2015 in Poland

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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 (Suppported by the Civic Platform)	Until 11 November 2015
	Stanisław Karczewski	Law and Justice	From 12 November 2015

Elections

Polish presidential election, 2015

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Andrzej Duda	Law and Justice	5,179,092	34.76	8,630,627	51.55
Bronisław Komorowski	Independent (endorsed by Civic Platform)	5,031,060	33.77	8,112,311	48.45
Paweł Kukiz	Independent	3,099,079	20.80
Janusz Korwin-Mikke	KORWiN	486,084	3.26
Magdalena Ogórek	Independent	353,883	2.38
Adam Jarubas	Polish People's Party	238,761	1.60
Janusz Palikot	Your Movement	211,242	1.42
Grzegorz Braun	Independent	124,132	0.83
Marian Kowalski	National Movement	77,630	0.52
Jacek Wilk	Congress of the New Right	68,186	0.46
Paweł Tanajno	Direct Democracy	29,785	0.20
Invalid/blank votes		124,952	–	250,231	–
Total		15,023,886	100	16,993,169	100
Registered voters/turnout		30,688,570	48.96	30,709,281	55.34
Source: PKW, PKW

Bold indicates government parties.

Polish parliamentary election, 2015

Party		Leader	Sejm			Senate
English	Polish		Seats	Popular vote	Percentage	Seats
Law and Justice	Prawo i Sprawiedliwość	Jarosław Kaczyński	235 / 460	5,711,687	37.58%	61 / 100
Civic Platform	Platforma Obywatelska	Ewa Kopacz	138 / 460	3,661,474	24.09%	34 / 100
Kukiz'15	Kukiz'15	Paweł Kukiz	42 / 460	1,339,094	8.81%	0 / 100
Modern	Nowoczesna Ryszarda Petru, Nowoczesna	Ryszard Petru	28 / 460	1,155,370	7.60%	0 / 100
United Left	Zjednoczona Lewica	Barbara Nowacka	0 / 460	1,147,102	7.60%	0 / 100
Polish People's Party	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe	Janusz Piechociński	16 / 460	779,875	5.13%	1 / 100
Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Liberty and Hope	Koalicja Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja	Janusz Korwin-Mikke	0 / 460	722,999	4.76%	0 / 100
Together	Razem	Collective leadership	0 / 460	550,349	3.62%	0 / 100
German Minority	Mniejszość Niemiecka		1 / 460	28,014	0.2%	0 / 100
Independents	Niezależni	N/A				4 / 100
Other			0 / 460	128,780 (Total)	0.85% (Total)	0 / 100
Total and turnout			460	15,200,671	50.92%	100

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Chocz (Greater Poland Voivodeship) and Stopnica (Holy Cross Voivodeship) received city rights.^[1]
  • Zielona Góra was enlarged by the area of Zielona Góra Gmina, hence becoming the sixth largest city by area in Poland.^[2][3]
• 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.

February

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

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.

May

• 2 May – 2015 Knurów riots^[6]
• 10 May – The first round of the Polish presidential election, 2015 was held. No candidate received more than half of the vote, so Bronisław Komorowski and Andrzej Duda went into the second round.
• 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

• 8 June – A whirlwind occurred in the South of Poland.

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.

Predicted and scheduled events

September

• 6 September – A referendum will be held, in which voters will decide 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.

October

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

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)
• 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, 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)^[7]
• 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)

References

1. "Rozporządzenie w sprawie połączenia gmin, ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta oraz zmiany siedziby władz gminy" (in Polish). Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 29 lipca 2014 r. w sprawie połączenia gmin, ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta oraz zmiany siedziby władz gminy". Rządowe Centrum Legislacji. 2014-07-31. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "Zielona Góra powiększona o gminę wiejską" (in Polish). Onet.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
4. "Głosujemy 10 maja. Radosław Sikorski ogłosił termin wyborów prezydenckich" (in Polish). tvn24.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
5. "Komorowski ogłosił swój start w wyborach prezydenckich" (in Polish). tvn24.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. http://www.polskatimes.pl/artykul/3846073,knurow-smierc-kibica-zamieszki-na-stadionie-i-pod-szpitalem-wideo-zdjecia,id,t.html
7. Wrocław Nie żyje biskup Józef Pazdur (in Polish)