2019 in Poland

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Events of 2019 in Poland.

• President – Andrzej Duda (independent, supported by Law and Justice)
• Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki (Law and Justice)
• Marshal of the Sejm – Marek Kuchciński (Law and Justice) (until 9 August), Elżbieta Witek (Law and Justice) (since 9 August)
• Marshal of the Senate – Stanisław Karczewski (Law and Justice) (until 11 November), Tomasz Grodzki (since 12 November)

• January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire^[1]
• 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.^[2]

• March – the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".^[3]

• April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.^[4]
• April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union^[5]

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

• 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others.^[6] The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.^[7]

• August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw uprising.^[8]

• 13 October: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government wins Reelection, with an increased popular vote of 43%, the highest vote share by any party since Poland returned to democracy in 1989.

• 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.

• 20 December: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government passes the Polish Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber law

• 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).^[2]

• 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)^[9]
• 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)^[10]

• 23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)^[9]

• 17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)^[11]

• 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943)^[9]
• 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)^[9]

• 8 July – Natalia Rolleczek [pl], writer (b. 1919)^[12]
• 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)^[9]

• 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)^[13]
• 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)^[9]

• 18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924)^[9]
• 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)^[9]

• 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931)^[9]
• 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)^[9]

• 2019 European Parliament election