Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, a former trade union and human rights activist, and also a former electrician. He co-founded Solidarity ("Solidarność"), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (succeeded by Aleksander Kwaśniewski). Wikipedia
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has evaluated Lech Walesa's contribution in this field as being of essential importance in the campaign to establish the universal freedom of organisation in all countries. nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1983/press.html
...Lech Walesa Nobel Lecture Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1983 Translation Ladies and Gentlemen, Addressing you, as the winner of the 1983 Nobel ... www.geocities.com/peace_888grom/walesa-lecture.html