2015 in Poland

The following lists events that will happen during 2015 in Poland.

Incumbents + Incumbents Position Person Party Notes President Bronisław Komorowski Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) Until 6 August 2015 Andrzej Duda Independent (Supported by Law and Justice) From 6 August 2015 Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz Civic Platform Until 16 November 2015 Beata Szydło Law and Justice From 16 November 2015 Marshal of the Sejm Radosław Sikorski Civic Platform Until 23 June 2015 Jerzy Wenderlich Democratic Left Alliance 23 June 2015 - 25 June 2015 (Acting) Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska Civic Platform 25 June 2015 - 11 November 2015 Marek Kuchciński Law and Justice From 12 November 2015 Marshal of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) Until 11 November 2015 Stanisław Karczewski Law and Justice From 12 November 2015

Elections + 2015 Polish presidential electionCandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Andrzej DudaLaw and Justice5,179,09234.768,630,62751.55Bronisław KomorowskiIndependent (endorsed by Civic Platform)5,031,06033.778,112,31148.45Paweł KukizIndependent3,099,07920.80Janusz Korwin-MikkeKORWiN486,0843.26Magdalena OgórekIndependent353,8832.38Adam JarubasPolish People's Party238,7611.60Janusz PalikotYour Movement211,2421.42Grzegorz BraunIndependent124,1320.83Marian KowalskiNational Movement77,6300.52Jacek WilkCongress of the New Right68,1860.46Paweł TanajnoDirect Democracy29,7850.20Invalid/blank votes124,952–250,231–Total15,023,88610016,993,169100Registered voters/turnout30,688,57048.9630,709,28155.34Source: PKW, PKW

Bold indicates government parties. + 2015 Polish parliamentary election Party Leader Sejm Senate English Polish Seats Popular vote Percentage Seats Law and Justice Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Jarosław Kaczyński 5,711,687 37.58% Civic Platform Platforma Obywatelska Ewa Kopacz 3,661,474 24.09% Kukiz'15 Kukiz'15 Paweł Kukiz 1,339,094 8.81% Modern Nowoczesna Ryszarda Petru, Nowoczesna Ryszard Petru 1,155,370 7.60% United Left Zjednoczona Lewica Barbara Nowacka 1,147,102 7.60% Polish People's Party Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Janusz Piechociński 779,875 5.13% Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Liberty and Hope Koalicja Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja Janusz Korwin-Mikke 722,999 4.76% Together Razem Collective leadership 550,349 3.62% German Minority Mniejszość Niemiecka 28,014 0.2% Independents NiezależniN/A Other 128,780 (Total) 0.85% (Total) Total and turnout 460 15,200,671 50.92% 100

Events

January

1 January Chocz (Greater Poland Voivodeship) and Stopnica (Holy Cross Voivodeship) received town rights. Zielona Góra was enlarged by the area of Zielona Góra Gmina, hence becoming the sixth largest city by area in Poland. 11 January – The twenty third final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity took place. 8–18 January – Coal miners held a protest in Upper Silesia. 28 January – the Vilnius People's Rupublic internet hoax was initiated.

February 4 February – Radosław Sikorski, Sejm Marshal, set the date of the presidential election to 10 May. 5 February – The incumbent President, Bronisław Komorowski announced his willingness to be reelected in the upcoming election.

March

8 March – The first segment of the second line of the Warsaw Metro was opened.

April 6–12 April – The 2015 Katowice Open was held in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship. 28 April – Resovia won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Trefl Gdańsk in the finals (see 2014–15 PlusLiga).

May 2 May – 2015 Knurów riots 10 May – The first round of the 2015 Polish presidential election was held. No candidate received more than half of the vote, so Bronisław Komorowski and Andrzej Duda went into the second round. 21 May – Vive Kielce won their twelfth Polish Handball Championship, defeating Wisła Płock in the finals. 24 May – The second round of the Polish presidential election, 2015 was held. Andrzej Duda, Law and Justice party candidate won the election over incumbent Bronisław Komorowski, receiving 51.55% of the vote. 29 May – A tragic accident of a gyroplane occurred near Brzeg Dolny.

