LECH WALESA

GROWING UP

• Lech Walesa was born and raised in Poland in 1943
• He grew up in communist controlled Poland
• His dad was a peasant farmer.

IN 1978 HE HELD THE FIRST NONCOMMUNIST TRADE UNION.

1980

• IN 1980, WALESA WAS ELECTED LEADER OF SOLIDARITY
• HE HELPED TO LEAD STRIKES IN THE SUMMER OF 1980
• HIS STRIKES PROVED RATHER SUCCESSFUL.

LECH WAS BORN IN POPOWO, POLAND.

LECH BECAME PRESIDENT OF POLAND IN 1990

IN 1983 LECH WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

REWARDS

• LECH WAS GRANTED MANY HONORARY AWARDS
• INCLUDING HARVARD AND YALE

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