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Events in the year 2023 in Slovakia.

## Incumbents

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* President: Zuzana Čaputová
* Prime Minister: Eduard Heger (until 15 May), Ľudovít Ódor (15 May to 25 October), Robert Fico (starting 25 October)

## Events

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* January 21: 2023 Slovakian constitutional referendum: Slovakians vote in a referendum to determine whether early elections can be called before the customary end of the mandate.[1]
* January 22: Members of former government coalition agree to hold early election on September 30 2023, before the end of the parliamentary term in February 2024.[2]
* February 23: Four people are killed after a plane crashes near Trenčianske Stankovce, Trenčín Region.[3]
* May 7 President Zuzana Čaputová appoints a technocratic cabinet due to long-term political crisis started by the government losing a vote of confidence in December 2022.[4]
* June 19: the Slovakian parliament voted with the support of 111 of 150 MPs to put the right to use cash in the Constitution of Slovakia. The amendment was proposed by the Sme Rodina party.[5]
* September 15 : The Slovak government ends the State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic declared on 11 March 2020.[6]
* September 30: 2023 Slovak parliamentary election: Slovaks go to the polls to elect 150 members of the National Council.[7]
* October 11: Smer leader Robert Fico agrees to form a coalition government with the left-wing Hlas and ultranationalist Slovak National Party, paving the way for Fico to become Prime Minister of Slovakia for a fourth time.[8]
* 12 October – The Party of European Socialists (PES) suspended Smer-SD and Hlas-SD over their plans to enter into coalition with SNS, which the PES views as a "radical-right party."[9]
* October 25: President Zuzana Čaputová inaugurates the Fico's Fourth Cabinet[10]
* November 21: The Fico's Fourth Cabinet passes the confidence vote in the parliament.[11]

## Deaths

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* 7 January: Miroslav Celler, 31, squash player.[12]
* 19 January Aranka Szentpétery, 89, actress [13]
* 23 January: Jozef Dravecký, 75, diplomat.[14]
* 1 February: Jozef Čapla, 84, ice hockey player (HC Slovan Bratislava, HC Dukla Jihlava, Augsburger EV).[15]
* 13 February Milan Hamada, 89, Literary critic.[16]
* 21 February Eva Siracká, 96, physician, president of the League Against Cancer [17]
* 31 March Stanislav Párnický, 77, movie director[18]
* 5 May Ján Vilikovský, 85, translator and diplomat, ambassador to the UK (1992–1996)[19]
* 23 May Alojz Tkáč, 89, Archbishop of Košice (1995–2010)[20]
* 24 May Dano Heriban, 43, Actor[21]
* 27 May Miroslav Belanský, 81, Minister of Agriculture (1989–91)[22]
* 29 May Etela Studeníková, 76, archeologist[23]
* 30 May Milka Zimková, 71, actress[24]
* 25 June Ján Zvonár, 72, MP (2006–10)[25]
* 31 July Dušan Velič, 56, chemist.[26]
* 8 August, Dušan Kaprálik, 75, actor[27]
* 19 August, Václav Patejdl, 68, musician[28]
* 28 August, Alojz Rakús, 76, Minister of Health (1990–1992), MP (1990–1992, 1998–2002)[29]
* 1 October, Patricia Janečková, 25, Opera singer[30]
* 12 October, Eva Rysová, 91, actress[31]
* 21 October, Alexander Ilečko, 86, sculptor[32]
* 25 October, Dobroslav Trnka, 59, lawyer, prosecutor general (2004–2011)[33]
* 20 November, Martina Lubyová, 56, Minister of Education (2017–2020)[34]
* 22 November, Barbara Haščáková, 43, singer[35]
* 14 December
* Tomáš Janovic, 86, writer [36]
* Rudolf Hrubý, 69, businessman and investor[37]

