Events from the year 2013 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents President: Václav Klaus (until 7 March). Miloš Zeman (starting 8 March) Prime Minister: Petr Nečas (until 10 July), Jiří Rusnok (starting 10 July)
Events
January 26 - Czech presidential election, 2013 April 29 - A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of Prague, injuring up to 43 people. June 17 - prime minister Petr Nečas submits his resignation after a corruption scandal. November 21 - A Prague nursing school issues a hijab ban, coursing some controversy.
Sports April 24–28: Ellen van Dijk wins 2013 Gracia-Orlová
Births
Deaths
2 January – Karel Čáslavský, film historian and television host (born 1937) 3 January – Ivan Mackerle, cryptozoologist (born 1942) 7 January – Jiřina Jirásková, actress (born 1931) 10 January – Michael Hofbauer, actor (born 1964) 18 January – Martin Barbarič, football player (born 1970) 24 January – Miroslav Janů, football player (born 1959) 28 January – Oldřich Kulhánek, painter (born 1940) Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak football player (born 1926) 24 January – Jan Lužný, gardener (born 1926) 1 February – Rudolf Dašek, guitarist (born 1933) 3 February – Edgar Knobloch, writer (born 1927) 14 February – Zdeněk Zikán, football player (born 1937) 2 March – Zdeněk Švestka, astronomer (born 1925) 9 March – Luboš Měkota, entrepreneur (born 1957) 17 March – Rudolf Battěk, politician (born 1924) 22 March – Vladimír Čech, actor (born 1951) 23 March – Miroslav Štěpán, politician (born 1945) 24 March – Čestmír Císař, politician (born 1920) 4 May – Oldřich Velen, actor (born 1921) 15 May – Thomas M. Messer, director of The Guggenheim (born 1920) 16 May – Valtr Komárek, economist (born 1930) 20 May – Miloslav Kříž, basketball player (born 1924) 9 June – Zdeněk Rotrekl, poet (born 1920) 19 June – Filip Topol, singer (born 1965) 27 July – Josef Geryk, football player (born 1942) 8 August – Jiří Krejčík, film director and actor (born 1918) 22 August – Petr Kment, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (born 1942) 7 September – Ilja Hurník, composer (born 2013) 10 September – Josef Němec, boxer (born 1933) 2 October – Zdeněk Rytíř, singer (born 1933) 5 October – Erich Cviertna, football player and manager (born 1951) 28 October – Ferdinand Havlík, composer (born 1928) 16 November – Zbyněk Hejda, poet (born 1930) 20 November – Pavel Bobek, singer (born 1937) 25 November – Egon Lánský, politician (born 1934)
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