2023 in Slovakia

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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]
* September 15 : The Slovak government ends the State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic declared on 11 March 2020.[5]
* September 30: 2023 Slovak parliamentary election: Slovaks go to the polls to elect 150 members of the National Council.[6]
* 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.[7]
* October 25: President Zuzana Čaputová inaugurates the Fico's Fourth Cabinet[8]
* November 21: The Fico's Fourth Cabinet passes the confidence vote in the parliament.[9]

## Deaths

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* 7 January: Miroslav Celler, 31, squash player.[10]
* 19 January Aranka Szentpétery, 89, actress [11]
* 23 January: Jozef Dravecký, 75, diplomat.[12]
* 1 February: Jozef Čapla, 84, ice hockey player (HC Slovan Bratislava, HC Dukla Jihlava, Augsburger EV).[13]
* 13 February Milan Hamada, 89, Literary critic.[14]
* 21 February Eva Siracká, 96, physician, president of the League Against Cancer [15]
* 31 March Stanislav Párnický, 77, movie director[16]
* 5 May Ján Vilikovský, 85, translator and diplomat, ambassador to the UK (1992–1996)[17]
* 23 May Alojz Tkáč, 89, Archbishop of Košice (1995–2010)[18]
* 24 May Dano Heriban, 43, Actor[19]
* 27 May Miroslav Belanský, 81, Minister of Agriculture (1989–91)[20]
* 29 May Etela Studeníková, 76, archeologist[21]
* 30 May Milka Zimková, 71, actress[22]
* 25 June Ján Zvonár, 72, MP (2006–10)[23]
* 31 July Dušan Velič, 56, chemist.[24]
* 8 August, Dušan Kaprálik, 75, actor[25]
* 19 August, Václav Patejdl, 68, musician[26]
* 28 August, Alojz Rakús, 76, Minister of Health (1990–1992), MP (1990–1992, 1998–2002)[27]
* 1 October, Patricia Janečková, 25, Opera singer[28]
* 12 October, Eva Rysová, 91, actress[29]
* 21 October, Alexander Ilečko, 86, sculptor[30]
* 25 October, Dobroslav Trnka, 59, lawyer, prosecutor general (2004–2011)[31]
* 20 November, Martina Lubyová, 56, Minister of Education (2017–2020)[32]
* 22 November, Barbara Haščáková, 43, singer[33]
* 14 December
* Tomáš Janovic, 86, writer [34]
* Rudolf Hrubý, 69, businessman and investor[35]

## 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. ^ "Mimoriadna situácia v súvislosti s COVID-19 sa skončí 15. septembra". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 13 September 2023.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ "Slovakia's ex-PM Fico poised to return to government". euronews. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
8. ^ "Prezidentka Zuzana Čaputová vymenovala ministrov, začala sa štvrtá vláda Roberta Fica". plus.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 8 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ "Venované pamiatke Mirka Cellera". Ministerstvo spravodlivosti SR (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
11. ^ "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.
12. ^ "Zomrel Jozef Dravecký / Od matematika a člena tajnej cirkvi až po veľvyslanca vo Vatikáne". www.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
13. ^ "Vo veku 84 rokov zomrel Jozef Čapla, bývalý obranca Slovana Bratislava" (in Slovak). 2023-02-01.
14. ^ Zomrel slovenský literárny teoretik, historik a kritik Milan Hamada - SME Minúta (in Slovak)
15. ^ "Vo veku 96 rokov zomrela lekárka a zakladateľka Ligy proti rakovine Eva Siracká - SME Minúta" (in Slovak).
16. ^ Vojteková, Zuzana Točíková. "OBITUARY: Slovak Director Stanislav Párnický - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
17. ^ "Vo veku 85 rokov zomrel prvý veľvyslanec v Británii Vilikovský". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
18. ^ "Zomrel emeritný košický arcibiskup Alojz Tkáč". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
19. ^ "Zomrel známy slovenský herec Daniel Heriban". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
20. ^ "Odišiel poľnohospodár profesionál a srdciar. Svoju prácu miloval". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
21. ^ "Opustila nás archeologička a kolegyňa Etela Studeníková – Archeologický ústav SAV" (in Slovak). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
22. ^ "Zomrela legendárna Milka Zimková. Mala 71 rokov". rtvs.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
23. ^ "SMUTNÁ SPRÁVA Zomrel POSLANEC parlamentu, významný lekár a PROFESOR". Regióny.zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
24. ^ Tomečková, Nicol (31 July 2023). "Pri tragickej nehode zomrel bývalý štátny tajomník". Správy RTVS (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
25. ^ "Vo veku 75 rokov zomrel herec, režisér a". Denník N (in Slovak). 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
26. ^ "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.
27. ^ "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.
28. ^ "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.
29. ^ "Zomrela herečka Eva Rysová. Slováci si ju pamätajú z Búrlivého vína". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
30. ^ "Zomrel slovenský sochár Alexander Ilečko". Denník N (in Slovak). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
31. ^ "Zomrel niekdajší šéf generálnej prokuratúry Dobroslav Trnka". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
32. ^ "Zomrela bývalá ministerka školstva Martina Lubyová". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
33. ^ "Zomrela speváčka Barbara Haščáková. Odišla bez bolesti, reaguje rodina". ta3. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
34. ^ "Tomáš Janovic". Slovenské literárne centrum (in Slovak). 11 March 2019.
35. ^ "Rudolf Hruby dies". rtvs.sk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

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