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Vaclav Havel

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The Resume

    (October 5, 1936-December 18, 2011)
    Born in Prague, Czech Republic
    Wrote the plays ‘Motormorphosis' (1960), ‘The Garden Party' (1963), ‘The Memorandum' (1965), ‘The Increased Difficulty of Concentration' (1968), ‘Conspirators' (1971), ‘Private View' (1978), ‘Largo Desaloto' (1985) and ‘Tomorrow' (1988)
    Member of the human rights groups Charter 77 and VONS (Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted)
    Last president of Czechoslovakia (1989-92)
    First president of the Czech Republic (1993-2003)

Why he might be annoying:

    He claimed he was uninterested in politics.
    One of his first acts as president was a general pardon that released not just political prisoners but also many petty criminals, causing a major jump in the crime rate.
    He married an actress (1997) less than a year after the death of his first wife.
    He endorsed President Bush's 'pre-emptive' war against Iraq (2003).
    He was a chain smoker.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Because of his commitment to non-violent reform, he has been compared to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
    Because of government restrictions on his writing, he had to work in a brewery to make ends meet.
    He was jailed repeatedly by the authorities, spending a total of five years in prison.
    He was the first head of state to invite the Dalai Lama to an official state function.
    He was the first person named an ‘Ambassador of Conscience' by Amnesty International (2003).
    Tom Stoppard and Samuel Beckett dedicated plays to him.
    He said ‘The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 17 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 67.31% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 75 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 83 Votes: 60.24% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 48.19% Annoying