Lech Wałęsa[a] (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning …

Nov 6, 2025 · In December 1990 Wałęsa was elected president of Poland after splitting with Mazowiecki in a dispute over the pace of Poland’s conversion to a market economy.

Feb 9, 2010 · In 1990, Poland’s first direct presidential election was held, and Walesa won by a landslide. President Walesa successfully implemented free-market reforms, but unfortunately …

On December 9, 1990, Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland, completing the transition to a democratic form of government for that nation which had begun in the 1980s.

In April 1990 at Solidarity’s second national congress, Wałęsa was elected chairman with 77.5% of the votes. In December 1990 in a general ballot he was elected President of the Republic of …

As a result, a new non-communist government, the first of its kind in Communist Europe, was sworn in September 13, 1989. In 1990, Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the Solidarity movement, …

On December 9, 1990, the world watched as Poland elected Lech Wałęsa, the iconic leader of the Solidarity movement, as its President. But who was this shipya...

Lech Walesa wins presidential election in Poland. Poland’s democratic transition reached its pivotal point on the 9th of December 1990 when Lech Walesa, the emblematic leader of the …

Sep 12, 2025 · Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Lech Walesa and learn about the life of the former president of Poland.

When Walesa stood for election as president in October 1990, he was challenged by his own prime minister, Mazowiecki, and a Polish-Canadian businessman, Stanislaw Tyminski.