2011 in Poland

Events during the year 2011 in Poland.

Incumbents

Elections

Bold indicates government parties.

Events

January

• 1 January – Five localities received town rights: Czyżew, Gościno, Nowe Brzesko, Pruchnik, and Wolbórz. For four it was a restoration of a previously lost town status.
• 9 January – The nineteenth finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
• 10 January – A test HD version of TVP1 is launched, named TVP1 HD.
• 31 January – President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski signed a law introducing a 35 percent quota for electoral lists.

February

• 7 February – Warsaw summit of the Weimar Triangle.
• 19 February – Performance by the famous DJ Armin van Buuren in Poznań.
• 25 February – Abolition of the Property Commission of the Catholic Church.

March

• 1 March – The first time Poland celebrated a new national holiday: National Day of Remembrance "Soldiers accursed".
• 25 March – The Polish Sejm adopted a government proposal declining pension contributions transferred to open pension funds.

April

• 1 April – Start of the Polish Census 2011.
• 21 April – Skra Bełchatów won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the finals (see 2010–11 PlusLiga).
• 29 April – The court annulled the Wałbrzych presidential election.

May

• 17 May – Sejm investigative committee for Christopher Olewnik adopted a report on its work.
• 23 May – Asseco Prokom Gdynia won their eighth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Turów Zgorzelec in the finals (see 2010–11 PLK season).

June

• 5 June – Rebranding of phone company Era to T-Mobile Poland.

• 18 June–3 July – Poland hosts the EuroBasket Women 2011.
• 28 June – Łukasz Kamiński sworn in as president of the Institute of National Remembrance.

July

• 1 July – Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Hungary for a six-month term.
• 29 July – Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents of the Polish Civil Aviation Authority announced a report on the causes of the Smolensk catastrophe on 10 April 2010.

August

• 1 August – "The Law of 5 January 2011 - Election Code" comes into force.
• 4 August – The Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski, officially announces the Parliamentary election date, set for 5 October 2011.
• 12 August – Four people have been killed and 30 people injured after a train derailed between Warsaw and Katowice in Poland.
• 18 August – The Gdynia District Court acquitted Adam Darski, the leader of death metal band Behemoth, accused of insulting religious feelings.

September

• 3 September – Opening of the Polish National Stadium (Earlier called: Stadium of the Decade)
• 8–9 September – Tenth Jubilee International Ignatius Reimann Festival in Krosnowice.

October

• 2 October – Falubaz Zielona Góra won their sixth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Unia Leszno in the finals (see 2011 Polish speedway season).
• 9 October – Polish Parliamentary Elections, 2011.

Unknown date

A Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was set up in Swinoujscie.

Deaths

January

• 2 January – Cezary Kuleszyński, hurdler. (b. 1937)
• 7 January:
• Krzysztof Kolberger, Polish actor. (b. 1950)
• Włodzimierz Ławniczak, Polish journalist (b. 1959)
• 9 January – Jerzy Woźniak, Polish soccer player, Polish representative (b. 1932)
• 14 January – Zdzisław Szczotkowski, Polish lector (b. 1945)
• 23 January – Tomasz Wełnicki, Polish journalist, politician (b. 1957)
• 24 January – Włodzimierz Kłopocki, Polish actor (b. 1934)
• 25 January – Andrzej Szypulski, Polish screenwriter and novelist (b. 1936)
• 27 January – Jan Baszkiewicz, Polish lawyer, historian, political scientist (b. 1930)

February

• 1 February – Stanisław Michalski, Polish actor (b. 1932)
• 4 February – Janusz Pezda, Polish politician and governor of Jelenia Góra (b. 1943)
• 6 February:
• Jerzy Banaśkiewicz – Polish Catholic cleric, poet (b. 1937)
• Magdalena Tesławska – Polish film and theatre costume designer (b. 1945)
• 9 February:
• Andrzej Przybielski, Polish jazz trumpeter (b. 1944)
• Janusz Maciejewski, Polish philologist, literary critic (b. 1930)
• 10 February:
• Józef Å»yciński, Polish Catholic cleric, Archbishop of Lublin (b. 1948)
• Antoni Halor, Polish film and theatre director, artist literary (b. 1937)
• 15 February:
• Sławomir Radoń, Polish historian, General Director of State Archives (b. 1957)
• Karin Stanek, Polish singer, lead singer of the band Czerwono-Czarni (b. 1946)
• 21 February – Jerzy Nowosielski, Polish painter, illustrator, set designer (b. 1923)

