Events during the year 2005 in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Incumbents

Events

* 9 and 23 October –

2005 Polish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Poland on 9 October and 23 October 2005. The outgoing President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, had served two five-year terms and was unable to stand for a third term. Lech Kaczyński defeated Donald Tusk t ...

Deaths

* 11 January –

Jerzy Pawłowski Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (25 October 1932 – 11 January 2005) was a Polish fencing, fencer and double agent. Life While a major in the Polish Army, Pawłowski won the gold medal in the individual saber event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in ...

, fencer and double agent (born 1932). * 20 January – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, journalist, writer, politician and social worker (born 1914) * 25 January –

Stanisław Albinowski Stanisław Józef Albinowski (20 July 1923, Lwów – 25 January 2005, Warsaw) was a Polish economist, columnist and journalist on economics. He was born in Lwów, Poland. During World War II he was a forced labourer for German companies in Na ...

, economist (born 1923) * 21 February –

Zdzisław Beksiński Zdzisław Beksiński (; 24 February 192921 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a Go ...

painter, photographer and sculptor (born 1929) * 17 March –

Czesław Słania Czesław Słania (22 October 1921 Czeladź; 17 March 2005 Kraków) was a Polish-born postage stamp and banknote engraver, living in Sweden from 1956. According to the ''Guinness Book of World Records'', Słania was the most skilled and prolifi ...

, engraver (born 1921) * 3 April –

Aleksy Antkiewicz Aleksy Antkiewicz (12 November 1923 – 3 April 2005) was a Polish boxer. He won two Olympic medals for Poland: bronze in London 1948 in featherweight division (which was the only Polish medal at those Olympic Games and the first me ...

, boxer (born 1923). * 17 April – Marian Sawa, composer (born 1937) * 12 May –

Zdzisław Gierwatowski Zdzisław Gierwatowski (March 31, 1920 in Warsaw – May 12, 2005) was a Polish footballer. Having originated with Polonia Warsaw, he started his career in the 1938-39 season. He was a left-sided defender with one of the most acclaimed playing s ...

, footballer (born 1920) * 14 May –

Józef Gąsienica Józef Gąsienica (23 March 1941 in Zakopane – 14 May 2005 in Zakopane) was a Polish nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was sixth in the Nordic combined event at Grenob ...

, Nordic combined skier (born 1941). * 26 May – Krzysztof Nowak, footballer (born 1975) * 30 May – Tomasz Pacyński, fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1958) * 26 June –

Filip Adwent Filip Stanisław Adwent (31 August 1955 – 26 June 2005) was a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Pomeranian Voivodship. He was born in Strasbourg. He ran as a candidate from the League of Polish Families , and sat ...

, politician (born 1955) * 20 August –

Romuald Grabczewski Romuald Grabczewski (7 February 1932 – 20 August 2005) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1968. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1972. Chess career In 1950 Grabczewski won bronze medal ...

, chess player (born 1932) * 31 August – Joseph Rotblat, physicist (born 1908) * 16 September –

Arkadiusz Gołaś Arkadiusz Gołaś (10 May 1981 – 16 September 2005) was a Polish volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 2001–2005, participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004). Personal life He married Agnieszka (née D ...

, volleyball player (born 1981). * 24 September –

Daniel Podrzycki Daniel Tomasz Podrzycki (; 14 June 1963 – 24 September 2005) was a Polish socialist politician. Podrzycki was born in Siemianowice Śląskie. His career began from participation in the activity of illegal students' circles of Warsaw, which ...

, politician (born 1963) * 13 October –

Marian Zieliński Marian Zieliński (24 December 1929 – 13 October 2005) was a Polish weightlifter. He competed at the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won bronze medals in 1956, 1964 and 1968, placing fourth in 1960. He held the world and European titles ...

, weightlifter (born 1929). * 17 November –

Marek Perepeczko Marek Perepeczko (3 April 1942 – 17 November 2005Data śmierci według poprawionej informacji żony Agnieszki Fitkau-Perepeczko. TVN ''Rozmowy w toku'', 2007.01.25.) was a popular Polish movie and theatrical actor. Between 1960 and 1961, he a ...

, actor (born 1942)

References

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