Radek John

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Radek John
Minister of Interior
In office 13 July 2010 – 21 April 2011
Prime Minister	Petr Nečas
Preceded by	Martin Pecina
Succeeded by	Jan Kubice
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 29 May 2010 – 28 August 2013
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-06) 6 December 1954 (age 69) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Public Affairs (2009-2015)
Spouse	Zlata Adamovská (1984-2010)
Children	Barbora, Petr, Tereza
Alma mater	FAMU
Profession	Screenwriter, writer, politician

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.^[1] The novel was translated into ten languages.^[1]

From 13 July 2010 to 21 April 2011 he served as the Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic.^[2]