Today, 36 years ago, on 29 December 1989 (Calendar 2 December 1989), Havel was elected the first president of the Czech Republic. Václav Havel was the first president of the Czech Republic and the last president of Czechoslovakia. Born in Prague as a family of business owners. He worked as a chemical experimentator. He studied at the Czech University of Economics in Prague from 1955 to 1957, then worked as a stage technician, screenwriter, assistant director, and theatre writer. In 1968 he was a member of the Club of non-partisan people, chairman of the Independent Writers Club, and a member of the Czech Pen Society. He was banned from engaging in artistic activities and was born as a worker. He was imprisoned 3 times in 1970 to 1989 and imprisoned 5 years in a theater. In 1977