2019 in Poland
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Incumbents[edit]
- President – Andrzej Duda (independent, supported by Law and Justice)
- Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki (Law and Justice)
- Marshal of the Sejm – Marek Kuchciński (Law and Justice) (until 9 August), Elżbieta Witek (Law and Justice) (since 9 August)
- Marshal of the Senate – Stanisław Karczewski (Law and Justice) (until 11 November), Tomasz Grodzki (since 12 November)
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire[1]
- 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.[2]
March[edit]
April[edit]
- April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.[4]
- April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union[5]
May[edit]
- 23 May – 15 June – The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place
July[edit]
- 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others.[6] The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.[7]
August[edit]
- August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw uprising.[8]
October[edit]
- 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.
November[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 20 December: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government passes the Polish Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber law
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).[2]
February[edit]
- 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)[9]
- 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)[10]
March[edit]
- 23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)[9]
April[edit]
- 17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)[11]
June[edit]
- 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943)[9]
- 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)[9]
July[edit]
- 8 July – Natalia Rolleczek, writer (b. 1919)[12]
- 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)[9]
August[edit]
- 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)[13]
- 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)[9]
September[edit]
- 18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924)[9]
- 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)[9]
October[edit]
- 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931)[9]
- 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)[9]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Five teenagers dead after fire in 'escape room' in Poland". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Stabbed Polish mayor dies in hospital". BBC. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Goclowski, Marcin; Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Anna (21 May 2019). "Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign". Reuters.
- ^ Harry Potter books burned by Polish priests alarmed by magic, BBC News, April 1, 2019, retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ Sieradzka, Monika (8 April 2019). "Polish teachers go on strike over wages in dispute with government". DW. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Polish city holds first LGBTQ pride parade despite far-right violence Archived 2020-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, 21 July 2019
- ^ Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, 27 July 2019
- ^ "Poland's Catholic Church says country is under siege from a 'rainbow plague'". New York Post. No. August 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "In Memoriam: Cultural Figures Who Passed Away in 2019". culture.pl. December 30, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "Poland's former prime minister Olszewski dies at 88: state TV". Reuters. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ^ "Ryszard Kaja, grafik i malarz, nie żyje. "Wódka, cerata i śledzik to esencja Polski" - mówił autor słynnej serii plakatów z polskimi miastami". wyborcza.pl. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Jej "Drewniany różaniec" był wstrząsem. Zmarła Natalia Rolleczek". TVN24. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
- ^ "Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
