Events during the year 2011 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 populou ...
.
Incumbents
Elections
Bold indicates government parties.
Events
January
* 1 January – 5 places:
Wolbórz
Wolbórz is a town in Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Wolbórz. It lies along National road 8, approximately north-east of Piotrków Trybunalski and ...
,
Nowe Brzesko
Nowe Brzesko is a town in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nowe Brzesko. It lies approximately south-east of Proszowice and east of the regiona ...
,
Pruchnik
Pruchnik () is a rural town in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Pruchnik. It lies approximately south-west of Jarosław and east of the regional cap ...
,
Czyżew
Czyżew is a town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The wor ...
and
Gościno
Gościno (; ; formerly german: Groß Jestin) is a small town in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gościno. It lies in Pomerania, approxima ...
received
city rights.
* 9 January – The nineteenth finale of the
Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (GOCC, Polish ''Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy'', WOŚP) is the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organization in Poland raising money for pediatric and elderly care. The GOCC Foundatio ...
.
* 10 January – A test
HD version of
TVP1
TVP1 (TVP Jeden, ''Program I Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Jedynka"'') is the main public television channel of TVP (Telewizja Polska S.A.), Poland's national television broadcaster. It was the first Polish channel to be broadcast and remains one ...
is launched, named
TVP1 HD.
* 31 January –
President of Poland
The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Pola ...
Bronislaw Komorowski signed a law introducing a 35 percent quota for
electoral lists.
February
* 7 February –
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
summit of the
Weimar Triangle.
* 19 February – Performance by the famous DJ
Armin van Buuren in
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
.
* 25 February – Abolition of the Property Commission of the
Catholic Church
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.
March
* 1 March – The first time
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 populou ...
celebrated a new national holiday: National Day of Remembrance "Soldiers accursed".
* 25 March – The
Polish Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...
adopted a government proposal declining pension contributions transferred to open pension funds.
April
* 1 April – Start of the Polish Census 2011.
* 29 April – The court annulled the
Walbrzych presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The pre ...
.
May
* 17 May –
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
investigative committee for Christopher Olewnik adopted a report on its work.
June
* 5 June –
Rebranding of
phone company
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Era to
T-Mobile Poland
T-Mobile Polska S.A. is a Polish mobile phone network operator. The company was formerly named Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (''lit.'' "Polish Digital Telephony") and operated under the name Era, until being rebranded as T-Mobile on 5 June 2011. As in ...
.
* 28 June –
Lukasz Kaminski sworn in as president of the
Institute of National Remembrance
The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ( pl, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state resea ...
.
July
* 1 July –
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 populou ...
takes over the
Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The presidency of the Council of the European Union is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the European Union, which is the co-legislator of the EU legislature alongside the European Parliament. It rotates among the member state ...
from
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
for a six-month term.
* 29 July –
Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents
The Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents ( pl, Komisja Badania Wypadków Lotniczych Lotnictwa Państwowego; KBWLLP) is the aviation accidents and incidents, aircraft accident investigation agency of Poland regarding state and ...
of the Polish
Civil Aviation Authority announced a report on the causes of the
Smolensk catastrophe on 10 April 2010.
August
* 1 August – "The Law of 5 January 2011 - Election Code" comes into force.
* 4 August – The
Polish President
The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Polan ...
,
Bronislaw Komorowski, officially announces the
Parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
date, set for 5 October 2011.
* 12 August – Four people have been killed and 30 people injured after a train derailed between
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
and
Katowice 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 populou ...
.
* 18 August – The Gdynia District Court acquitted Adam Darski, the leader of death metal band Behemoth, accused of
insulting religious feelings.
September
* 3 September – Opening of the Polish National Stadium (Earlier called: Stadium of the Decade)
* 8–9 September – Tenth Jubilee International Ignatius Reimann Festival in
Krosnowice.
October
* 9 October –
Polish Parliamentary Elections, 2011.[termin obliczony zgodnie z art. 98 Konstytucji RP]
Unknown date
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Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the vol ...
(
LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...
) plant was set up in
Swinoujscie.
Deaths
January
* 2 January –
Cezary Kuleszyński, hurdler. (b. 1937)
* 7 January:
**
Krzysztof Kolberger
Krzysztof Marek Kolberger (13 August 1950 – 7 January 2011) was a Polish actor and theatre director. His father's surname was changed from Kohlberger in the 1950s. He had a daughter, actress Julia Kolberger, with ex-wife Anna Romantowska.
