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He presided over Poland's transition from Marxist–Leninist state socialism into a free-market capitalist liberal democracy, but his active role in Polish politics diminished after he narrowly lost the 1995 Polish presidential election. In 1995, he established the Lech Wałęsa Institute .
Jul 17, 2024 · Lech Walesa, labor activist who helped form and led (1980–90) Poland’s first independent trade union, Solidarity, and later was president of the country (1990–95). He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983.
Lech Wałęsa ⓘ Lech Wałęsa (ur. 29 września 1943 w Popowie ) – polski robotnik , działacz związkowy i polityk , dysydent , przywódca i bohater opozycji demokratycznej w okresie Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej , współzałożyciel i pierwszy przewodniczący NSZZ „Solidarność” .
Biographical. Lech Wałęsa was born on September 29, 1943 in Popowo, Poland. After graduating from vocational school, he worked as a car mechanic at a machine center from 1961 to 1965. He served in the army for two years, rose to the rank of corporal, and in 1967 was employed in the Gdansk shipyards as an electrician.
Sep 29, 2013 · When Lech Wałęsa received the Peace Prize for his campaign for freedom of organization in Poland, he had just been released from internment. The Communist party had tried in vain to break him, the symbol of the revolt against the party's monopoly on power. Wałęsa was employed as a marine electrician at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk.
Lech Wałęsa is the legendary leader of the “Solidarity” movement and the author of its victory in 1989 over the communist regime in Poland. His life in inseparably connected with the Polish history and Poland’s way to freedom. Lech Wałęsa was born on 29th October 1943.
When Lech Wałęsa received the Peace Prize for his campaign for freedom of organization in Poland, he had just been released from internment. The Communist party had tried in vain to break him, the symbol of the revolt against the party's monopoly on power.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1983 was awarded to Lech Wałęsa "for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland"
Lech Wałęsa ist ein polnischer Politiker und Friedensnobelpreisträger. Von Beruf Elektriker, war er von 1980 bis 1990 Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarność und von 1990 bis 1995 Staatspräsident Polens. Als Gewerkschafter organisierte er in den 1980er Jahren den politischen Wandel Polens von einem realsozialistischen zu einem ...
Feb 11, 2022 · In 1990, Lech Walesa was elected to a five-year term as President of Poland. His autobiography, The Struggle and the Triumph, first appeared in English in 1992. Walesa supported the policy of “shock treatment” to convert Poland’s socialist economy to a Western capitalist model.
