Miroslav Vacek | |
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| 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 Minister | Ladislav Adamec Marián Čalfa |
| Preceded by | Milán Václavík |
| Succeeded by | Luboš 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 by | Miloslav Blahnik |
| Succeeded by | Anton Slimák |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1935 Kolín, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 31 December 2022 (aged 87) Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
| Political party | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
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.[1]