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Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

Also known as: Вацлав Гавел, فاتسلاف هافيل, 바츨라프 하벨, ヴァーツラフ・ハヴェル, 瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔, Гавел, Вацлав

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