title: 1996 in Poland
text: # 1996 in Poland
  
  Events during the year 1996 in Poland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  Incumbents :
  
  | Position | Person | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
  | Prime Minister | Józef Oleksy | Democratic Left Alliance | Until 7 February |
  | Prime Minister | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | Democratic Left Alliance | From 7 February |
  | Marshal of the Sejm | Józef Zych | Polish People's Party | |
  | Marshal of the Senate | Adam Struzik | Polish Peasant Party | |
  
  ## Events
  
  * 18 February – A double referendum is held. The voter turnout of 32% is well below the 50% threshold required to make the results valid.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 13 January: Kamil Majchrzak, tennis player
  * 2 May: Klaudia Kardasz, shot putter
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 26 February: Mieczysław Weinberg, composer (born 1919)
  * 13 March: Krzysztof Kieślowski, film director and screenwriter (born 1941)
  