Václav Havel

(1936-2011)

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic

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Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) 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. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays and memoirs.

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Born	Václav Havel 5 October 1936 Prague, Czech Republic
Died	18 December 2011 (aged 75) Vlcice, Czech Republic
Zodiac	Libra
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