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Václav Havel Library

Logo: vaclavhavel.cz3

Last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

Václav Havel (Czech:; 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003.2 It was founded in 2004 by Miloslav Petrusek, Dagmar Havlová and Karel Schwarzenberg.1 It is headquartered in Prague.1 It employed 12 people in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 26, 2004Founded1
  • Industrycreative industries1
  • HeadquartersPrague1
  • Websitewww.vaclavhavel.cz/en
  • Legal formobecně prospěšná společnost, endowment fund1

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Knihovna Václava Havla, Ostrovní 13, Praha 1
Photo: NoJin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Václav Havel (Czech: [ˈvaːt͡slav ˈɦavɛl] ; 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003.2

The story

Founded by Dagmar Havlová, Karel Schwarzenberg and Miloslav Petrusek on Jul 26, 2004.1

Leadership

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Chair

  1. Martin Palouš2011–2012
  2. Michael Žantovský2015–2023
  3. Tomáš Sedláček2025–now
20052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (9)

Employees over time

  • 2024121

Timeline

  1. Sep 9, 2026Renamed Name changed to 1. prezidentská knihovna, nadační fond1
  2. Jul 26, 2004Founded Founded1

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