Events in the year 2020 in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

– Miloš Zeman *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

–

Andrej Babiš Andrej Babiš (; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech politician and businessman of Slovak descent who served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Babis previously served as the Minister of Finance and deputy Prime Minister ...

Events

*Planned: the

2020 Czech regional elections Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 2–3 October 2020. Background ANO 2011 won the previous election. Czech Social Democratic Party saw heavy losses and came second. 2017 Czech legislat ...

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.

Deaths

*9 January – ** Ivan Passer, film director and screenwriter (b. 1933). ** Karel Saitl, weightlifter (b. 1924). *14 January –

Naděžda Kniplová Naděžda Kniplová (née Pokorná; 18 April 1932 – 14 January 2020) was a Czech operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1980s. Kniplová possessed a large voice with a sonorous, metallic, dark timbre ...

, operatic soprano (b. 1932). *15 January – Bruno Nettl, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist (b. 1930). *18 January – Petr Pokorný, Protestant theologian (b. 1933). *20 January –

Jaroslav Kubera Jaroslav Kubera (16 February 1947 – 20 January 2020) was a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party, who served in the Czech Senate representing Teplice from 2000 and the Senate President from 2018 until his death in 2020. He previousl ...

, politician,

President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...

(b. 1947). *27 July –

Jan Skopeček Jan Skopeček (19 September 1925 – 27 July 2020) was a Czech actor and playwright. Born in Litoměřice, Skopeček began his acting career in 1949, appearing in numerous plays. He was married to actress Věra Tichánková Věra Tichánk ...

, actor and playwright (b. 1925). *3 August –

Hana Krampolová Hana Krampolová (12 June 1961 – 3 August 2020) was a Czech actress. She was the wife of the actor Jiří Krampol. Krampolová died in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Cze ...

, actress (b. 1961). *4 August –

Irena Sedlecká Irena Sedlecká (7 September 1928– 4 August 2020) was a Czech people, Czech sculpture, sculptor and Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Sedlecká was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts, P ...

, sculptor (b. 1928).

References

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