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Lech Walesa, 80th birthday on 29 September

Sep 29, 2023

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  • August 31, 2023, Gdansk, Poland: Former President of Poland Lech Walesa seen during 43rd anniversary of August 1980 Agreements at the Solidarity Square. The Agreements were a symbolic beginning of the Solidarity Trade Union. They ended the wave of workers strikes in 1980 and contributed to the increasing role of Lech Walesa and the fall of communism in Poland in 1989. Gdansk Poland - ZUMAs197 20230831_aaa_s197_275 Copyright: xMateuszxSlodkowskix
  • SCANPIX SWEDEN, 1989. Demonstration av polska fackförbundet Solidaritet. Ledaren var Lech Walesa. Bilden visar en banderoll med texten solidaritet pa polska. Demonstration x20360x *** SCANPIX SWEDEN, 1989 Demonstration by Polish trade union Solidarity The leader was Lech Walesa The picture shows a banner with the text Solidarity with Polish Demonstration x20360x Copyright: xTTx 20360
  • Polen, Feierlichkeiten am 42. Jahrestag der Solidarnosc Augustvereinbarungen in Danzig Poland Marks The 42nd Anniversary Of Solidarity Agreement A participant hols a photo of Lech Walesa, co-founder and former head of Solidarity (Polish: Solidarnosc), the Soviet bloc s first independent trade union, at the monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 near Gdansk Shipyard Gate no.2 on the 42nd anniversary of the Gdansk Agreement, which allowed the Solidarity trade union to be established. On Wednesday, August 1, 2022, in Gdansk, Poland. Gdansk Poland Copyright: xArturxWidakx originalFilename: widak-polandma220831_npWsF.jpg
  • 42nd Anniversary Of The Gdansk Agreement A view of the monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 seen on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the Gdask Agreement, which allowed the Solidarity trade union to be established. On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, in Gdansk, Poland. Gdansk Poland Copyright: xArturxWidakx originalFilename: widak-42ndanni220830_npFD3.jpg
  • August 31, 1980, Gdansk, Poland: Thousands of sit-down strikers outside the the Lenin shipyard protesting wages. In July of 1980, Poland s government raised the price of food and other goods, while curbing the growth of wages making it difficult for many Poles to afford the basic necessities. Amid mounting tensions and economic crisis, Lech Walesa, a former fired electrician and union activist led over 17,000 shipyard workers on a sit-down strike forming Solidarity, the first independent labor union developed in a Soviet bloc nation. Known as the Gdansk Agreement, on August 31, 1980, the Polish government agreed to the 21 demands of the striking shipyard workers. Walesa was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, and after the fall of commun - ZUMAk09_ 19800831_jtc_k09_893 Copyright: xKeystonexPressxAgencyx
  • Anefo photo collection. Strikes in Poland 1980: Leninwerf Gdansk. Lech Walesa strike leader handed out signatures. August 31, 1980. Gdansk, Poland Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart72010201-13302 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Anefo photo collection. Strikes in Poland 1980: Leninwerf Gdansk. Priest Henryk Jankowski decides in the middle of kneeling workers of the Leninwerf; At the left rear it with microphone strike leader Lech Walesa. August 20, 1980. Gdansk, Poland Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart1270921-48317 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • January 15 , 1981: Pope John Paul II receives Lech Walesa, Solidarnosc in a Private audience, Rome, Vatican. Copyright: x GiancarloxGiuliani CPPx xIPAx x CatholicxPressxPhotox
  • Celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of August 1980 and the establishment of the Solidarity trade union held in Gdansk Lech Walesa, Jacek Karnowski Celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of August 1980 and the establishment of the Solidarity trade union held on August 31, 2020 in Gdansk, Poland. EN_01443380_0495
  • Celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of August 1980 and the establishment of the Solidarity trade union held in Gdansk Lech Walesa Celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of August 1980 and the establishment of the Solidarity trade union held on August 31, 2020 in Gdansk, Poland. EN_01443380_0308
  • two old post stamps with Lech Walesa portrait Lech Walesa, Polish politician, Solidarity labor union leader, Peace Nobel Price winner on two old (1990) canceled post stamps from Poland Copyright: xPixelsAwayx 757021
  • POLOGNE annees 80 Solidarnosc - Federation de syndicats polonais dirigee au depart par Lech Walesa. Carte postale polonaise vers 1980. Credit : IM KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** POLAND 1980s Solidarnosc Federation of Polish Trade Unions initially led by Lech Walesa Polish postcard circa 1980 Credit IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH251205
