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Events during the year 2017 in Poland.
Incumbents
[edit]- President — Andrzej Duda (independent, supported by Law and Justice)
- Prime Minister — Beata Szydło (Law and Justice) (until 11 December), Mateusz Morawiecki (Law and Justice) (starting 11 December)
- Marshal of the Sejm — Marek Kuchciński (Law and Justice)
- Marshal of the Senate — Stanisław Karczewski (Law and Justice)
Events
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Opatówek in 2017
- 1 January – Four localities were granted town rights: Mielno, Morawica, Opatówek, and Rejowiec.[1]
- 1 January – Ełk riots took place at Ełk Kebab restaurant.[2][3][4]
- 12 January – 3,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Poland as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve.[5]
- 23 April – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Skra Bełchatów in the finals (see 2016–17 PlusLiga).
- 27 May – Vive Kielce won their 14th Polish Handball Championship defeating Wisła Płock in the finals (see 2016–17 Superliga).
- 4 June – Legia Warsaw won their 12th Polish Football Championship (see 2016–17 Ekstraklasa).[6]
- 10 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their fourth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Polski Cukier Toruń in the finals (see 2016–17 PLK season).[7]
- 16–30 June – Poland hosts the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
Spain v Serbia match in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Bydgoszcz, 23 June 2017
- 2–12 July – The Annual Meeting of World Heritage Committee held in Kraków.
- 24 September – Unia Leszno won their 15th Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Sparta Wrocław in the finals (see 2017 Polish speedway season).[8]
- 7 October – "Rosary to the Borders": hundreds of thousands of Polish Catholics prayed the Rosary along the country's borders for peace and for the salvation of Poland and the world against secularization.[9]
- November - 100,000 people gather for annual independence day march
Deaths
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Bogdan Tuszyński
Lech Trzeciakowski
- 1 January – Bogdan Tuszyński, sports journalist, reporter and historian (b. 1932).[10]
- 7 January – Jerzy Kossela, guitarist and vocalist (b. 1942).[11]
- 7 January – Lech Trzeciakowski, historian (b. 1931).[12]
- 27 April – Jan Flinik, field hockey player (b. 1932)
- 16 June – Mieczysław Kalenik, actor (b. 1933)
- 2 August – Wanda Chotomska, children's writer, screenwriter and poet (b. 1929)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Prawa miejskie w 2017 roku uzyskały: Rejowiec, Morawica, Opatówek i Mielno" (in Polish). 2 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Died by the kebab knife, NRC Handelsblad, 29 December 2017, Roeland Termote & Pieter van Os
- ^ Zawadzka, Anna. "Drinking vodka with anti-Semites. A case study of ‘Polish-Jewish relations’ today." Adeptus 11 (2018): 1-23.
- ^ Tunisian charged over Poland stabbing that sparked riot, BBC, 2 January 2017
- ^ "US tanks and troops in Poland a threat, Russia says". BBC News. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Legia Warszawa Mistrzem Polski 2017". Radio Łódź (in Polish). 4 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Stelmet BC Zielona Góra mistrzem Polski!" (in Polish). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Unia Leszno mistrzem Polski na żużlu!". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Poland Prays: Hundreds of Thousands Participate in Rosary". National Catholic Register. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Kuczmera, Dariusz (1 January 2017). "Zmarł Bogdan Tuszyński". Dziennik Łódzk (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Grabski, Marek. "Zmarł Jerzy Kossela, współzałożyciel Czerwonych Gitar". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Zmarł historyk prof. Lech Trzeciakowski". poznan.onet.pl (in Polish). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