...
, Polish actor. (b. 1950)
**
Włodzimierz Ławniczak, Polish journalist (b. 1959)
* 9 January –
Jerzy Woźniak, Polish soccer player, Polish representative (b. 1932)
* 14 January – Zdzisław Szczotkowski, Polish lector (b. 1945)
* 23 January – Tomasz Wełnicki, Polish journalist, politician (b. 1957)
* 24 January – Włodzimierz Kłopocki, Polish actor (b. 1934)
* 25 January – Andrzej Szypulski, Polish screenwriter and novelist (b. 1936)
* 27 January – Jan Baszkiewicz, Polish lawyer, historian, political scientist (b. 1930)
February
* 1 February –
Stanisław Michalski, Polish actor (b. 1932)
* 4 February – Janusz Pezda, Polish politician and governor of Jelenia Góra (b. 1943)
* 6 February:
** Jerzy Banaśkiewicz – Polish Catholic cleric, poet (b. 1937)
** Magdalena Tesławska – Polish film and theatre costume designer (b. 1945)
* 9 February:
** Andrzej Przybielski, Polish jazz trumpeter (b. 1944)
** Janusz Maciejewski, Polish philologist, literary critic (b. 1930)
* 10 February:
**
Józef Życiński, Polish Catholic cleric, Archbishop of Lublin (b. 1948)
** Antoni Halor, Polish film and theatre director, artist literary (b. 1937)
* 15 February:
** Sławomir Radoń, Polish historian, General Director of State Archives (b. 1957)
** Karin Stanek, Polish singer, lead singer of the band Czerwono-Czarni (b. 1946)
* 21 February –
Jerzy Nowosielski
Jerzy Nowosielski (January 7, 1923 – February 21, 2011) was a Kraków-born Polish painter, graphic artist, scenographer, and illustrator.
He was well known for his religious compositions ( wall paintings, iconostases, polychromies) in th ...
, Polish painter, illustrator, set designer (b. 1923)
March
* 3 March –
Irena Kwiatkowska
Irena Kwiatkowska (17 September 19123 March 2011) was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in (mostly comedy) movies and television shows.
Life
Kwiatkowska graduated from th ...
, Polish actor (b. 1912)
* 4 March – Lucyna Legut, Polish actor (b. 1926)
* 19 March – Anna Kajtochowa, Polish writer, novelist, journalist (b. 1928)
* 23 March –
Antoni Jurasz
Antoni Stanisław Jurasz (24 November 1847 – 12 August 1923) was a Polish laryngologist who was a native of Spławie ( Posen). He spent most of his life living and working in what was then the German Empire. He was the father of surgeon Anton ...
, Polish actor (b. 1922)
* 26 March:
** Roman Piętka, Polish priest, Archimandrite (b. 1937)
**
Paul Baran
Paul Baran (born Pesach Baran ; April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dom ...
, American computer scientist of Polish descent (b. 1926)
April
* 3 April:
**
Marian Pankowski
Marian Pankowski (9 November 1919 – 3 April 2011) was a Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator.
Pankowski was born in Sanok. He was a member of the Polish resistance during World War II, and a prisoner in the Nazi concentratio ...
, Polish writer (b. 1919)
** Andrzej Butruk, Polish actor, lector, satirist (b. 1964)
* 16 April:
** Henryk Zomerski, Polish bass guitarist (b. 1942)
** Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Polish ski jumper (b. 1946)
* 18 April – Andrzej Piszczatowski, Polish actor (b. 1945)
* 20 April – Halina Skibniewska, Polish architect, politician, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm (b. 1921)
* 25 April – Ryszard Nawrocki, Polish actor (b. 1940)
* 27 April – Zdzisław Rutecki, Polish speedway, speedway sports coach (b. 1960)
* 29 April –
Waldemar Baszanowski
Waldemar Romuald Baszanowski (15 August 1935 – 29 April 2011) was a Polish lightweight (-67.5 kg) weightlifter. In 1969, he was chosen the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year.
Biography
Baszanowski was born in Grudziądz on 15 August 1 ...
