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lech walesa

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Wa⋅łę⋅sa

  [vuh-wen-suh]
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Lech  [lek] , born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel peace prize 1983.
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Wa·le·sa   (wä-lěn'sə, vä-wěn'sä)   
Polish labor leader who was president of Poland from 1990-1995. He won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership of the independent trade union Solidarity.
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Walesa, Lech [(lek vah-wen-suh)]

A Polish labor leader and politician of the twentieth century, known for the success of Solidarity, an independent labor union that he headed. He was periodically put under arrest by the communist government. Walesa won the Nobel Prize for peace in 1983. From 1990 to 1995, he was president of Poland.

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