Václav Havel
Václav Havel | |
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1st Preses o the Czech Republic | |
In office 2 Februar 1993 – 2 Februar 2003 | |
Prime Meenister | Václav Klaus Josef Tošovský Miloš Zeman Vladimír Špidla |
Precedit bi | Poseetion established |
Succeedit bi | Václav Klaus |
9t Preses o Czechoslovakie | |
In office 29 December 1989 – 20 Julie 1992 | |
Prime Meenister | Marián Čalfa Jan Stráský |
Precedit bi | Marián Čalfa (Actin) |
Succeedit bi | Jan Stráský (Actin) |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 October 1936 Prague, Czechoslovakie (nou Czech Republic) |
Dee'd | 18 December 2011 Vlčice, Czech Republic | (aged 75)
Poleetical pairty | Ceevic Forum (1989–1993) Green Pairty supporter (2004–2011) (frae 1980s supporter o green politics) |
Spoose(s) | Olga Šplíchalová (1964–1996) Dagmar Veškrnová (1997–2011) |
Alma mater | Technical Varsity, Prague |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Signatur | |
Wabsteid | www.vaclavhavel.cz www.vaclavhavel-library.org |
Václav Havel (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːt͡slav ˈɦavɛl] ( listen); 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) wis a Czech playwricht, essayist, poet, dissident an politeecian.
Havel wis the nint[2] an last preses o Czechoslovakie (1989–1992) an the first preses o the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He wrote mair nor 20 plays an numerous non-fiction wirks, translatit internaitionally.
Havel wis voted 4t in Prospect magazine's 2005 global poll o the warld's tap 100 intellectuals.[3] At the time o his daith he wis Chairman o the New York-based Human Richts Foondation. He wis the foonder o the VIZE 97 Foondation an the principal organizer o the Forum 2000 annual global conference.
Havel wis ane o the signatories o the Charter 77 manifesto, a foondin signatory, thegither wi Joachim Gauck, o the Prague Declaration on European Conscience an Communism (launchin the European Day o Remembrance for Victims o Stalinism an Nazism),[4][5] an a cooncil member o the Victims o Communism Memorial Foondation. Havel received mony recognitions, includin the Unitit States Presidential Medal o Freedom, th Gandhi Peace Prize, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order o Canadae, the freedom medal o the Fower Freedoms Awaird, an the Ambassador o Conscience Awaird. The 2012–2013 academic year at the College o Europe wis named in his honour.[6]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Prohlášení arcibiskupa Duky k úmrtí Václava Havla Archived 2014-07-11 at the Wayback Machine by Archbishop Dominik Duka, Czech Bishops' Conference, 18 December 2011.
- ↑ "Havel Assumes Czechoslovak Presidency". Los Angeled Times. 30 December 1989. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ↑ "Prospect Intellectuals: The 2005 List". Prospect. Archived frae the original on 24 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ Tismăneanu, Vladimir (2010). "Citizenship Restored". Journal of Democracy. 21 (1): 128–135. doi:10.1353/jod.0.0139.
- ↑ "Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism - Press Release". Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. 9 Juin 2008. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2011. Retrieved 10 Mey 2011.
- ↑ "Opening Ceremony, Bruges Campus". Archived frae the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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Precedit bi Marián Čalfa Actin |
Preses o Czechoslovakie 1989–1992 |
Jan Stráský Actin |
Poseetion established | Preses o the Czech Republic 1993–2003 |
Succeedit bi Václav Klaus |
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- Knichts Grand Cross o the Order o Meerit o the Italian Republic
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