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Recorded 31 August 1980. Lech Wałęsa[a] (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] ⓘ; 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 ...
6 days ago · 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. Learn more about Walesa’s life and career.
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 · 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
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 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
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.
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.
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.
May 7, 2022 · Director-General Mrs Irina Bokova noted that Lech Wałęsa's global commitment to peace "is not limited to a political mandate - it is the fight of a lifetime". Indeed, beginning his peaceful struggle for democracy in 1960, Mr Lech Wałęsa remains today an inspiration for the new generations.
