2019 in Poland

Events of 2019 in Poland.

Incumbents

 * 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

 * January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire
 * 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.

March

 * March – the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".

April

 * April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books.
 * April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union

May

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

July

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

August

 * August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw uprising.

October

 * 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.

November

 * 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.

December

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

January

 * 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).

February

 * 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)
 * 7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)

March

 * 23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)

April

 * 17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)

June

 * 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943)
 * 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)

July

 * 8 July – Natalia Rolleczek, writer (b. 1919)
 * 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)

August

 * 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917)
 * 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)

September

 * 18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924)
 * 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)

October

 * 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931)
 * 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)