Václav Havel's Life    
 Biography    1997  
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4. ledna 1997
VH marries Dagmar Veškrnová (b. 22 March 1953).
9. prosince 1997
In an address to both chambers of parliament, VH offers his sharpest critique to date of the moral state of Czech society and its political representatives (the “Rudolfinum speech“).
1997
In collaboration with the political opponents of VH, the tabloid media begins a wave of attacks on the president. The public image of VH slowly splits in two: to the outside world he remains one of the most respected moral authorities, but at home he becomes a media outcast, now acknowledged only by a minority of the population.
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