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Václav Havel (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslav ˈɦavɛl] ⓘ; 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. [1] [2] 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.
Václav Havel spoke some English and used it repeatedly during his tenure as president as he was reading several speeches in English. [1] Havel most notably used his English when he gave a speech to a Joint session of the United States Congress on 21 February 1990, which he started in English but continued in Czech after a few sentences, and the speech was translated by Michael Žantovský ...
(Birth–Death) Ethnicity Election Term of office Party Took office ... Václav Havel (1936–2011) Czech: 1989 1990: 29 December 1989 20 July 1992 2 years, 204 days OF:
Masaryk was an opponent of capital punishment and had the privilege of commuting death sentences, one he exercised frequently. His successor Edvard Beneš signed the death sentences for 8 people, including 3 for military treason. After his resignation 2 more criminals were executed before the occupation of the country.
Tribute to Václav Havel (Czech: Pocta Václavu Havlovi) was an event held in memory of Václav Havel, the last Czechoslovak and the first Czech President, writer, playwright and human rights activist. The concert took place in Lucerna Music Bar in Prague on 23 December 2011, five days after the death of Havel.
21st anniversary of the Velvet Revolution – former President Václav Havel (right, with flowers) at the Memorial at Národní Street in Prague. The victory of the revolution was topped off by the election of rebel playwright and human rights activist Václav Havel as President of Czechoslovakia on 29 December 1989. The event was highly ...
An Illinois man was convicted of strangling his 60-year-old mother to death with a bungee cord in their shared home — because he was sick of her “sleeping around,” according to a report ...
Left no descendants. After his death, Moravia became an appanage of Bohemian princes. December 1197 – 12 August 1222 Moravia Premislaus Ottokar I (Přemysl Otakar I) 1155 First son of Vladislaus II and Judith of Thuringia: 1192 - 1193 6 December 1197 - 1198 (as Duke) 1198 - 15 December 1230 (as King) 15 December 1230 Prague aged 74/5: Bohemia ...