Last name: Wałęsa
Name/names: Lech
Also known as:
Born: 29 September 1943 (The village of Popowo, Lipno commune, Poland)
In short: President of the Republic of Poland, Nobel Prize winner, contributed to the creation of a free Poland.
Lech Wałęsa – ur. 29 September 1943 year in Popowo, Dobrzyń region in the family of a small farmer, wife Danuta, Son Jarosław.
He went to school in Chalin for seven years, and then to the class of mechanization of agriculture of the basic vocational school in Lipno, in which he graduated from three years and took up the work of an electrician at the State Machine Center in Łochocin. After less than two years, appointed to the army, he serves basic service in Koszalin, And after training, he is sent to an NCO in Świecie, where he returns to the home unit. The army leaves as a corporal. He returns to work in POM. 30 house 1967 year starts working as a ship electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard. Contains marriage. After December 1970 year, when he proved to be a beginner activist, He becomes an OHS inspector on behalf of trade unions at his faculty. In April 1976 year, The speech is dismissed for the then authorities at that time. Begins active opposition activities. Often changes work, gaining growing popularity, as a social activist.
W 1980 year is the strike leader at the Gdańsk Shipyard. 31 August signs the MKS agreement with the government committee. In the years 1980-1981 By 16 months headed by an independent self -governing trade union “Solidarity”. Is trying to maintain permanent conversations with the government to relieve growing social tension. 13 December 1981 year isolated in government villas after the declaration of martial law. 26 January 1982 year he was given a decision to intern with the date 13 December 1981 year. He is in isolation at the government center in Arłamów. 15 November returns to Gdańsk, and the 22nd meets Cardinal Glemp. He is visited by representatives of Western countries in Gdańsk. W 1983 the year receives the Nobel Peace Prize. He leaves Gdańsk in 1988 year the concept of the round table. 9 December 1990 the year is elected in the widespread election as the President of the Republic of Poland, 23 December covers the highest office in the state. After the end of the five -year term, he loses in the second universal presidential election with Aleksander Kwasniewski.
W 1995 the year was founded by the NGO Foundation organization “Lech Wałęsa Institute”. In the years 1996-97 tried to organize his own political party, However, he eventually supported the AWS election campaign, which ended in 1997 year to win this group in the parliamentary elections. His merit in this success, however, is minimal, And after a year Wałęsa himself turned away from AWS and began to criticize her. In year 2000 He lost the presidential election again, This time, receiving a completely trace support (1,01%), after which he announced the final retirement.
During the opening of the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 year he represented Europe, carrying the Olympic flag alongside the famous representatives of the other continents. W 2004 year he received a special diploma of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for outstanding merits for the promotion of Poland in the world. Late 2004 He publicly supported the orange revolution in Ukraine – his sight on the rally at Kiev Maidan caused the euphoria of crowds. He tried to meditate between conflicted pages – by Wiktor Juszczenka and Wiktor Yanukovych camp, but the Yanukovych camp rejected his mediation at the very beginning.
In February 2005 year he wrote an open letter about the controversial Catholic radio station of Radio Maryja – He accused her with strong words of conspiracy theories about the Third Polish Republic, anti -Semitism and xenophobia. Wałęsa's accusation on Radio Maryja was incentive to cooperate with the Security Service under a pseudonym “Bolel”. He was met by an aggressive attack from the right -wing circles. Wałęsa publicly announced support for the emerging Democratic Party and almost in parallel supported the candidacy of Donald Tusk from Platforma Obywatelska as president of the Republic of Poland. 26 August 2005 year he took part in the concert of Jean Michel Jarrea PT. “The space of freedom” as part of the celebration 25 anniversary of August strikes and uprising “Solidarity” in the Gdańsk Shipyard. Lech Wałęsa said from the stage: I want to believe, that this flame of freedom, fired then, and today shown by our French friend will brighten the hearts and that just like 25 years ago the walls, walls, which separate us from each other, walls of indifference, injustice, unkindness and misunderstandings. Let Europe learn from Gdańsk how to build solidarity, And all the walls of the runway
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16 November 2005 year he obtained the decision of the Institute of National Remembrance the status of the victim by the Security Service of the Polish People's Republic and announced a fight in court with persons accusing him of agent. 22 August 2006 Lech Wałęsa left Solidarity, because he decided that the union was too involved in the support of PiS and the Kaczyński brothers.
During the 26th anniversary celebrations 80, Together with Donald Tusk and other leaders of the Civic Platform, He laid wreaths and flowers at the monument to the fallen shipyard workers in Gdańsk at noon. He did it at a different time than President Lech Kaczyński with whom he did not have very good relations.