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| | Lech Wałęsa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Lech Wałęsa (; born September 29 1943, Popowo, Poland) 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). |
 | | Lech Wałęsa was born on September 29, 1943 in Popowo, Poland, to a carpenter and his wife. |
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