2011 in Poland

Events during the year 2011 in Poland.

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Incumbents

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party	Notes
President	Bronisław Komorowski	Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform)
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk	Civic Platform
Marshal of the Sejm	Grzegorz Schetyna	Civic Platform	Until 8 November 2011
	Ewa Kopacz	Civic Platform	From 8 November 2011
Marshal of the Senate	Bogdan Borusewicz	Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform)

Elections

Bold indicates government parties.

2011 Polish parliamentary election

Party	Leader	Sejm			Senate
		Seats	Popular vote	Percentage	Seats
Civic Platform	Donald Tusk	207 / 460	5,629,773	39.18%	63 / 100
Law and Justice	Jarosław Kaczyński	157 / 460	4,295,016	29.89%	31 / 100
Palikot's Movement	Janusz Palikot	40 / 460	1,439,490	10.02%	0 / 100
Polish People's Party	Waldemar Pawlak	28 / 460	1,201,628	8.36%	2 / 100
Democratic Left Alliance	Grzegorz Napieralski	27 / 460	1,184,303	8.24%	0 / 100
German Minority		1 / 460	28,014	0.2%	0 / 100
Independents		N/A			4 / 100
Other	PJN, KNP, PPP, Prawica, NDP	0 / 460	591,279 (Total)	4.09% (Total)	0 / 100
Total and turnout		460	14,369,503	48.92%	100

Events

January

Baroque palace and park ensemble in Wolbórz in 2011

• 1 January – Five localities received town rights: Czyżew, Gościno, Nowe Brzesko, Pruchnik, and Wolbórz.^[1] For four it was a restoration of a previously lost town status.
• 9 January – The nineteenth finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.^[2]
• 10 January – A test HD version of TVP1 is launched, named TVP1 HD.
• 31 January – President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski signed a law introducing a 35 percent quota for electoral lists.

February

• 7 February – Warsaw summit of the Weimar Triangle.^[3]
• 19 February – Performance by the famous DJ Armin van Buuren in Poznań.
• 25 February – Abolition of the Property Commission of the Catholic Church.^[4]

March

• 1 March – The first time Poland celebrated a new national holiday: National Day of Remembrance "Soldiers accursed".
• 25 March – The Polish Sejm adopted a government proposal declining pension contributions transferred to open pension funds.^[5]

April

• 1 April – Start of the Polish Census 2011.^[6]
• 21 April – Skra Bełchatów won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the finals (see 2010–11 PlusLiga).
• 29 April – The court annulled the Walbrzych presidential election.^[7]

May

• 17 May – Sejm investigative committee for Christopher Olewnik adopted a report on its work.
• 23 May – Asseco Prokom Gdynia won their eighth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Turów Zgorzelec in the finals (see 2010–11 PLK season).

June

• 5 June – Rebranding of phone company Era to T-Mobile Poland.^[8]

Croatia v Greece match in the EuroBasket Women 2011 in Katowice, 19 June 2011

• 18 June–3 July – Poland hosts the EuroBasket Women 2011.
• 28 June – Łukasz Kamiński sworn in as president of the Institute of National Remembrance.

July

• 1 July – Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Hungary for a six-month term.^[9]
• 29 July – Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents 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, Bronisław Komorowski, officially announces the Parliamentary election date, set for 5 October 2011.
• 12 August – Four people have been killed and 30 people injured after a train derailed between Warsaw and Katowice in Poland.^[10]
• 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

• 2 October – Falubaz Zielona Góra won their sixth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Unia Leszno in the finals (see 2011 Polish speedway season).
• 9 October – Polish Parliamentary Elections, 2011.^[11]

Unknown date

A Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was set up in Swinoujscie.

Deaths

January

Krzysztof Kolberger

• 2 January – Cezary Kuleszyński, hurdler. (b. 1937)
• 7 January:
  • Krzysztof Kolberger, 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

Józef Życiński

• 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, Polish painter, illustrator, set designer (b. 1923)

March

Irena Kwiatkowska

• 3 March – Irena Kwiatkowska, 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, Polish actor (b. 1922)
• 26 March:
  • Roman Piętka, Polish priest, Archimandrite (b. 1937)
  • Paul Baran, American computer scientist of Polish descent (b. 1926)

April

Marian Pankowski

• 3 April:
  • Marian Pankowski, 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, Polish weightlifter, World and European champion, Olympic champion (b. 1935)

May

Małgorzata Dydek

• 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)^[12]
• 25 May:
  • Edward Żentara, Polish actor (b. 1956)
  • Marek Nawara, Polish politician (b. 1956)
• 27 May:
  • Małgorzata Dydek, 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

Jan Kułakowski

• 4 June – Jerzy Świątkiewicz, Polish lawyer (b. 1925)
• 6 June – Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (b. 1949)
• 13 June – Onil, 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

Kazimierz Świątek

• 12 July – Roman Stanisław Ingarden, mathematical physicist (b. 1920)
• 16 July:
  • Albin Małysiak, Polish cleric, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kraków (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, Polish Catholic spiritual, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1914)
• 23 July – Janusz Gniatkowski, Polish singer (b. 1928)

August

Andrzej Lepper

• 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, Polish Catholic cleric, Cardinal (b. 1924)
• 6 September:
  • Janusz 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, Polish film director, screenwriter (b. 1947)

See also

• 2011 in Polish television