Lech Wałęsa

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Polish politician President of Poland dissident human trade unionist

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish electrician-turned-labor leader who co-founded the Solidarity movement, played a key role in ending communist rule in Poland, and later served as the country’s president.

Aliases (2)

Chairman of Solidarity ×1
Wałęsa ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish politician → President of Poland → dissident → human → trade unionist →
awardReceived	Liberty Medal → Nobel Peace Prize → Order of the White Eagle → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Time Person of the Year →
coFounded	Solidarity →
countryOfCitizenship	Poland →
dateOfBirth	1943-09-29 →
endTime (President of Poland)	1995 →
era	Cold War → post-communist Poland →
familyName	Wałęsa →
gender	male →
givenName	Lech →
hasResidence	Gdańsk, Poland →
influenced	democratic transition in Central and Eastern Europe →
influencedBy	Catholic social teaching →
knownFor	co-founding the Solidarity movement → leading opposition to communist rule in Poland → serving as President of Poland →
languageSpoken	Polish →
movement	Solidarity →
name	Lech Wałęsa →
NobelPeacePrizeYear	1983 →
notableWork	A Way of Hope →
numberOfChildren	8 →
occupation	electrician → politician → trade union organizer →
participatedIn	Polish 1980 strikes → Round Table Talks in Poland →
placeOfBirth	Popowo, Poland →
politicalParty	Nonpartisan (during presidency) → Solidarity Electoral Action →
positionHeld	Chairman of Solidarity → President of Poland →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
roleInEvent	key negotiator in Round Table Agreements → leader of 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike →
signature	Lech Wałęsa signature →
spouse	Danuta Wałęsa →
startTime (President of Poland)	1990 →
subjectOf	biographies about Solidarity and Polish transition →
workedAt	Gdańsk Shipyard →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gdańsk →	associatedWithPerson
Lech Wałęsa ("Wałęsa") →	familyName
Solidarity →	foundedBy
Polish–Soviet relations →	hasKeyFigure
Round Table Talks of 1989 →	hasParticipant
Solidarity →	keyPerson
Lech Wałęsa →	name
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport →	namedAfter
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award →	notableRecipient
President of Poland →	officeHoldersInclude
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 →	openingAttendedBy
Polish Round Table Agreement →	participant
Lech Wałęsa ("Chairman of Solidarity") →	positionHeld
Wojciech Jaruzelski →	successor