2019 in Poland
Incumbents
- 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
January
- 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
April
- April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.[4]
- April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union[5]
May
- 23 May – 15 June – The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place
July
- 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, ultra 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Births
Deaths
January
- 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965.[2]
February
- 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)[9]
August
- August 6 – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)[11]
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References
- France-Presse, Agence (4 January 2019). "Five teenagers dead after fire in 'escape room' in Poland". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- "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, CNN, 21 July 2019
- Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda, New York Times, 27 July 2019
- "Poland's Catholic Church says country is under siege from a 'rainbow plague'". New York Post (August 2, 2019).
- Poland's former prime minister Olszewski dies at 88: state TV
- Jej "Drewniany różaniec" był wstrząsem. Zmarła Natalia Rolleczek (in Polish)
- Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102
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