Events during the year 2011 in Poland.
Incumbents
Elections
Bold indicates government parties.
Events
January
1 January – 5 places: Wolbórz, Nowe Brzesko, Pruchnik, Czyżew and Gościno received city rights. 9 January – The nineteenth finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. 10 January – A test HD version of TVP1 is launched, named TVP1 HD. 31 January – President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski signed a law introducing a 35 percent quota for electoral lists.
February
7 February – Warsaw summit of the Weimar Triangle. 19 February – Performance by the famous DJ Armin van Buuren in Poznań. 25 February – Abolition of the Property Commission of the Catholic Church.
March
1 March – The first time Poland celebrated a new national holiday: National Day of Remembrance "Soldiers accursed". 25 March – The Polish Sejm adopted a government proposal declining pension contributions transferred to open pension funds.
April
1 April – Start of the Polish Census 2011. 29 April – The court annulled the Walbrzych presidential election.
May
17 May – Sejm investigative committee for Christopher Olewnik adopted a report on its work.
June
5 June – Rebranding of phone company Era to T-Mobile Poland. 28 June – Lukasz Kaminski sworn in as president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
July
1 July – Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Hungary for a six-month term. 29 July – Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents of the Polish Civil Aviation Authority announced a report on the causes of the Smolensk catastrophe on 10 April 2010.
August
1 August – "The Law of 5 January 2011 - Election Code" comes into force. 4 August – The Polish President, Bronislaw Komorowski, officially announces the Parliamentary election date, set for 5 October 2011. 12 August – Four people have been killed and 30 people injured after a train derailed between Warsaw and Katowice in Poland. 18 August – The Gdynia District Court acquitted Adam Darski, the leader of death metal band Behemoth, accused of insulting religious feelings.
September
3 September – Opening of the Polish National Stadium (Earlier called: Stadium of the Decade) 8–9 September – Tenth Jubilee International Ignatius Reimann Festival in Krosnowice.
October
9 October – Polish Parliamentary Elections, 2011.
Unknown date
A Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was set up in Swinoujscie.
Deaths
January
2 January – Cezary Kuleszyński, hurdler. (b. 1937) 7 January: Krzysztof Kolberger, Polish actor. (b. 1950) Włodzimierz Ławniczak, Polish journalist (b. 1959) 9 January – Jerzy Woźniak, Polish soccer player, Polish representative (b. 1932) 14 January – Zdzisław Szczotkowski, Polish lector (b. 1945) 23 January – Tomasz Wełnicki, Polish journalist, politician (b. 1957) 24 January – Włodzimierz Kłopocki, Polish actor (b. 1934) 25 January – Andrzej Szypulski, Polish screenwriter and novelist (b. 1936) 27 January – Jan Baszkiewicz, Polish lawyer, historian, political scientist (b. 1930)
February
1 February – Stanisław Michalski, Polish actor (b. 1932) 4 February – Janusz Pezda, Polish politician and governor of Jelenia Góra (b. 1943) 6 February: Jerzy Banaśkiewicz – Polish Catholic cleric, poet (b. 1937) Magdalena Tesławska – Polish film and theatre costume designer (b. 1945) 9 February: Andrzej Przybielski, Polish jazz trumpeter (b. 1944) Janusz Maciejewski, Polish philologist, literary critic (b. 1930) 10 February: Józef Życiński, Polish Catholic cleric, Archbishop of Lublin (b. 1948) Antoni Halor, Polish film and theatre director, artist literary (b. 1937) 15 February: Sławomir Radoń, Polish historian, General Director of State Archives (b. 1957) Karin Stanek, Polish singer, lead singer of the band Czerwono-Czarni (b. 1946) 21 February – Jerzy Nowosielski, Polish painter, illustrator, set designer (b. 1923)
March
3 March – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actor (b. 1912) 4 March – Lucyna Legut, Polish actor (b. 1926) 19 March – Anna Kajtochowa, Polish writer, novelist, journalist (b. 1928) 23 March – Antoni Jurasz, Polish actor (b. 1922) 26 March: Roman Piętka, Polish priest, Archimandrite (b. 1937) Paul Baran, American computer scientist of Polish descent (b. 1926)