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    Lech Wałęsa

    Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

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  1. Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election , Wałęsa became the first democratically elected president of Poland since 1926 and the first-ever Polish president elected by popular vote .

  2. Apr 15, 2024 · Lech Wałęsa (born September 29, 1943, Popowo, near Włocławek, Poland) is a labour activist who helped form and led (198090) communist Polands first independent trade union, Solidarity. The charismatic leader of millions of Polish workers, he went on to become the president of Poland (1990–95).

  3. The Nobel Peace Prize 1983 was awarded to Lech Wałęsa "for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland"

  4. Sep 29, 2013 · Lech Wałęsa. The Nobel Peace Prize 1983. Born: 29 September 1943, Popowo, Poland. Residence at the time of the award: Poland. Role: Trade union leader (Solidaritet) Prize motivation: “for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland”. Prize share: 1/1.

  5. Lech Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland. Lech Wałęsa Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Full name: Lech Wałęsa. Born: 29 September 1943, Popowo, Poland. Date awarded: 5 October 1983.

  6. Feb 11, 2022 · In 1990 Lech Walesa, the former shipyard electrician, was elected President of Poland, an office he held for the next five years. TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the past century.

  7. Lech Wałęsa, (born Sept. 29, 1943, Popowo, near Włocławek, Pol.), Polish labour leader and president of Poland (1990–95). An electrician, he worked in the Lenin Shipyard at Gdańsk, Pol. (1967–76), but he was fired for his antigovernment activities.

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