2020 in Poland
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
- 6 July – President Duda signed a document with a presidential draft of the amendment to the Polish Constitution.[1]
- 12 July – Andrzej Duda is re-elected as the President of Poland.[2]
- 6 October – Jarosław Kaczyński become deputy prime minister in the Mateusz Morawiecki government.[3]
- 22 October – Poland’s constitutional court rules abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional.[4][5][6][7]
- 7 December – stated-owned petroleum refinery and distributor PKN Orlen acquired media and press company "Polska Press" controlling large number of regional media portals and several regional newspapers.[8][9][10]
Deaths
January
- 2 January – Bogusław Polch, comic book artist (b. 1941).[11]
- 17 January
- Lech Raczak, theatre director (b. 1946).[12]
- Stanislaw Stefanek, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Łomża (b. 1936).[13]
July
- 6 July
- Zdzisław Myrda, Olympic basketball player (b. 1951).[14]
- Marta Stebnicka, actress (b. 1925).[15]
- 10 July – Anna Stroka, literary historian, author and translator (b. 1923).[16]
August
- 4 August – Jan Strelau, psychologist (b. 1931).[17]
- 5 August – Stefan Majer, basketball player and coach (b. 1929).[18]
- 10 August – Dariusz Baliszewski, historian, journalist and writer (b. 1946).[19]
- 14 August – Ewa Demarczyk, singer and poet (b. 1941).[20]
- 18 August – Wojciech Karpiński, writer and historian of ideas (b. 1943).[21]
- 22 August – Józefa Hennelowa, journalist and politician (b. 1925).[22]
September
- 1 September – Jerzy Szczakiel, speedway rider (b. 1949).[23]
- 5 September – Marian Jaworski, Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (b. 1926).[24]
October
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- 17 October – Ryszard Ronczewski, actor (b. 1930).[25]
- 18 October – Stanisław Kogut, politician and trade union activist (b. 1953).[26]
- 19 October – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor (b. 1942).[27]
- 20 October – Bogdan Józef Wojtuś, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1937).[28]
December
- 1 December – Hanna Stadnik, Polish resistance veteran and activist (b. 1929).[29]
References
- "Polish president proposes constitutional ban on gay adoption". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- Polish Elections to the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland 2019
- https://starherald.com/news/world/polands-ruling-party-leader-joins-revamped-government/article_885e9b25-e81d-5ead-a705-52f2e1ca2f28.html
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/22/polish-court-allows-stricter-abortion-law-sparking-outcry
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/poland-rules-abortion-due-to-foetal-defects-unconstitutional
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54642108
- https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/polands-top-court-rules-law-allowing-abortion-fetuses-73760610
- https://www.reuters.com/article/polskapress-m-a-pknorlen/poland-uses-state-owned-refiner-to-buy-regional-media-firm-idUKKBN28H277
- https://www.dw.com/en/poland-state-run-oil-company-buys-leading-media-group/a-55859592
- https://www.orlen.pl/EN/PressOffice/Pages/PKN-ORLEN-to-take-over-Polska-Press.aspx
- "To on rysował "Wiedźmina" i "Kapitana Żbika". Zmarł Bogusław Polch". polskieradio24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Nie żyje Lech Raczak" [Lech Raczak is dead]. Radio Wroclaw (in Polish). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- "W lubelskim szpitalu zmarł biskup Stanisław Stefanek" [Bishop Stanisław Stefanek died in the Lublin hospital]. kurier lubelski (in Polish). 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- "Zdzisław Myrda". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Marta Stebnicka is dead. She was 95 years old". archyde.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Ostatnie pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Anny Stroki". wsf.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Nie żyje profesor Jan Strelau. Był wybitnym polskim naukowcem". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Stefan Majer". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Nie żyje Dariusz Baliszewski. Znany dziennikarz i historyk miał 74 lata". wprost.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Ewa Demarczyk nie żyje. Ludzie kultury żegnają ikonę". onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Nie żyje pisarz Wojciech Karpiński. Zmarł nagle". tvp.info (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- Szostkiewicz, Adam (2020-08-22). "Józefa Hennelowa (1925–2020). Mądrze spełnione życie". Polityka. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- "Jerzy Szczakiel nie żyje. Był pierwszym polskim mistrzem świata na żużlu". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Nie żyje kardynał Marian Jaworski. Miał 94 lata". onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Sopot. Nie żyje aktor Ryszard Ronczewski". archive.vn (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- "Stanisław Kogut nie żyje. Były senator PiS był zakażony koronawirusem". rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- "Nie żyje Wojciech Pszoniak". korso24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- "Zmarł bp Bogdan Wojtuś". radioem.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- Halicki, Piotr (2020-12-02). "Zmarła Hanna Stadnik, bohaterka Powstania Warszawskiego". Onet.pl. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
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