- 'Vaclav Havel was a trailblazer for European reunification,' said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle upon receiving news of his death [ more info. ]
- Czechs, world leaders mourn Vaclav Havel [ read more ]
Prague, Dec.18.─ Former Czechoslovak and Czech president Václav Havel died today, aged 75.
Václav Havel became internationally known in the 1980s, when the playwright became the face of the dissident movement against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Because of his political activism, he spent several years in prison.
After the regime fell in 1989 in what later became known as the Velvet Revolution, Havel became the president of the country and quickly received worldwide fame. After the Czechoslovak federation split up in 1993, Havel became the president of the Czech Republic, one of the two successor states. He served as the head of the state until 2003.
In the 2000s, Havel organized the annual Forum 2000 conference in Prague, in addition to other projects. He also wrote several books and plays ...
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