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What Czechs brought into the 20th century?
Vaclav Havel (1936)
A world-renowned dramatist, essayist, philosopher and President of the Czech Republic. The central theme of his literary texts
is human identity and the mechanisms of dehumanized power. In the 1970's and 1980's he was something of a spiritual leader
for the dissidents. After the fall of the Communist regime he was elected President of Czechoslovakia* in December 1989. Three
years later he became the President of the Czech Republic.
Vaclav Klaus (1941)
Prime Minister and economist, one of the principal fathers of the system of economic transformation of the Czech Republic
and the driving force behind its implementation. In 1990 he became the Minister of Finance and since 1992 he has been the
chairman the Civic Democratic Party, the strongest conservative party in Central Europe.
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937)
University professor, philosopher, sociologist and politician who is often called "Father of the Nation".During
the First World War,he formed a Czechoslovak government abroad that was recognized by European powers, thus creating one of
the basic conditions for the establishmentof an independent Czechoslovakia. Between 1918 and 1935 he was the first President
of the Czechoslovak Republic.
JOSEPH ALOIS SCHUMPETER (ekonom)
FERDINAND KUZNIK (Motorola)
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