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Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa was a leader of Poland’s labor movement, Solidarity, in the early 1980s. For his leadership of Solidarity in its struggle for recognition by the Polish government, Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. Wałęsa served as president of Poland from 1990 to 1995.
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