2016 in the Czech Republic

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History of the Czech lands • Years

This article lists events from the year 2016 in the Czech Republic.

## Incumbents

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* President – Miloš Zeman
* Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka

## Events

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* 14 April - The Czech Republic's political leadership agreed to make Czechia the official short name in English.
* 2 May - Czechia was approved by the Czech cabinet.
* 5 July - Czechia was published in the United Nations UNTERM and UNGEGN country name databases.
* 10 October - Czech botanists announce the discovery of a new species of Thismia in Borneo.[1]

## In popular culture

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* 28 June – 3 July - The 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were hosted in the town of Nové Město na Moravě.
* 1 July - Anthropoid, historical thriller film directed by Sean Ellis, premieres at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

## Deaths

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Věra Čáslavská (1942–2016) in 1967 Radim Hladík (1946–2016) in 2007

* 22 January - Miloslav Ransdorf, politician (born 1953)
* 13 February - Bořek Šípek, architect (born 1949)
* 25 February -
* Zdeněk Smetana, animator (born 1925)
* Miloš Hájek, historian and politician (born 1921)
* 18 March - Jan Němec, filmmaker (born 1936)
* 2 April - Boris Hybner, actor (born 1941)
* 13 April - Věra Kubánková, actress (born 1924)
* 12 May - Bohumil Kubát, wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (born 1935)
* 13 May - Jan Korger, politician (born 1937)
* 14 May - Jaroslav Malina, scenographer (born 1937)
* 22 May - Adolf Born, painter (born 1930)
* 23 May - Zdeněk Mézl, printmaker (born 1934)
* 27 May - František Jakubec, football player (born 1956)
* 16 June - Luděk Macela, football player (born 1950)
* 5 July - Zdeněk Neubauer, philosopher and biologist (born 1942)
* 12 July - Antonín Rükl, astronomer (born 1932)
* 24 July - Bohuslav Kokotek, Lutheran clergyman (born 1949)
* 26 August - Jiří Tichý, football player (born 1933)
* 30 August - Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, seven-time Olympic gold medallist (born 1942)
* 5 September - Jaroslav Jareš, football player (born 1930)
* 9 September - Zdeněk Měřínský, archaeologist (born 1948)
* 26 September - Karel Růžička, pianist (born 1940)
* 8 November - Zdeněk Altner, lawyer (born 1947)
* 4 December - Radim Hladík, guitarist (born 1946)
* 23 December - Luba Skořepová, actress (born 1923)
* 26 December - Petr Hájek, scientist (born 1940)

## References

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1. ^ "Čeští vědci náhodou objevili nový druh rostlin. Dostaly jméno hvězdnatky". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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