Events in the year 2023 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents
- President – Miloš Zeman (until March 8); Petr Pavel onwards
- Prime Minister – Petr Fiala
Events
January
- 9 January – Prague’s municipal court acquitted Andrej Babiš of charges of subsidy fraud.[1]
- 13 January – 2023 Czech presidential election: Czechs elect their president. Incumbent Miloš Zeman is not eligible to run for re-election, as he is term limited.[2][3]
- 27 January – 2023 Czech presidential election: Czechs vote in the second round of the presidential election.[4]
- 28 January – The Czech Statistical Office reports that former NATO Military Committee chair Petr Pavel has been elected President of the Czech Republic, defeating former prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes.[5]
December
- 21 December – 2023 Prague shooting: 14 people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague. The perpetrator, a student at the university, kills himself after the shooting.[6]
Sports
- 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
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.
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