2012 in Poland
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Events during the year 2012 in Poland.
Incumbents
| Position | Person | Party |
|---|---|---|
| President | Bronisław Komorowski | Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk | Civic Platform |
| Marshal of the Sejm | Ewa Kopacz | Civic Platform |
| Marshal of the Senate | Bogdan Borusewicz | Independent (Supported by the Civic Platform) |
Events
March
- 3 March – Szczekociny rail crash
April
- 22 April – Resovia won their fifth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Skra Bełchatów in the finals (see 2011–12 PlusLiga).
June
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- 8–28 June – Poland co-hosts the UEFA Euro 2012.
October
- 14 October – Unia Tarnów won their third Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in the finals (see 2012 Polish speedway season).
Deaths
- 5 March – Marek Kuszewski, fencer (born 1933).[1]
- 7 September – Leszek Drogosz, boxer and actor (born 1933).[2]
- 10 October – Piotr Lenartowicz, philosopher (born 1934).
- 11 October – Edward Kossoy, lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism (born 1913).
- 17 November – Henryk Grzybowski, footballer (born 1934)