2019 in Poland

Incumbents

• President – Andrzej Duda
• Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki
• Marshal of the Sejm – Marek Kuchciński , Elżbieta Witek
• Marshal of the Senate – Stanisław Karczewski , Tomasz Grodzki

  Events

January

• January 4 - Koszalin escape room fire
• 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.

  March

• March - the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".

  April

• April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.
• April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union

  May

• 23 May – 15 June - The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place

  July

• 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, ultra football fans, and others. The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

  August

• August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw uprising.

  October

• 13 October: The governing Law and Justice 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

• 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.

  Births

Deaths

January

• 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965.

  February

• 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland

  July

• July 8 –, writer.

  August

• August 6 – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian