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Vaclav Havel

Civil Rights, Suffrage and Dissident Leaders

Vaclav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright and dissident who served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the country's dissolution at the end of 1992, and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism.

Facts
Birth Year
1936 2
Birth Date
1936-10-05 2
Death Date
2011-12-18 2
Death Year
2011 2
Classification
Political Role
1st President of the Czech Republic 1
Political Role
President of Czechoslovakia 1
Gender
Male 2
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Velvet Revolution, Events

Havel was the leading dissident figure and principal spokesman of Civic Forum during the 1989 revolution, elected President of Czechoslovakia at its close.

Source Vaclav Havel (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. V?clav Havel - Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
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2. Vaclav Havel (Wikipedia)
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    was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism.
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    5 October 1936 - 18 December 2011
  • Entity description, gender reference sentence
    He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism.
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