2014 in Poland
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Poland.
Incumbents
| Position | Person | Party | Notes |
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| President | Bronisław Komorowski | Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk | Civic Platform | Until 22 September 2014 |
| Ewa Kopacz | Civic Platform | From 22 September 2014 | |
| Marshal of the Sejm | Ewa Kopacz | Civic Platform | Until 22 September 2014 |
| Jerzy Wenderlich | Democratic Left Alliance | 22 September 2014 - 24 September 2014 (Acting) | |
| Radosław Sikorski | Civic Platform | From 24 September 2014 | |
| Marshal of the Senate | Bogdan Borusewicz | Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) |
Elections
| National party | European party | Leader | Popular vote | Percentage | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Platform | EPP | Donald Tusk | 2,271,215 | 32.13% | 19 / 51 |
| Law and Justice | ECR | Jarosław Kaczyński | 2,246,870 | 31.78% | 19 / 51 |
| Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union | PES | Leszek Miller | 667,319 | 9.44% | 5 / 51 |
| Congress of the New Right | None | Janusz Korwin-Mikke | 505,586 | 7.15% | 4 / 51 |
| Polish People's Party | EPP | Waldemar Pawlak | 480,846 | 6.8% | 4 / 51 |
| Other | Varies | Varies | 897,488 (Total) | 12.7% (Total) | 0 / 51 |
| Total and turnout | 7,502,336 | 23.83% | 51 | ||
Events
January
- 1 January – Five localities were granted town rights: Dobrzyca, Modliborzyce, Mrozy, Stepnica, and Zaklików.[1]
April
- 27 April – Skra Bełchatów won their sixth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Resovia in the finals (see 2013–14 PlusLiga).
May
June
- 14 June - Beginning of Polish bugging affair (pl)
August
- 19 August – The second Polish scientific satellite, Heweliusz, is launched.
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- 30 August–21 September – Poland hosts the 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.
September
- 15 September – Ewa Kopacz becomes Poland's second female prime minister.[2]
October
- 5 October – Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski won their eighth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Unia Leszno in the finals (see 2014 Polish speedway season).
December
- 10 December - The Constitutional Court overturns the 2013 ban on ritual slaughter of animals.[3]
Deaths
- 10 January - Zbigniew Messner, Communist politician (born 1929)
- 25 May - Wojciech Jaruzelski, former Communist leader of Poland (born 1923)
- 22 June - Grzegorz Knapp, motorcycle racer (born 1979)
- 24 December - Krzysztof Krauze, film director (born 1953)
- 26 December - Stanisław Barańczak, poet (born 1946)
- 30 December - Marian Jurczyk, Solidarność activist (born 1935)
See also
References
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 30 lipca 2013 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta oraz zmiany siedziby władz gminy, Dz. U., 2013, No. 869
- ^ "First task for Poland's new PM: avoid a mutiny in the ranks". Reuters. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Polish ban on kosher slaughter of animals is overturned". BBC News. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
