2023 in the Czech Republic
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Events in the year 2023 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents
- President – Miloš Zeman (until March 8); Petr Pavel onwards
- Prime Minister – Petr Fiala
Events
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January
- 9 January – Prague’s municipal court acquitted Andrej Babiš of charges of subsidy fraud.[1]
- 13 January –
- 27 January – 2023 Czech presidential election: Czechs head to the polls in the second round of the presidential election.[4]
- 28 January – The prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes.[5]
December
- 21 December – kills himself after the shooting.[6]
Sports
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- 30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023: 2022–23 Czech First League
- 29 July 2022 – 28 May 2023: 2022–23 Czech National Football League
- 2022–23 Czech Cup
- 2022–23 Czech Women's First League
Deaths
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January
- 2 January – Vasil Timkovič, 99, World War II veteran.[7]
- 3 January – Petr Pavlásek, 75, Olympic weightlifter (1972, 1976).[8]
- 4 January – Marie Kovářová, 95, gymnast, Olympic champion (1948).[9]
- 14 January – Zdeněk Češka, 93, lawyer, academic and politician.[10]
- 16 January – Pavel Pecháček, 82, Czech-born American journalist and manager.[11]
- 17 January – Stanislav Tereba, 85, photojournalist.[12]
- 19 January – Kristina Taberyová, 71, theatre and television director and humanitarian (People in Need).[13]
- 20 January – Jiří Macháně, 82, cinematographer (Beauty and the Beast, The Ninth Heart, Černí baroni).[14]
- 28 January –
- Jaroslav Šedivý, 93, politician, minister of foreign affairs (1997–1998).[15]
- Jiří Šetlík, 93, art historian and academic.[16]
- 31 January – Miroslav Lacký, 79, ice hockey player (HC Vítkovice Ridera, HC Dynamo Pardubice).[17]
February
- 3 February – Naďa Urbánková, 83, singer and actress (Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String, Seclusion Near a Forest).[18]
- 6 February – Lubomír Štrougal, 98, politician, prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1970–1988).[19]
July
- 11 July – Milan Kundera, 94, Czech-born French writer (The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being)[20]
References
- ^ "Czech presidential candidate Andrej Babiš acquitted of fraud". The Guardian. 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Volby prezidenta budou 13. a 14. ledna - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Prezidentské volby 2018 skončily, je čas začít myslet na ty, které budou možná už za rok". info.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Czechs to vote in second round of presidential election". BBC News. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Former NATO general Petr Pavel wins Czech presidential vote". France 24. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Police chief says at least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university". AP News. 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Vasil Timkovič (1923 - 2023)". www.memoryofnations.eu. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "Olympedia – Petr Pavlásek". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Olympedia – Marie Kovářová". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Paseková, Eva (2023-01-16). "Zemřel nestor českého práva profesor Zdeněk Češka". Česká justice (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Pavel Pecháček: Journalist who headed Czech RFE dies at 82". Radio Prague International. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Zemřel fotograf Stanislav Tereba - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Zemřela Kristina Taberyová – Divadelní noviny" (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Jiří Macháně". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Historian, dissident and writer Jaroslav Šedivý dies at 93". Radio Prague International. 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Jiří Šetlík (1929 - 2023)". www.memoryofnations.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Prima, F. T. V. "Zemřel legendární brankář Pardubic. Lacký přivezl dvě medaile z mistrovství světa". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Singer and actress Naďa Urbanková dies at 83". Radio Prague International. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Zemřel expremiér Lubomír Štrougal - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Satire and poetry: Milan Kundera took on life's absurdity". France 24. 12 July 2023.
