Havel at Columbia



This Day in The Velvet Revolution, 1989

December 7, 1989: Prime Minister resigns; Havel says he is prepared to take on presidency

Ladislav Adamec resigns as prime minister. Asked at a press conference about the possibility that he would run for President, Havel expresses reluctance but eventually states, "If the only service I could perform for my country would be to do this, I would do it."