Miroslav Vacek

Miroslav Vacek (29 August 1935 – 31 December 2022) was a Czech and Czechoslovakian politician and lieutenant general in the Czechoslovak People's Army. Vacek was the Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army from 1987 to 1989, coinciding with the end of the Normalization era of communist Czechoslovakia. He then became Minister of National Defence of Czechoslovakia 1989 to 1990 following the Velvet Revolution.

Miroslav Vacek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
In office
1 June 1996  19 June 1998
Minister of National Defence of Czechoslovakia
In office
4 December 1989  17 October 1990
Prime MinisterLadislav Adamec
Marián Čalfa
Preceded byMilán Václavík
Succeeded byLuboš Dobrovský
Member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia
In office
24 May 1986  5 June 1990
5th Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army
In office
13 November 1987  27 December 1989
Preceded byMiloslav Blahnik
Succeeded byAnton Slimák
Personal details
Born(1935-08-29)29 August 1935
Kolín, Czechoslovakia
Died31 December 2022(2022-12-31) (aged 87)
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Political partyCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
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