= Civic Forum = '''Civic Forum''' ('''OF''') (''Občanské fórum'') was a [[Czechia/PoliticalParties|political party]] in [[Czechia/Democratization#Socialist_Czechoslovak_Republic|Czechoslovakia]]. The affiliated [[Slovakia/PoliticalParties|Slovak party]] was called [[Slovakia/PublicAgainstViolence|Public Against Violence]]. <> ---- == Platform == Civic Forum largely had no platform; it was an opposition movement against the [[Czechia/CommunistParty|KSČ]]. ---- == History == Civic Forum was established in Czechia by [[Czechia/VaclavHavel|Havel]] for the '''Velvet Revolution''' in 1989. The [[Czechia/CommunistParty|KSČ]] government resigned following protests in November. Havel was elected [[Czechia/Presidents|president]] in December and an OF majority was elected to [[Czechia/Parliament|Parliament]] the following June. The party fragmented in 1991 and disappeared from Parliament following elections in 1992. ---- == Leaders == ||'''Chair''' ||'''Term''' || ||[[Czechia/VaclavHavel|Václav Havel]]||1989 || ||Jan Urban ||1989 - 1990|| ||[[Czechia/VaclavKlaus|Václav Klaus]]||1990 - 1991|| ---- CategoryRicottone