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The historically as well as politically eminent Czech Republic is gradually emerging as a key player of European Politics. The 2006 elections saw the reelection of the former President Vaclav Havel for a consecutive second term. According to the Constitution, the president of the Czech Republic is the nation's political premier.
President Vaclav Havel, a former playwright by profession wields enormous popularity the local citizens. He was reelected for a five year term, following a rigorous second round of voting by all the Deputies. According to the election office, the 61-year President was handed over his former powers and authority after 99 votes from the 197 deputies and 47 votes from the 81 senators. This unanimous election where the President won by a large margin clearly indicated his popularity with the people as well as abilities as an able and proficient statesman. Political experts and other erudite scholars ascribe the reelection of Havel as the President of Czech Republic as a sound move to remain at the epicenter of the European mainstream, in spite of growing political unrest as well as economic instability in the nation.
Havel's political career has been a roller coaster ride. He had been the efficient torchbearer of the 1989 Velvet Revolution who lost out in the first round of the elections. However, the estrangement of the Czech Republic from Slovakia in the year 1992 was a turning point for his career.
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