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Events from the year 2017 in the Czech Republic

Incumbents[edit]

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  President – Miloš Zeman
  


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  Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka
  

Events[edit]

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In popular culture[edit]

Sports[edit]

• 25–29 January – The 2017 European Figure Skating Championships were hosted by the Czech Figure Skating Association.


• 2–14 May – The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was hosted in the cities of Plzeň and Příbram, and the towns of Přeštice and Domažlice.


• 16–25 June – The EuroBasket Women 2017 was hosted in the Czech cities of Prague and Hradec Králové.

Television[edit]

• 2 January – First episode of the television series Svět pod hlavou was aired (first of ten episodes).

Deaths[edit]

Miloslav Vlk (1932–2017) in 2012

• 16 January – Jiří Navrátil, scout leader (b. 1923).^[1]
  


• 20 January – Naděžda Kavalírová, physician and human rights activist (b. 1923).^[2]
  


• 23 January – Jaroslav Vacek, Indologist (b. 1943).^[3]
  


• 27 January – Petr Kop, volleyball player and Olympian (b. 1937).^[4]
  


• 28 January – Lubomír Doležel, literary theorist (b. 1922).^[5]
  


• 7 February – Antonín Přidal, writer and translator (b. 1935).^[6]
  


• 11 February – Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer and actress (b. 1929).^[7]
  


• 14 February – Jiří Lanský, high jumper and Olympian (b. 1933).^[8]
  


• 16 February – Josef Augusta, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1946).^[9]
  


• 23 February – Ivo Svoboda, politician (b. 1948).^[10]
  


• 18 March – Miloslav Vlk, cardinal and Archbishop of Prague (b. 1932).^[11]
  


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    Alexandr Kliment, writer (b. 1929).^[12]
    
  
  
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    Helena Štáchová, puppeteer (b. 1944).^[13]
    
  
  
  
  


• 26 March – Věra Špinarová, singer (b. 1951).^[14]
  


• 6 April – Libuše Havelková, actress (b. 1924).^[15]
  


• 18 April – Augustin Bubník, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1928).^[16]
  


• 23 April – František Rajtoral, footballer (b. 1986).^[17]
  


• 24 April –
  
  
  
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    František Brůna, handball player (b. 1944).^[18]
    
  
  
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    Dagmar Lerchová, figure skater and Olympian (b. 1930).^[19]
    
  
  
  
  


• 19 May – David Bystroň, footballer (b. 1982).^[20]
  


• 31 May – Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor (b. 1946).^[21]
  


• 2 June – Jaroslav Kořán, Mayor of Prague, translator (b. 1940).^[22]
  


• 15 June – Olbram Zoubek, sculptor (b. 1926).^[23]
  


• 25 June – Eduard Zeman, politician (b. 1948).^[24]
  


• 16 July – Eva Děpoltová, operatic soprano (b. 1945).^[25]
  


• 19 July – Karel Franta, painter (b. 1928).^[26]
  


• 22 July – František Ševčík, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1942).^[27]
  


• 25 July – Ivana Loudová, composer (b. 1941).^[28]
  


• 19 November – Jana Novotná, tennis player, (b. 1968).^[29]
  

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