June

7 June – Lech Poznań won their seventh Polish Football Championship (see 2014–15 Ekstraklasa). 8 June – A whirlwind occurred in the South of Poland. 9 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their second Polish Basketball Championship defeating Turów Zgorzelec in the finals (see 2014–15 PLK season).

July 19 July – Powerful and violent storms with heavy rainfall occurred, resulting in the death of one person and the injury of fourteen others. 23 July – Irena Doroszkiewicz, as the first woman in history, was appointed Superintendent of the Police.

September 6 September – A referendum is held, in which voters decided on introducing single-member constituencies for Sejm elections, maintaining state financing of political parties and introducing a presumption in favour of the taxpayer in disputes over the tax law. 27 September – Unia Leszno won their 14th Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Sparta Wrocław in the finals (see 2015 Polish speedway season).

October 25 October – The 2015 Polish parliamentary election is held, to elect 460 MPs and 100 senators.

November 4 November – During a meeting with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Duda and Iohannis establish Bucharest Nine.

Deaths

January 1 January – Józef Hałas, Polish painter and engraver (b. 1927) 4 January – Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, Polish sociologist (b. 1944) 7 January – Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer, screenwriter and film director (b. 1926) 9 January – Józef Oleksy, Polish politician, Sejm Marshal, 7th Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1946) 12 January – Marcin Pawlak, Polish local government politician (b. 1950) 29 January – Jan Skrzek, Polish musician and blues composer (b. 1953) 30 January – Zbigniew Kurtycz, Polish musician (b. 1919)

February 4 February – Karol Parno Gierliński, Polish gypsy sculptor, poet (b. 1938) 9 February – Piotr Winczorek, Polish professor, lawyer, member of the State Tribunal (b. 1943) 11 February – Sylwester Przedwojewski, Polish actor (b. 1920) 12 February – Jerzy Regulski, Polish economist, politician (b. 1924) 17 February – Andrzej Kot, Polish designer, calligrapher, typesetter, typographer, book illustrator 25 February – Adam Halber, Polish journalist, politician (b. 1948) Zbigniew Kalemba, Polish composer, pianist, conductor, teacher (b. 1936) Marian Szeja, Polish soccer player, gold medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (b. 1941) 27 February – Bohdan Tomaszewski, Polish journalist and sports commentator, tennis player (b. 1921)

March 6 March – Janusz Kałużny, Polish astronomist (b. 1955) 10 March – Agnieszka Kotlarska (actress), Polish actor (b. 1971)

April 1 April – Robert Leszczyński, Polish journalist, music critic, guitarist (b. 1967) 2 April – Barbara Sass, Polish film director (b. 1936) 21 April – Jan Matyjaszkiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1929) 24 April – Władysław Bartoszewski, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Auschwitz survivor (b. 1922)

May 3 May – Halina Dunajska, Polish actor (b. 1926) 6 May – Włodzimierz Wilkosz, Polish actor (b. 1928) 7 May – Fr. Józef Pazdur, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wrocław (1984-2000) (b. 1924)Wrocław Nie żyje biskup Józef Pazdur (in Polish) 20 May – Jan Prochyra, Polish actor (b. 1948)

June 1 June – Tadeusz Zawistowski, Polish Catholic priest, suffragan bishop of Łomża (b. 1930) 4 June – Bolesław Idziak, Polish actor (b. 1928)

July 3 July – Krystyna Siesicka, Polish writer (b. 1928) 8 July – Waldemar Ochnia, Polish cabaret artist (b. 1952) 9 July – Tadeusz Suchocki, Polish pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1927) 28 July – David Faber, Polish-American author and academic (b. 1928)

See also 2015 in Polish television

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