Permanent year factsheet

Poland in 1997

Historical records for Poland in 1997, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

12Records
7Events
4Named people
0Places
3Categories

Historical records

October

16 October 1997Constitution of PolandJerzy Buzek

Government / Government of Poland

A new constitution comes into effect

31 October 1997Prime Minister of PolandMarek Belka

Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term

31 October 1997Prime Minister of PolandJerzy Buzek

Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

Other Events

1997Constitution of PolandAleksander Kwasniewski

Government / Government of Poland

Poland adopts a new constitution

1997ElectionJerzy Buzek

Government / Government of Poland

The election is won by the Solidarity grouping AWS

1997ElectionAleksander Kwasniewski

Government / Government of Poland

The general election is won by the Solidarity

1997GovernmentJerzy Buzek

Government / Government of Poland

Forms a coalition Government

1997GovernmentAleksander Kwasniewski

Government / Government of Poland

Jerzy Buzek forms a new Government

1997John Paul II returns to PolandJohn Paul II

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

John Paul II returns to Poland

1997Poland EU Accession TalksJerzy Buzek

Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Poland opens talks on joining the EU

1997SolidarityJerzy Buzek

Government / Government of Poland

The election is won by the Solidarity grouping AWS

1997SolidarityAleksander Kwasniewski

Government / Government of Poland

The general election is won by the Solidarity

Names involved

Aleksander KwasniewskiJerzy BuzekJohn Paul IIMarek Belka

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.