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

• 1 January - anti-Muslim Ełk riots took place at Ełk, followed by attacks on Kebab restaurants elsewhere.
• 12 January – 3,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Poland as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve.
• 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.
• 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).
• 7 January – Jerzy Kossela, guitarist and vocalist (b. 1942).
• 7 January – Lech Trzeciakowski, historian (b. 1931).
• 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