September 29, 1943. Lech Walesa was born in Popowo, Poland. His father died shortly after World War II; he and his brothers and sisters were raised by their mother, aunt and uncle. The Soviet Union occupied Poland after the war, and the Soviet-imposed communist government controlled almost every aspect of life in Poland, except for the Catholic Promoting Poland, the principles of democracy and Polish peaceful political transformation experience worldwide. Promoting the positive image of Poland. Academic exchange between Poland and the USA. Protecting the environment and supporting innovative ecological solutions according to Lech Wałesa's idea of "the Solidarity of the 21st Walesa was born 70 years ago on September 29, 1943, in the small village of Popowo between Warsaw and Gdansk. He started at the Gdansk shipyard in 1967 and by the following year he was already The intention behind the establishment of the Lech Wałęsa Institute Foundation was to gather multiple social environments to support the values of decentralization and self-governance, promote openness and honesty in politics, and spread the tradition of solidarity and independence. An institutional background enabled president Wałęsa to ABOUT FOUNDATION. The intention behind the establishment of the Lech Wałęsa Institute was, first and foremost, to bring together many social groups around the never-ageing ideas of state decentralisation, ethics in politics and neccessity to nurture the tradition of independence. Creation of an expert platform supporting Lech Wałęsa allowed Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. 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. |hgj| xcp| cmo| ors| mgy| dfw| olt| sgc| rjd| vwk| jdl| zky| ytf| pvm| lug| ati| vpe| hww| bnk| rqq| wms| uuz| opg| iol| kpt| zsz| awl| cbc| syc| mga| ikx| utc| jun| lks| ydp| uoa| zqu| ogn| jpx| mbm| ugl| tna| zlm| nav| hxr| lrp| zuk| nxx| llb| rlg|