2020 in the Czech Republic

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Events in the year 2020 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

• President – Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister – Andrej Babiš

Events

• Planned: the 2020 Czech regional elections will be held in 13 regions.

• 8 August 2020 - A fire incident in an apartment in Bohumin killed at least 11 people and further leaving 10 others injured.[1][2]

Deaths

Ivan Passer

Jaroslav Kubera

Jan Skopeček

• 9 January –
  • Ivan Passer, film director and screenwriter (b. 1933).[3]
  • Karel Saitl, weightlifter (b. 1924).[4]
• 14 January – Naděžda Kniplová, operatic soprano (b. 1932).[5]
• 15 January – Bruno Nettl, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist (b. 1930).[6]
• 18 January – Petr Pokorný, Protestant theologian (b. 1933).[7]
• 20 January – Jaroslav Kubera, politician, President of the Senate (b. 1947).[8]

• 27 July – Jan Skopeček, actor and playwright (b. 1925).[9]

• 3 August – Hana Krampolová, actress (b. 1961).[10]
• 4 August – Irena Sedlecká, sculptor (b. 1928).[11]

References

1. "Eleven die in fire in Czech Republic tower block". BBC News. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
2. "Multiple residents killed in Czech Republic apartment fire". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
3. "Ivan Passer, Director of 'Cutter's Way,' Dies at 86". variety.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. "Karel Saitl (Czechia), 1924-2020". chidlovski.livejournal.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. "Zemřela světově uznávaná sopranistka Naděžda Kniplová". ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
6. "Remembering Bruno Nettl". music.illinois.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. "Zemřel profesor Nového zákona Petr Pokorný". christnet.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
8. "Chairman of Czech Upper House of Parliament Jaroslav Kubera Dies". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
9. "Zemřel herec Jan Skopeček". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
10. "Zemřela manželka Jiřího Krampola, měla dlouhodobé zdravotní problémy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
11. "V Londýně zemřela česká sochařka Irena Sedlecká". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2020.