2016 in Poland

← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in Poland → 2017 2018 2019
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2016 Timeline of Polish history

Incumbents

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party
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

August

• August 5–21 — 87 athletes from Poland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

September

• September 3 — Poland win the eighteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians in Cologne, Germany. ^[1]

December

• From December 8 — 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). ^[2]
• From December 16 — protests against law limiting of freedom of the press. ^[3]

Deaths

• 1 April – Artur Górski MP (2005–2016)

References

1. "Poland wins Eurovision Young Musicians 2016!". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016.
2. "UniCredit sells Bank Pekao stake to Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń and Polski Fundusz Rozwoju". 8 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
3. "Poland protests: Crowds renew calls for press freedom". BBC News . December 17, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

See also

• 2016 in Polish television