Vaclav Havel

Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel Seems To Be Frightened As He Is Being Attacked By Slovak Nationalists During The Rally Marking Foundation Anniversary Of Czechoslovakia In Bratislava On Oct 28, 1991. Slovak Nationalists Did Not Let Havel To Speak There And Forced Him To Run For Cover As They Were Throwing Rotten Eggs On Podium. On Feb 02 2003 Havel Will Leave His Office As The Longest Serving European Politician And The Last Active Politician From The Times Of Fall Of Communist Rule In Eastern Europe In 1989. Born In Prague In 1936, An Active Anti-Communist Playwright And Founder Of Charter 77 Dissident Movement, Whose Work Was Banned In His Home Country After 1968 Soviet Invasion To Czechoslovakia, Spent Altogether More Than Six Years In Prison On Several Occassions Between 1977 And 1989. After Getting Elected As Czechoslovak President In 1989, Havel Resigned To Protest Against The Split Of Czechoslovakia In 1992 Only To Be Elected Again As President Of The Independent Czech Republic. During Havel'S Term In The Office The Former Warsaw Pact Member Country Has Joined The Nato A Has Been Successfuly Negotiating Its Admission To The Eu.