March

• 3 March – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actor (b. 1912)
• 4 March – Lucyna Legut, Polish actor (b. 1926)
• 19 March – Anna Kajtochowa, Polish writer, novelist, journalist (b. 1928)
• 23 March – Antoni Jurasz, Polish actor (b. 1922)
• 26 March:
• Roman Piętka, Polish priest, Archimandrite (b. 1937)
• Paul Baran, American computer scientist of Polish descent (b. 1926)

April

• 3 April:
• Marian Pankowski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
• Andrzej Butruk, Polish actor, lector, satirist (b. 1964)
• 16 April:
• Henryk Zomerski, Polish bass guitarist (b. 1942)
• Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Polish ski jumper (b. 1946)
• 18 April – Andrzej Piszczatowski, Polish actor (b. 1945)
• 20 April – Halina Skibniewska, Polish architect, politician, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm (b. 1921)
• 25 April – Ryszard Nawrocki, Polish actor (b. 1940)
• 27 April – Zdzisław Rutecki, Polish speedway, speedway sports coach (b. 1960)
• 29 April – Waldemar Baszanowski, Polish weightlifter, World and European champion, Olympic champion (b. 1935)

May

• 12 May – Piotr Å»yżelewicz, Polish drummer, member of the teams: Armia, Izrael, Voo Voo and 2Tm2, 3 (b. 1965)
• 15 May – Krystyna Dmochowska, Polish actor (b. 1956)
• 17 May – Ewa Szumańska, Polish writer, reporter, satirist (b. 1921)
• 18 May – Włada Majewska, Polish radio journalist, actress, singer (b. 1911)
• 25 May:
• Edward Å»entara, Polish actor (b. 1956)
• Marek Nawara, Polish politician (b. 1956)
• 27 May:
• Małgorzata Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
• Jacek Puchała, Polish surgeon (b. 1956)
• 29 May – Krystyna Skuszanka, Polish theatre director and principal of theatres (b. 1924)

June

• 4 June – Jerzy Świątkiewicz, Polish lawyer (b. 1925)
• 6 June – Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (b. 1949)
• 13 June – Onil, Polish rapper (b. 1980)
• 18 June – Marek Szufa, Polish pilot, vice-champion in gliding Aerobatic Flying (b. 1954)
• 25 June – Jan Kułakowski, Polish politician and trade-unionist (b. 1930)
• 27 June – Maciej Zembaty, Polish poet, translator, musician, satirist (b. 1944)
• 30 June – Tadeusz Skutnik, Polish journalist and poet (b. 1947)

July

• 12 July – Roman Stanisław Ingarden, mathematical physicist (b. 1920)
• 16 July:
• Albin Małysiak, Polish cleric, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kraków (b. 1917)
• Kazimierz Neumann, Polish rower (b. 1933)
• 20 July – Rafał Balcewicz, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1987)
• 21 July:
• Andrzej Zalewski, Polish radio journalist (b. 1924)
• Kazimierz Świątek, Polish Catholic spiritual, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1914)
• 23 July – Janusz Gniatkowski, Polish singer (b. 1928)

August

• 5 August – Andrzej Lepper, Polish unionist, politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1954)
• 6 August – Roman Opałka, Polish painter and graphic artist (b. 1931)
• 13 August – Jerzy Masztaler, Polish football coach (b. 1946)
• 19 August – Janusz Kierzkowski, Polish track cyclist (b. 1947)
• 21 August – Maria Kornatowska, Polish film critic, essayist, lecturer at the Łódź Film School (b. 1943)
• 22 August – Andrzej Urbanowicz, Polish painter and visual artist (b. 1938)

September

• 3 September – Andrzej Maria Deskur, Polish Catholic cleric, Cardinal (b. 1924)
• 6 September:
• Janusz Morgenstern, Polish film director (b. 1922)
• Damian Szojda, Polish Franciscan, an interpreter the Bible (b. 1932)
• 15 September – Regina Smendzianka, Polish pianist and pedagogue (b. 1924)
• 16 September – Maria Sawicka, Polish social activist, lawyer (b. 1923)
• 17 September:
• Magda Teresa Wójcik, Polish actress, film director (b. 1934)
• Tomasz Zygadło, Polish film director, screenwriter (b. 1947)

See also

• 2011 in Polish television

References