  • Deutschland, Bonn, 07.09.1989. Archiv-Nr.: 08 13-27 Besuch von Lech Walesa, Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarność Foto: Lech Walesa, Vorsitzender der polnischen Gewerkschaft Solidarność Besuch von Lech Walesa, Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarność *** Germany, Bonn, 07 09 1989 Archive No 08 13 27 Visit of Lech Walesa, Chairman of the trade union SolidarnoÅć Photo Lech Walesa, Chairman of the Polish trade union SolidarnoÅć Visit of Lech Walesa, Chairman of the trade union SolidarnoÅć
  • Deutschland, Bonn, 07.09.1989. Archiv-Nr.: 08 19-13 Besuch von Lech Walesa, Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarność Foto: Lech Walesa und Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl im Kanzleramt Besuch von Lech Walesa, Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarność *** Germany, Bonn, 07 09 1989 Archive No 08 19 13 Visit of Lech Walesa, Chairman of the trade union SolidarnoÅć Photo Lech Walesa and Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the Chancellery Visit of Lech Walesa, Chairman of the trade union SolidarnoÅć
  • Lech Walesa, former President in Poland and founder og the free Polish union Solidarność arrives at Frederiksborg Castle where his family coat of arms is presentet and placed in the castle church. The family coat of arms is made for all recipients og the Danish Order of the Elephant that he received in 1993. Foto: Lars Moeller
  • 21.10.2013 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in the Palace of Culture and Science. 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates is taking place in Warsaw between 21 and 23 October 2013 under the theme Stand in Solidarity for Peace - Time to Act . Pictured: Lech Walesa (President of Poland between 1990 and 1995, Nobel Prize in 1983) bew17E2631
  • June 3, 2009 Warsaw, Poland. Pictured: Lech Walesa (President of Poland between 1990 and 1995, Nobel Prize in 1983) bew167374B
  • 10.01.2009 Warsaw, Poland. Pictured: Lech Walesa (President of Poland between 1990 and 1995, Nobel Prize in 1983) bew16720A4
  • 31.08.2018 GDANSK OBCHODY ROCZNICY POROZUMIEN SIERPNIOWYCH 1980 W GDANSKU N Z LECH WALESA PORTRET FOT MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI FOTONEWS NEWSPIX.PL --- Newspix.pl POLAND The 38th Anniversary Of August Agreements In Gdansk NSZZ SOLIDARITY 20180831FNMS057
  • 31.08.2018 GDANSK OBCHODY ROCZNICY POROZUMIEN SIERPNIOWYCH 1980 W GDANSKU N Z LECH WALESA HENRYKA KRZYWONOS SKLADAJA KWIATY POD POMNIKIEM POLEGLYCH STOCZNIOWCOW FOT MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI FOTONEWS NEWSPIX.PL --- Newspix.pl POLAND The 38th Anniversary Of August Agreements In Gdansk NSZZ SOLIDARITY 20180831FNMS039
  • Opening of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk Lech Walesa Opening of the exhibition of the European Solidarity Centre on August 30, 2014 in Gdansk, Poland. EN_01143237_0022
  • Solidarity activists Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Lech Walesa and Bogdan Lis photographed in 1979. EN_01094920_0022 !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Lech Walesa lässt sich nach der Unterzeichnung des Abkommens zwischen Solidarnosc und der Regierung in Warschau feiern - daneben: Tadeusz Mazowiecki. - 18367b
  • Unterzeichnung des Abkommens zwischen Solidarnosc und Regierung in Warschau: Henryk Mazul, Lech Walesa, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Marian Jurczyk, Bogdan Lis - 16010h
  • Solidarity activists Lech Walesa (L) and Tadeusz Mazowiecki (R) pictured in 1980. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, first non-communist prime minister of Poland EN_00019727_0026
  • 70th birthday of Lech Walesa Lech Walesa celebrates his 70th birthday on September 29, 2013 in Gdansk, Poland. EN_01099541_0094
  • Lech Walesa celebrates his 70th birthday in Gdansk Poland EN_01099541_0099
  • 2013 Lech Walesa Awards Pictured: Lech Walesa, Pavel Khodorkovsky EN_01099531_0040
  • Former Polish president and the last Communist leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989 general Wojciech Jaruzelski has recently retuned home from hospital after being treated for pneumonia on 13, February 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. The Health of the 90-year-old retired dictator has been rapidly detoriating since he was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2011. 01.09.1989 President of Poland general Wojciech Jaruzelski (L) and leader of Solidarity trade union Lech Walesa (R) participate in the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of beginning of World War II in Europe at the Westerplatte peninsula in Gdansk.
