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Bookmark or Share- Lech Wałęsa - New World EncyclopediaLech Wałęsa born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After working as a car mechanic and servind two years in the army, Wałęsa became an electrical technician in the Gdańsk shipyards in 1967.
- Lech Wałęsa - WikipediaLech 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.
- Lech Wałęsa – Facts - NobelPrize.orgLech 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
- Lech Walesa | Biography, Solidarity, Nobel Prize, & Facts - BritannicaLech 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 Walesa - Encyclopedia.comLech Walesa (born 1943), charismatic leader of Solidarity, the independent trade union movement in Poland, was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for his valiant struggle to secure workers' rights through negotiation and peaceful means.
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