2017 in the Czech Republic

Incumbents

• President – Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka then Andrej Babiš

Popular events

• 22 January - Green Day themselves are coming back to the Czech Republic along with the new album and classic hits after seven years.
• 27 January - A Czech court rules in favour of a nursing school that banned a Somali refugee student from wearing a headscarf.
• 6 February - A Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans the Burka.
• 19 August - A famous English singer Robbie Williams performed in the open together with a legendary synthpop duo Erasure.
• 19 September - A Czech appeals court upholds a lower court ruling that went against the headscarf.

In popular culture

Sports

• 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

• 2 January - First episode of the television series Svět pod hlavou was aired.

Deaths

• 16 January - Jiří Navrátil, scout leader.
• 20 January - Naděžda Kavalírová, physician and human rights activist.
• 23 January - Jaroslav Vacek, Indologist.
• 27 January - Petr Kop, volleyball player and Olympian.
• 28 January - Lubomír Doležel, literary theorist.
• 7 February - Antonín Přidal, writer and translator.
• 11 February - Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer and actress.
• 14 February - Jiří Lanský, high jumper and Olympian.
• 16 February - Josef Augusta, ice hockey player and coach.
• 23 February - Ivo Svoboda, politician.
• 18 March - Miloslav Vlk, cardinal and Archbishop of Prague.
• 22 March -
• * Alexandr Kliment, writer.
• * Helena Štáchová, puppeteer.
• 26 March - Věra Špinarová, singer.
• 6 April - Libuše Havelková, actress.
• 18 April - Augustin Bubník, ice hockey player and Olympian.
• 23 April - František Rajtoral, footballer.
• 24 April -
• * František Brůna, handball player.
• * Dagmar Lerchová, figure skater and Olympian.
• 19 May - David Bystroň, footballer.
• 31 May - Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor.
• 2 June - Jaroslav Kořán, Mayor of Prague, translator.
• 15 June - Olbram Zoubek, sculptor.
• 25 June - Eduard Zeman, politician.
• 16 July - Eva Děpoltová, operatic soprano.
• 19 July - Karel Franta, painter.
• 22 July - František Ševčík, ice hockey player and Olympian.
• 25 July - Ivana Loudová, composer.
• 19 November – Jana Novotná, tennis player,.
• 2 December – Iva Ritschelová, economist,