Civic Forum - Definition and Overview

Civic Forum (Czech: Občanské fórum - OF) was a political party in the Czech Republic right after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Its purpose was to unify all anti-totalitarian forces and win the free elections in 1990, which it did. Václav Havel and Václav Klaus were among its leaders. In Slovakia, the corresponding movement was called Public Against Violence (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu - VPN).

Civic forum covered politicians with very different opinions and it split when the Civic Democratic Party of Václav Klaus separated.