnin
Saint Saturnin of Toulouse ( la, Saturninus, oc, Sarnin, french: Saturnin, Sernin, ca, Serni, Sadurní, gl, Sadurninho and pt, Saturnino, Sadurninho, eu, Satordi, Saturdi, Zernin, and es, Saturnino, Serenín, Cernín) was one of the ''" ...
''.
Books by Macek
*''Jak se stát labužníkem'' (2004)
*''Saturnin se vrací'' (2017)
References
External links
Macek's blog
1944 births
Living people
People from Litomyšl
Czech dentists
Czech translators
Czech male novelists
Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government ministers
Translators of William Shakespeare
20th-century translators
21st-century Czech novelists
Palacký University Olomouc alumni
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