2020 in Poland
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Events during the year 2020 in Poland.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Andrzej Duda
- Prime Minister: Mateusz Morawiecki
- Marshal of the Sejm: Elżbieta Witek
- Marshal of the Senate: Tomasz Grodzki
Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
- 6 July – President Duda signed a document with a presidential draft of the amendment to the Polish Constitution to ban gay adoption.[1]
- 12 July – Andrzej Duda is re-elected as the President of Poland.[2]
- 25 July – Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro declared he would begin preparing the formal process for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.[3][4][5][6] He claimed the treaty is harmful because it "requires that schools teach children about gender in an ideological way" and that it "de-emphasizes biological sex".[7]
- 6 October – Jarosław Kaczyński become deputy prime minister in the Mateusz Morawiecki government.[8]
- 22 October – Poland's constitutional court rules abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional.[9][10][11][12]
- 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.[13][14][15]
Deaths
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January
[edit]- 2 January – Bogusław Polch, comic book artist (b. 1941).[16]
- 17 January
- Lech Raczak, theatre director (b. 1946).[17]
- Stanislaw Stefanek, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Łomża (b. 1936).[18]
July
[edit]- 6 July
- Zdzisław Myrda, Olympic basketball player (b. 1951).[19]
- Marta Stebnicka, actress (b. 1925).[citation needed]
- 10 July – Anna Stroka, literary historian, author and translator (b. 1923).[20]
August
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- 4 August – Jan Strelau, psychologist (b. 1931).[21]
- 5 August – Stefan Majer, basketball player and coach (b. 1929).[22]
- 10 August – Dariusz Baliszewski, historian, journalist and writer (b. 1946).[23]
- 14 August – Ewa Demarczyk, singer and poet (b. 1941).[24]
- 18 August – Wojciech Karpiński, writer and historian of ideas (b. 1943).[25]
- 22 August – Józefa Hennelowa, journalist and politician (b. 1925).[26]
September
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- 1 September – Jerzy Szczakiel, speedway rider (b. 1949).[27]
- 5 September – Marian Jaworski, Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (b. 1926).[28]
October
[edit]
- 17 October – Ryszard Ronczewski, actor (b. 1930).[29]
- 18 October – Stanisław Kogut, politician and trade union activist (b. 1953).[30]
- 19 October – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor (b. 1942).[31]
- 20 October – Bogdan Józef Wojtuś, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1937).[32]
December
[edit]- 1 December – Hanna Stadnik, Polish resistance veteran and activist (b. 1929).[33]
References
[edit]- ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Poland to quit treaty on violence against women, minister says". The Sydney Morning Herald. July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Poland to withdraw from treaty on violence against women". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Istanbul Convention: Poland to leave European treaty on violence against women". BBC News. July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Poland to quit Istanbul convention to curb gender-free agenda". Daily Sabah. July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Resort sprawiedliwości złożył wniosek o wypowiedzenie konwencji stambulskiej". Polska Agencja Prasowa SA (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Poland's ruling party leader joins revamped government | World | starherald.com". starherald.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Polish court allows stricter abortion law, sparking outcry". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Poland rules abortion due to foetal defects unconstitutional". TheGuardian.com. 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Poland abortion: Top court bans almost all terminations". BBC News. 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Poland's top court rules that law allowing abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional". ABC News.
- ^ "Reuters". 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Poland: State-run oil company buys leading media group | DW | 08.12.2020". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "PKN ORLEN to take over Polska Press | PKN ORLEN". Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ostatnie pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Anny Stroki". wsf.edu.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. 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). 10 August 2020. 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). 19 August 2020. 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). Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. 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). Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Zmarł bp Bogdan Wojtuś". radioem.pl (in Polish). 20 October 2020. 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.
