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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^[1][2]
• April 29 - A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of Prague, injuring up to 43 people.^[3][4]
• June 17 - prime minister Petr Nečas submits his resignation after a corruption scandal.^[5][6]
• November 21 - A Prague nursing school issues a hijab ban, coursing some controversy.^[7]

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)