## References

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1. ^ "Prezidentka vyhlási referendum na 21. januára 2023". Prezidentka Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
2. ^ "Slovakia's former coalition heads agree to early parliamentary elections". Reuters. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
3. ^ "Small plane crashes in western Slovakia, 4 killed". AP NEWS. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
4. ^ "16 technocrats who will govern Slovakia from Monday". spectator.sme.sk. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
5. ^ Zmušková, Barbara (June 19, 2023). "Slovakia adds right to cash payments in constitution over digital euro fears". EURACTIV.sk.
6. ^ "Mimoriadna situácia v súvislosti s COVID-19 sa skončí 15. septembra". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 13 September 2023.
7. ^ Lopatka, Jan; Cerny, David W. (2023-09-30). "Slovaks choose between pro-Russian ex-PM Fico and pro-Western liberals". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
8. ^ "Slovakia's ex-PM Fico poised to return to government". euronews. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
9. ^ Wax, Eddy; Barigazzi, Jacopo; Jochecová, Ketrin (12 October 2023). "European socialists suspend Robert Fico's Smer party and its ally Hlas". Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
10. ^ "Prezidentka Zuzana Čaputová vymenovala ministrov, začala sa štvrtá vláda Roberta Fica". plus.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 8 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
11. ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (21 November 2023). "Ficova vláda získala dôveru. V debate dominovalo PS, zaujal Hlina, pre Matovičov incident obmedzili médiá". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
12. ^ "Venované pamiatke Mirka Cellera". Ministerstvo spravodlivosti SR (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
13. ^ "SMUTNÁ SPRÁVA Zomreli dve ZNÁME ženy zo šoubiznisu: Jednu preslávilo REPETE a druhú seriál SUSEDIA". Regióny.zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
14. ^ "Zomrel Jozef Dravecký / Od matematika a člena tajnej cirkvi až po veľvyslanca vo Vatikáne". www.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
15. ^ "Vo veku 84 rokov zomrel Jozef Čapla, bývalý obranca Slovana Bratislava" (in Slovak). 2023-02-01.
16. ^ Zomrel slovenský literárny teoretik, historik a kritik Milan Hamada - SME Minúta (in Slovak)
17. ^ "Vo veku 96 rokov zomrela lekárka a zakladateľka Ligy proti rakovine Eva Siracká - SME Minúta" (in Slovak).
18. ^ Vojteková, Zuzana Točíková. "OBITUARY: Slovak Director Stanislav Párnický - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
19. ^ "Vo veku 85 rokov zomrel prvý veľvyslanec v Británii Vilikovský". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
20. ^ "Zomrel emeritný košický arcibiskup Alojz Tkáč". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
21. ^ "Zomrel známy slovenský herec Daniel Heriban". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
22. ^ "Odišiel poľnohospodár profesionál a srdciar. Svoju prácu miloval". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
23. ^ "Opustila nás archeologička a kolegyňa Etela Studeníková – Archeologický ústav SAV" (in Slovak). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
24. ^ "Zomrela legendárna Milka Zimková. Mala 71 rokov". rtvs.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
25. ^ "SMUTNÁ SPRÁVA Zomrel POSLANEC parlamentu, významný lekár a PROFESOR". Regióny.zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
26. ^ Tomečková, Nicol (31 July 2023). "Pri tragickej nehode zomrel bývalý štátny tajomník". Správy RTVS (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
27. ^ "Vo veku 75 rokov zomrel herec, režisér a". Denník N (in Slovak). 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
28. ^ "Vašo Patejdl's widow broke the wall of silence: He learned of the damning diagnosis 14 days before his death, she revealed - The Storiest". thestoriest.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
29. ^ "Zomrel Alojz Rakús, jeden z prvých ministrov zdravotníctva po Nežnej revolúcii a politik KDH". SITA.sk (in Slovak). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
30. ^ "Zomrela mladá operná speváčka Patrícia Burda Janečková (†25), prehrala boj so zákernou chorobou | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
31. ^ "Zomrela herečka Eva Rysová. Slováci si ju pamätajú z Búrlivého vína". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
32. ^ "Zomrel slovenský sochár Alexander Ilečko". Denník N (in Slovak). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
33. ^ "Zomrel niekdajší šéf generálnej prokuratúry Dobroslav Trnka". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
34. ^ "Zomrela bývalá ministerka školstva Martina Lubyová". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
35. ^ "Zomrela speváčka Barbara Haščáková. Odišla bez bolesti, reaguje rodina". ta3. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
36. ^ "Tomáš Janovic". Slovenské literárne centrum (in Slovak). 11 March 2019.
37. ^ "Rudolf Hruby dies". rtvs.sk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

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