Wałęsa

[vuh-wen-suh]

noun

1. Lech born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.

Wałęsa

/ væˈwɛnsə /

noun

1. Lech (lɛç). born 1943, Polish statesman: president of Poland (1990–95); leader of the independent trade union Solidarity 1980–90; Nobel peace prize 1983

Example Sentences

A better future shimmers on the page when Lech Wałęsa climbs over a fence as an unemployed electrician, taps someone on the shoulder and becomes “the face of the Polish revolution.”

From Los Angeles Times

Leaders like FDR, JFK, Wałęsa, and Nehru demonstrated that democrats can propound powerful liberal-national narratives.

From Slate

Its leader, Lech Wałęsa, never failed to summon the martyrs of Poland’s centurieslong quest for national independence, often in the same breath that he demanded political liberalization.

From Slate

József Antall, an opposition leader and Hungary’s first post-Communist prime minister, called forth national pride in the service of democracy as Wałęsa did in Poland.

From Slate

“This is a decisive time. A lot will really depend on this decision,” said Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the Solidarity movement and Poland’s first president after the end of communism.

From The Guardian