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va·clav hav·el

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  1. Havel, Vaclav Havelnoun

    Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

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  1. vaclav havel

    Vaclav Havel was a renowned Czech playwright, essayist, poet and dissident who later turned into a key political figure, serving as the final President of Czechoslovakia from 1989-1992 and as the first President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was instrumental in guiding his country through the smooth transition from communism to democracy. Recognized for his significant contributions to human rights across the globe, Havel is considered a pivotal figure of the 20th century.

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  1. Václav Havel

    Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. Havel was the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic. He wrote more than 20 plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. Havel was voted 4th in Prospect magazine's 2005 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation. He was the founder of the VIZE 97 Foundation and the principal organizer of the Forum 2000 annual global conference. Havel was one of the signatories of the Charter 77 manifesto, a founding signatory, together with Joachim Gauck, of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, and a council member of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Havel received many recognitions, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the freedom medal of the Four Freedoms Award, and the Ambassador of Conscience Award. The 2012–2013 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vaclav havel in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vaclav havel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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