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Civic Forum (Czech: Občanské fórum - OF) was a political party in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia set up after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. In Slovakia the corresponding movement was called Public Against Violence (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu - VPN). The Velvet Revolution (Czech: samatová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29, 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Public Against Violence (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement that was established in Bratislava, Slovakia on 20 November 1989. ...

Its original purpose was to unify all anti-totalitarian forces and win the free elections in 1990 (against communist party), which it did (getting cca 80% of votes). Civic Forum had very loose structure and most of its (self-appointed) leaders came from Prague members of Charter 77. It didn't have clear political stragegy much beoynd the elections. This article is about the year. ... The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa (KSČ) was a political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. ... The Charter 77 (Charta 77 in Czech and in Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in Czechoslovakia from 1977 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. ...

Václav Havel was its leader until elected president on December 29, 1989. Jan Urban became the new Civic Forum chair, serving until June, 1990. He resigned his post, saying he did not want a rift between the organization and the president. Václav Klaus, on his way to obtain more political power, was elected its new chairman on October 16th, 1990. Policies of Klaus were opposed by other leaders and party unity soon vanished. Václav Havel (official portrait) Václav Havel, GCB, CC (IPA: ) (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... Václav Klaus (born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. ...

At the Civic Forum congress in January 1991 Klaus's supporters stated that they would form an independent party with a clearer program, advocating a free market, called Občanská Demokratická Strana (Civic Democratic Party). The party elected him as its chairman in February 1991. Klaus then stated that ODS and Civic Movement (Občanské hnutí), party formed by the remainder of Civic Forum members, would rule as a coalition until the 1992 elections. However, by July 1991 Klaus said that the two had finished cooperating. Civic Democratic Party became winner of elections in 1992 while Civic Movement failed and eventually disappeared. The Civic Democratic Party (Czech: Občanská demokratická strana - abbreviation: ODS) is the strongest right-wing political party in the Czech Republic. ...

The Slovak counterpart to Civic Forum is Public Against Violence. The Public Against Violence (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement that was established in Bratislava, Slovakia on 20 November 1989. ...