As people in the country were preparing to celebrate their first post-communist New Year in more than four decades, Havel became their first democratically elected president on December 29th 1989.
Dok su se ljudi u zemlji spremali da proslave svoju prvu postkomunističku Novu godinu posle više od četiri decenije, Havel je postao njihov prvi demokratski izabrani predsednik 29. decembra 1989. godine.