2011 in Poland

Elections Bold indicates government parties. == Events ==

January palace and park ensemble in Wolbórz in 2011 • 1 January – Five localities received town rights: Czyżew, Gościno, Nowe Brzesko, Pruchnik, and Wolbórz. For four it was a restoration of a previously lost town status. • 9 January – The nineteenth finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. • 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. • 19 February – Performance by the famous DJ Armin van Buuren in Poznań. • 25 February – Abolition of the Property Commission of the Catholic Church. 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. April • 1 April – Start of the Polish Census 2011. • 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 Wałbrzych presidential election. 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. 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. • 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. • 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. Unknown date A Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was set up in Swinoujscie. == Deaths ==

January • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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, 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, 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, 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 • 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 ==