2014 in Poland

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Poland.

← 2013 2012 2011 2014 in Poland → 2015 2016 2017
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2014 Timeline of Polish history

Incumbents

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party	Notes
President	Bronisław Komorowski	Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform)
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk	Civic Platform	Until 22 September 2014
	Ewa Kopacz	Civic Platform	From 22 September 2014
Marshal of the Sejm	Ewa Kopacz	Civic Platform	Until 22 September 2014
	Jerzy Wenderlich	Democratic Left Alliance	22 September 2014 - 24 September 2014 (Acting)
	Radosław Sikorski	Civic Platform	From 24 September 2014
Marshal of the Senate	Bogdan Borusewicz	Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform)

Elections

European election, 2014

National party	European party	Leader	Popular vote	Percentage	Seats
Civic Platform	EPP	Donald Tusk	2,271,215	32.13%	19 / 51
Law and Justice	ECR	Jarosław Kaczyński	2,246,870	31.78%	19 / 51
Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union	PES	Leszek Miller	667,319	9.44%	5 / 51
Congress of the New Right	None	Janusz Korwin-Mikke	505,586	7.15%	4 / 51
Polish People's Party	EPP	Waldemar Pawlak	480,846	6.8%	4 / 51
Other	Varies	Varies	897,488 (Total)	12.7% (Total)	0 / 51
Total and turnout			7,502,336	23.83%	51

Events

May

• 25 May
  • 2014 European Parliament election in Poland
  • 2014 Kraków referendum

June

• 14 June - Beginning of Polish bugging affair (pl)

August

• 19 August - The second Polish scientific satellite, Heweliusz, is launched.

September

• 15 September - Ewa Kopacz becomes Poland's second female prime minister.^[1]

December

• 10 December - The Constitutional Court overturns the 2013 ban on ritual slaughter of animals.^[2]

Deaths

• 10 January - Zbigniew Messner, Communist politician (born 1929)
• 25 May - Wojciech Jaruzelski, former Communist leader of Poland (born 1923)
• 22 June - Grzegorz Knapp, motorcycle racer (born 1979)
• 24 December - Krzysztof Krauze, film director (born 1953)
• 26 December - Stanisław Barańczak, poet (born 1946)
• 30 December - Marian Jurczyk, Solidarność activist (born 1935)

See also

• 2014 in Polish television