Radek John

1954 -

Country of citizenship: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia

Native language: Czech

Languages spoken, written or signed: Czech

Educated at: Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Occupation: screenwriter, journalist, politician, writer

Position held: Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

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Radek John (Czech pronunciation: [ˈradɛk ˈjoːn]; born 6 December 1954) is a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter and politician who served as the Minister of Interior 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. The novel was translated into ten languages. From 13 July 2010 to 21 April 2011 he served as the Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic. Source: Wikipedia (en)