2005 in Poland

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See also:	Other events of 2005 Timeline of Polish history

Events during the year 2005 in Poland.

Incumbents

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Marek Belka Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Marshal of the Sejm	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Marshal of the Senate	Longin Pastusiak Bogdan Borusewicz

Events

• 9 and 23 October – Polish presidential election, 2005

Deaths

Jerzy Pawłowski won a gold medal in sabre at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

• 11 January – Jerzy Pawłowski, fencer and double agent (born 1932).
• 20 January – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, journalist, writer, politician and social worker (born 1914)
• 25 January – Stanisław Albinowski, economist (born 1923)
• 21 February – Zdzisław Beksiński painter, photographer and sculptor (born 1929)
• 17 March – Czesław Słania, engraver (born 1921)
• 3 April – Aleksy Antkiewicz, boxer (born 1923).
• 17 April – Marian Sawa, composer (born 1937)
• 12 May – Zdzisław Gierwatowski, footballer (born 1920)
• 14 May – Józef Gąsienica, Nordic combined skier (born 1941).
• 26 May – Krzysztof Nowak, footballer (born 1975)
• 30 May – Tomasz Pacyński, fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1958)
• 26 June – Filip Adwent, politician (born 1955)
• 20 August – Romuald Grabczewski, chess player (born 1932)
• 31 August – Joseph Rotblat, physicist (born 1908)
• 16 September – Arkadiusz Gołaś, volleyball player (born 1981).
• 24 September – Daniel Podrzycki, politician (born 1963)
• 13 October – Marian Zieliński, weightlifter (born 1929).
• 17 November – Marek Perepeczko, actor (born 1942)