Miroslav Macek
Miroslav Macek (born 7 December 1944 in Litomyšl, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) is a politician, writer and former deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia. In May 2006 Macek made international news when, coming from behind, he struck the Minister of Health David Rath 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. 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