Radek John (; born 6 December 1954) is a
Czech
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
journalist
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, writer,
screenwriter and
politician
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who served as the
Minister of Interior
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from 2010 to 2011 and as Leader of the
Public Affairs party from 2009 to 2013. His novel ''
Memento'' is the first book examining the drug problem in the context of the former
communist Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
.
The novel was translated into ten languages.
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From 13 July 2010 to 21 April 2011 he served as the Minister of Interior of the ]Czech Republic
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.
Early life
To 1979 he studied screenwriting
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Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, de ...
and graduated from the (FAMU). From 1980 till 1993 he worked as an editor of Mladý Svět magazine. He then worked as a screenwriter at Barrandov Film Studios.
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Living people
1954 births
Czech male writers
Czech journalists
Public Affairs (political party) politicians
Interior ministers of the Czech Republic
Writers from Prague
Politicians from Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013)
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