2006 in Poland

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See also:	Other events of 2006 Timeline of Polish history

This is a list of events during the year 2006 in Poland.

Incumbents

Lech Kaczyński

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party	Notes
President	Lech Kaczyński	Independent (Supported by the Law and Justice)
Prime Minister	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz	Law and Justice	Until 16 July 2006
	Jarosław Kaczyński	Law and Justice	From 16 July 2006
Marshal of the Sejm	Marek Jurek	Law and Justice/Right of the Republic
Marshal of the Senate	Bogdan Borusewicz	Independent (Supported by Law and Justice)

Events

January

• 28 January – Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse. 65 fatalities, over 170 wounded.

July

• 24 July – The CBA begins its operations.
• 28 July – President Lech Kaczyński calls for EU member states to reintroduce the death penalty. This angers the EU. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

September

• 3 September – The political party Left and Democrats is founded

November

• 12 November – 2006 Polish local elections, first round
• 21 November – 23 miners died in a blast in Halemba Coal Mine.
• 26 November – Polish local elections, 2006, second round

December

• December – Law and Justice MP Artur Górski introduced a parliamentary resolution to give Jesus Christ the title “King of Poland,” backed by 46 deputies, from League of Polish families (LPR), Law and Justice (PiS) party and the Peasants' Party (PSL). ^{[4] [5]}

Sport

• 2005–06 Ekstraklasa
• 2006 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
• 2006 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship
• 2005–06 Polish Basketball League
• 2005–06 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
• 2006 PLFA season
• 2006 Polish Figure Skating Championships
• 2006 Tour de Pologne
• Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Poland at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Deaths

• 18 January: Jan Twardowski
• 14 July: Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, chess grandmaster (b. 1963)

See also

• 2006 in Polish television

References

1. "Polish leader backs death penalty". 28 July 2006.
2. "Polish leader angers EU with call to restore death penalty". 3 August 2006.
3. "Anger over new death penalty call". 5 August 2006.
4. Projekt uchwały Sejmu: Jezus królem Polski Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Gazeta Wyborcza, 20 December 2006. Accessed 13 March 2009.
5. Polish MPs bid to make Jesus king BBC News, 21 December 2006. Accessed 13 March 2009.