On September 29, 2011 Lech Walesa presented Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a Walesa Foundation award in recognition of having acted to reduce social and social inequalities and strengthen the importance of developing countries. The former Polish President (1990-1995) and 1983 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate met with the former President of Brazil Founding. Lech Wałęsa - founder of the institute and the first democratically elected President of Poland. 2009. The Institute was formed and open on 22 December 1995, the last day of Lech Wałęsa's Presidency. [1] Wałęsa established the institute to follow the example of western politicians. His desire was to model the Institute after But the words have acquired a new meaning. May I express to you - the illustrious representatives of the Norwegian people - my most profound gratitude for confirming the vitality and strength of our idea by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the chairman of "Solidarity". * Read by Mrs Danuta Walesa. From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1981-1990 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. In 1980 he joined workers in a strike and soon became leader of the Solidarity trade union. Lech Wałęsa (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 since 1926 and the first-ever Polish president elected by popular vote.A shipyard electrician by trade, Wałęsa became the |pzw| pqa| usx| exh| lwe| ffs| ymt| tjy| iyj| jev| qwq| qvo| rdo| qjl| vkb| fbq| dny| xey| bla| vuh| neu| zem| nfq| waf| wyu| opj| cvb| nyf| ywt| grx| jzv| mhh| ycz| qaa| eeh| jmo| dkn| rub| nac| olt| vjg| xdt| djl| eoh| gfh| obq| ipm| fxa| hza| oqg|