, Polish weightlifter, World and European champion, Olympic champion (b. 1935)
May
* 12 May –
Piotr Żyżelewicz, Polish drummer, member of the teams: Armia, Izrael, Voo Voo and 2Tm2, 3 (b. 1965)
* 15 May – Krystyna Dmochowska, Polish actor (b. 1956)
* 17 May – Ewa Szumańska, Polish writer, reporter, satirist (b. 1921)
* 18 May – Włada Majewska, Polish radio journalist, actress, singer (b. 1911)
* 25 May:
**
Edward Żentara, Polish actor (b. 1956)
** Marek Nawara, Polish politician (b. 1956)
* 27 May:
**
Małgorzata Dydek
Małgorzata Dydek (known as Margo Dydek in the United States, 28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011) was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Sh ...
, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
** Jacek Puchała, Polish surgeon (b. 1956)
* 29 May – Krystyna Skuszanka, Polish theatre director and principal of theatres (b. 1924)
June
* 4 June – Jerzy Świątkiewicz, Polish lawyer (b. 1925)
* 6 June –
Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (b. 1949)
* 13 June –
Onil
Onil (, ) is a town located in the comarca of L'Alcoià, in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 48.41 km2 and, according to the 2006 census, a total population of 7466 inhabitants and a population density of 154.22 inhabitants ...
, Polish rapper (b. 1980)
* 18 June – Marek Szufa, Polish pilot, vice-champion in gliding Aerobatic Flying (b. 1954)
* 25 June –
Jan Kułakowski, Polish politician and trade-unionist (b. 1930)
* 27 June –
Maciej Zembaty, Polish poet, translator, musician, satirist (b. 1944)
* 30 June – Tadeusz Skutnik, Polish journalist and poet (b. 1947)
July
* 12 July –
Roman Stanisław Ingarden
Roman Stanisław Ingarden (1 October 1920 in Zakopane – 12 July 2011 in Kraków) was a Polish physicist, specialised mainly in optics and statistical mechanics, son of the Polish philosopher Roman Witold Ingarden.
In 1938 he began his physi ...
, mathematical physicist (b. 1920)
* 16 July:
**
Albin Małysiak, Polish cleric, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Kraków
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
(b. 1917)
** Kazimierz Neumann, Polish rower (b. 1933)
* 20 July – Rafał Balcewicz, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1987)
* 21 July:
** Andrzej Zalewski, Polish radio journalist (b. 1924)
**
Kazimierz Świątek
Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek ( be, Казімір Свёнтак, translit=Kazimir Sviontak; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold ...
, Polish Catholic spiritual, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1914)
* 23 July – Janusz Gniatkowski, Polish singer (b. 1928)
August
* 5 August –
Andrzej Lepper, Polish unionist, politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1954)
* 6 August –
Roman Opałka, Polish painter and graphic artist (b. 1931)
* 13 August – Jerzy Masztaler, Polish football coach (b. 1946)
* 19 August – Janusz Kierzkowski, Polish track cyclist (b. 1947)
* 21 August – Maria Kornatowska, Polish film critic, essayist, lecturer at the Łódź Film School (b. 1943)
* 22 August – Andrzej Urbanowicz, Polish painter and visual artist (b. 1938)
September
* 3 September –
Andrzej Maria Deskur
Andrzej Maria Deskur (29 February 1924 – 3 September 2011) was President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Catholic Church.Prokop, Krzysztof Rafał, in Salvador MirandaTh ...
, Polish Catholic cleric, Cardinal (b. 1924)
* 6 September:
**
Janusz Morgenstern
Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern (16 November 1922 – 6 September 2011) was a Polish film director and producer.
Janusz Morgenstern was born in 1922 to a Jewish family in the town of Mikulińce, Poland (now Mykulyntsi, Ukraine), to Dawid Morgenstern ...
, Polish film director (b. 1922)
** Damian Szojda, Polish Franciscan, an interpreter the Bible (b. 1932)
* 15 September –
Regina Smendzianka, Polish pianist and pedagogue (b. 1924)
* 16 September – Maria Sawicka, Polish social activist, lawyer (b. 1923)
* 17 September:
** Magda Teresa Wójcik, Polish actress, film director (b. 1934)
**
Tomasz Zygadło
Tomasz Zygadło (23 December 1947 – 17 September 2011) was a Polish film director. He directed 26 films between 1967 and 1997. His 1980 film '' The Moth'' was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival
The 12th Moscow Int ...
, Polish film director, screenwriter (b. 1947)
See also
*
2011 in Polish television
This is a list of Polish television related events from 2011.
Events
*6 March - Launch of X Factor (Polish TV series), the Polish version of ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''.
*5 June - Gienek Loska wins X Factor (Poland series 1), th ...
References
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