Václav Havel was the last president of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic (1993-2003). He died in 2011. Before entering politics, he was a playwright, dissident, and leading figure in the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule. Regarded as a symbol of democracy and human rights, he was arguably the country’s most recognized political figure worldwide. [en.wikipedia.org], [britannica.com]
