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Events during the year
2020 in
Poland
.
Incumbents
Further information:
Politics of Poland
President
:
Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister
:
Mateusz Morawiecki
Marshal of the Sejm
:
Elżbieta Witek
Marshal of the Senate
:
Tomasz Grodzki
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
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
Bogusław Polch
January
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
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
Jan Strelau
Dariusz Baliszewski
Ewa Demarczyk
Wojciech Karpiński
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
Marian Jaworski
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
Wojciech Pszoniak
Bogdan Józef Wojtuś
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
1 December –
Hanna Stadnik
, Polish resistance veteran and activist (b. 1929).
[33]
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"
.
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
.
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