2017 in Poland

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Events during the year 2017 in Poland .

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Poland

• 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

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

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

• 2017 in Polish television

References

1. "Prawa miejskie w 2017 roku uzyskały: Rejowiec, Morawica, Opatówek i Mielno" (in Polish). 2 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
2. Died by the kebab knife, NRC Handelsblad, 29 December 2017, Roeland Termote & Pieter van Os
3. Zawadzka, Anna. "Drinking vodka with anti-Semites. A case study of ‘Polish-Jewish relations’ today." Adeptus 11 (2018): 1-23.
4. Tunisian charged over Poland stabbing that sparked riot, BBC, 2 January 2017
5. "US tanks and troops in Poland a threat, Russia says". BBC News . 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
6. "Legia Warszawa Mistrzem Polski 2017". Radio Łódź (in Polish). 4 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
7. "Stelmet BC Zielona Góra mistrzem Polski!" (in Polish). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
8. "Unia Leszno mistrzem Polski na żużlu!". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
9. "Poland Prays: Hundreds of Thousands Participate in Rosary". National Catholic Register . 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
10. Kuczmera, Dariusz (1 January 2017). "Zmarł Bogdan Tuszyński". Dziennik Łódzk (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
11. Grabski, Marek. "Zmarł Jerzy Kossela, współzałożyciel Czerwonych Gitar". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
12. "Zmarł historyk prof. Lech Trzeciakowski". poznan.onet.pl (in Polish). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.