2018 in the Czech Republic

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Events in the year 2018 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

• President – Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister – Andrej Babiš

Events

• January – In the Czech presidential election, 2018, Miloš Zeman defeated Jiří Drahoš and was reelected for a second term in office.

Sports

• 9 to 25 February – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 93 competitors in 13 sports

• 9 to 18 March – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

Deaths

Rudolf Anděl

Miloš Forman in 2009

Pavel Vranský

• 1 January – Jakub Zedníček, actor, tap dancer and presenter (b. 1990)

• 2 January – Rudolf Anděl, historian and academic (b. 1924).[1]

• 2 January – Karel Makonj, puppet theatre director and theorist (b. 1947)

• 8 January – Vojtěch Lindaur, journalist and record producer (b. 1957).[2][3]

• 2 March – Ota Filip, novelist and journalist (b. 1930)

• 16 March – Otomar Kvěch, composer (b. 1950).[4]

• 17 March – Zdeněk Mahler, writer, musicologist, pedagogue and screenwriter (b. 1928)

• 22 March – Jan Kantůrek, translator (b. 1948)

• 22 March – Dagmar Lieblová, Holocaust survivor, Germanist and translator, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk recipient (b. 1929).[5]

• 24 March – Karel Stretti, art restorer (b. 1943).[6]

• 13 April – Miloš Forman, film director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt), Oscar winner (1975, 1984) (b. 1932).[7]

• 20 April – Pavel Šrut, poet (b. 1940)

• 1 May – Pavel Pergl, footballer (b. 1977).[8]

• 20 May – Jaroslav Brabec, shot putter (b. 1949)

• 24 June – Pavel Vranský, brigadier general, World War II veteran (b. 1921).[9]

• 11 July – Václav Glazar, actor (b. 1952).[10]

References

1. Zemřel pan docent Rudolf Anděl (in Czech)
2. Zavřelová, Monika (8 January 2018). "Zemřel hudební publicista Vojtěch Lindaur. Do Česka tajně přivezl Nico". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
3. "Zemřel rockový novinář Vojtěch Lindaur. Osobitému autorovi a kronikáři bigbítu bylo 60 let". Aktualne.cz (in Czech). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. Zemřel Otomar Kvěch (in Czech)
5. Zemřela Lieblová, držitelka řádu TGM a předsedkyně Terezínské iniciativy, která přežila holokaust (in Czech)
6. Zemřel přední český restaurátor a pedagog Karel Stretti, záchraňoval obrazy v Česku i zahraničí (in Czech)
7. "Oscar-winning director Forman dies at 86". Reuters. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
8. Tragédie! V Německu se oběsil bývalý obránce Sparty Pavel Pergl (†40) (in Czech)
9. Willoughby, Ian (24 June 2018). "RAF veteran Pavel Vranský dies at 97". radio.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
10. Zemřel herec Václav Glazar, proslavil se v kostýmu jeptišky v Kameňáku (in Czech)