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 (Civic Platform) (since 12 November)
Events
[edit]January
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- January 1 — Town rights were restored to ten localities: Koszyce, Lubowidz, Nowa Słupia, Nowy Korczyn, Oleśnica, Opatowiec, Pacanów, Pierzchnica, Szydłów, and Wielbark.[1]
- January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire[2]
- 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.[3]
March
[edit]April
[edit]- April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.[5]
- April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union[6]
- April 22 — Pruchnik was condemned by the World Jewish Congress for doing the Burning of Judas.[7][8][9][10][11]
May
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- 23 May – 15 June – The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place
June
[edit]- 14 June – Anwil Włocławek won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Polski Cukier Toruń in the finals (see 2018–19 PLK season).
July
[edit]- 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others.[12] The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.[13]
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.[14]
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
Holidays
[edit]Source:[15]
- 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
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- 11 November - Independence Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).[3]
February
[edit]- 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)[16]
March
[edit]- 23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)[16]
April
[edit]- 17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)[18]
June
[edit]- 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943)[16]
- 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)[16]
July
[edit]- 8 July – Natalia Rolleczek, writer (b. 1919)[19]
- 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)[16]
August
[edit]- 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)[20]
- 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)[16]
September
[edit]- 18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924)[16]
- 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)[16]
October
[edit]- 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931)[16]
- 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)[16]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "10 nowych miast w Polsce od 2019 roku" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019.
- ^ 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 Judas ritual 'anti-Semitic' - Jewish congress". BBC News. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Jewish congress condemns revival of folk tradition in Poland as anti-Semitic". Reuters. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ Noack, Rick (2019-04-23). "Children beat effigy of Judas in Poland, amid persistence of 'medieval anti-Semitism'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Jewish group slams revival of anti-Semitic tradition – DW – 04/22/2019". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ Paton, Callum (2019-04-23). "Town Marks Easter With 'Idiotic' anti-Semitic Effigy". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Poland Public Holidays 2019". Public Holidays Global. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ 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.