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Incumbents
edit| Position | Person | Party |
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| President | Andrzej Duda | Independent (Supported by the Law and Justice) |
| Prime Minister | Beata Szydło | Law and Justice |
| Marshal of the Sejm | Marek Kuchciński | Law and Justice |
| Marshal of the Senate | Stanisław Karczewski | Law and Justice |
Events
editJanuary
edit- 1 January – Four localities were granted town rights: Jaraczewo, Lubycza Królewska, Siedliszcze, and Urzędów.[1]
- 15–31 January — Poland hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
April
edit- 26 April – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle won their sixth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Resovia in the finals (see 2015–16 PlusLiga).
June
edit- 2 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Rosa Radom in the finals (see 2015–16 PLK season).
August
edit- 5–21 August — 87 athletes from Poland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September
edit- 3 September — Poland win the eighteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians in Cologne, Germany.[2]
- 25 September — Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski won their ninth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating KS Toruń in the finals (see 2016 Polish speedway season).[3]
December
edit- From 8 December — State Owned PZU together with Polish Development Fund acquired Bank Pekao, Poland's second largest bank previously owned by UniCredit, by buying a 32.8 per cent stake in the bank for the amount of PLN 10.6 billion (EUR 2.6 billion).[4]
- From 16 December — protests against law limiting of freedom of the press.[5]
Deaths
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- 1 April – Artur Górski MP (2005–2016)
References
edit- ↑ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 28 lipca 2015 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta, ustalenia granic oraz zmiany nazw i siedzib władz niektórych gmin, Dz. U., 2015, No. 1083
- ↑ "Poland wins Eurovision Young Musicians 2016!". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Stal Gorzów Drużynowym Mistrzem Polski 2016". Speedway Ekstraliga (in Polish). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ↑ "UniCredit sells Bank Pekao stake to Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń and Polski Fundusz Rozwoju". 8 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ "Poland protests: Crowds renew calls for press freedom". BBC News. December 17, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2022.