1996 in Poland

Incumbents

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
• 13 March: Krzysztof Kieślowski, film director and screenwriter