Noun: Vaclav Havel 'vas-laav 'ha-vul
- 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 1993-2003 (1936-2011)
- Havel
Type of: dramatist, national leader, playwright, statesperson
Encyclopedia: Vaclav Havel