# Velvet Revolution

From @vaclav-havel's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@vaclav-havel.md](/@vaclav-havel.md)

Havel became a leading Civic Forum figure during the peaceful 1989 collapse of communist rule and was elected president that December.

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