Definition of Havel, Václav in English:

Havel, Václav

(1936–2011), Czech playwright and statesman; president of Czechoslovakia 1989–92 and of the Czech Republic 1993–2003. His plays, such as "The Garden Party" (1963), were critical of totalitarianism, and he was twice imprisoned as a dissident.

/ˈhävəl/

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