2018 in the Czech Republic

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Events in the year 2018 in the Czech Republic.

• President – Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister – Andrej Babiš

• January – In the Czech presidential election, 2018, Miloš Zeman defeated Jiří Drahoš and was reelected for a second term in office.

• 9 to 25 February – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 93 competitors in 13 sports

• 9 to 18 March – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

• 1 January – Jakub Zedníček [cs], actor, tap dancer and presenter (b. 1990)

• 2 January – Rudolf Anděl [cs], historian and academic (b. 1924).^[1]

• 2 January – Karel Makonj [cs], puppet theatre director and theorist (b. 1947)

• 8 January – Vojtěch Lindaur, journalist and record producer (b. 1957).^[2][3]

• 2 March – Ota Filip, novelist and journalist (b. 1930)

• 16 March – Otomar Kvěch, composer (b. 1950).^[4]

• 17 March – Zdeněk Mahler, writer, musicologist, pedagogue and screenwriter (b. 1928)

• 22 March – Jan Kantůrek, translator (b. 1948)

• 22 March – Dagmar Lieblová [de], Holocaust survivor, Germanist and translator, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk recipient (b. 1929).^[5]

• 24 March – Karel Stretti [cs], art restorer (b. 1943).^[6]

• 13 April – Miloš Forman, film director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt), Oscar winner (1975, 1984) (b. 1932).^[7]

• 20 April – Pavel Šrut, poet (b. 1940)

• 1 May – Pavel Pergl, footballer (b. 1977).^[8]

• 20 May – Jaroslav Brabec, shot putter (b. 1949)

• 24 June – Pavel Vranský, brigadier general, World War II veteran (b. 1921).^[9]

• 11 July – Václav Glazar, actor (b. 1952).^[10]