2019 in Poland

Events of 2019 in Poland.

Incumbents

• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Andrzej Duda (independent, supported by Law and Justice)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Mateusz Morawiecki (Law and Justice)
• Marshal of the Sejm Ã¢Â€Â“ Marek Kuchciński (Law and Justice) (until 9 August), Elżbieta Witek (Law and Justice) (since 9 August)
• Marshal of the Senate Ã¢Â€Â“ Stanisław Karczewski (Law and Justice) (until 11 November), Tomasz Grodzki (Civic Platform) (since 12 November)

Events

January

• January 1 — Town rights were restored to ten localities: Koszyce, Lubowidz, Nowa Słupia, Nowy Korczyn, Oleśnica, Opatowiec, Pacanów, Pierzchnica, Szydłów, and Wielbark.
• January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire
• January 13 – Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdańsk, is stabbed during a live charity event in Gdańsk by a former inmate, who was released from prison a month prior to the assassination. Adamowicz dies the following day from his injuries, at the age of 53.

March

• March – the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".

April

• April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.
• April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union
• April 22 — Pruchnik was condemned by the World Jewish Congress for doing the Burning of Judas.

May

• 23 May – 15 June – The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place

June

• 14 June – Anwil Włocławek won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Polski Cukier Toruń in the finals (see 2018–19 PLK season).

July

• 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others. The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

August

• August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw uprising.

October

• 13 October: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government wins Reelection, with an increased popular vote of 43%, the highest vote share by any party since Poland returned to democracy in 1989.

September

• 22 September: Unia Leszno won their 17th Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Sparta Wrocław in the finals (see 2019 Polish speedway season).

November

• 24 November: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is held in Gliwice. Poland's representative, Viki Gabor, also wins the event, making Poland the first country to win the competition twice in a row and the first host nation to win.

December

• 20 December: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government passes the Polish Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber law

Holidays

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 6 January - Epiphany
• 21 April - Easter Sunday
• 22 April - Easter Monday
• 1 May - May Day
• 3 May - 3 May Constitution Day
• 9 Jun - Whit Sunday
• 20 June - Corpus Christi
• 15 August - Assumption Day
• 1 November - All Saints' Day

• 11 November - Independence Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas

Births

Deaths

January

• 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).

February

• 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)

• 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)

March

• 23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)

April

• 17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)

June

• 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943)
• 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)

July

• 8 July – , writer (b. 1919)
• 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)

August

• 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)
• 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)

September

• 18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924)
• 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)

October

• 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

References