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 January 1 January – Four localities were granted town rights: Jaraczewo, Lubycza Królewska, Siedliszcze, and Urzędów.
15–31 January — Poland hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
April 26 April – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle won their sixth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Resovia in the finals (see 2015–16 PlusLiga).
June 2 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Rosa Radom in the finals (see 2015–16 PLK season).
August 5–21 August — 87 athletes from Poland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 3 September — Poland win the eighteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians in Cologne, Germany. 25 September — Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski won their ninth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating KS Toruń in the finals (see 2016 Polish speedway season).
December From 8 December — 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). From 16 December — protests against law limiting of freedom of the press.
Deaths
1 April – Artur Górski MP (2005–2016) References
See also 2016 in Polish television