  • Lech Walesa 16.11.2011 Lech Walesa - born 29 September 1943 - former Polish president, and Noble Peace Prize winner by Maksymilian Rigamonti Newsweek Polska FORUM NO WEB NO INTERNET 16.11.2011 r. Lech Walesa - polski polityk i dzialacz zwiazkowy, z zawodu elektryk. Wspolzalozyciel i pierwszy przewodniczacy Solidarnosci , opozycjonista w okresie PRL. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w latach 1990–1995. Fot. Maksymilian Rigamonti Newsweek Polska FORUM ZAKAZ PUBLIKACJI W INTERNECIE rima_291211
  • Lech Walesa hält eine Rede während des Streiks auf der Lenin-Werft in Danzig 31.08.1980
  • Lech Walesa (polnischer Gewerkschaftsführer) 09 89 hör Mann Vorsitzender Vorsitz Führung Leitung Management Gewerkschaft Polen Solidarität Solidarnosc grauhaarig kurzhaarig Schnäuzer seriös Jackett Hemd Krawatte Portrait quer nachdenklich
  • Lech Walesa (Polen)
  • Lech Walesa (Polen)
  • Lech Walesa (Mitte re.) während einer Kundgebung von Solidarnosc in Danzig EN009245580006 !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Lech Walesa (Mitte) während einer Kundgebung von Solidarnosc in Danzig EN009245580003 !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Photo: LECH WALESA, Czech-Polish Border, Meeting Havel and Walesa, 1980. UnitedArchives97433
  • Photo: LECH WALESA in election office in Warsaw, 1989. UnitedArchives97431
  • Poland. Head of the independent trade union Solidarity Lech Walesa at the meeting of the 2nd congress of the trade unions. Photo TASS. 1035760
  • Warsaw. President of Poland Lech Walesa and his wife Danuta at the oath ceremony. Photo TASS 1035334
  • Japan; May 10, 1981 Tokyo Poland s Solidarity Lech Walesa at Tokyo (000039)
  • Lech Walesa (Polen) hält eine Rede im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten zum 20. Jahrestag der Friedlichen Revolution in Warschau - - EN00242367020
  • Arbeiterführer Lech Walesa (Polen Vorsitzender Solidarnosc) in Paris
  • V.l.n.r.: Frederik Willem De Klerk (Südafrika), Dalai Lama (Religiöses Oberhaupt der buddhistischen Tibeter), Shirin Ebadi (Iran) und Lech Walesa (Polen) auf dem Jugendforum in Danzig EN00195440023
  • Lech Walesa (POL) anlässlich einer Rede vor dem Auditorium des Colby College in Waterville - - WAT98120705
  • Präsident Bill Clinton (re., USA) und Lech Walesa (POL) in Washington D.C. - (WAP96060303)
  • Sänger Elton John (li., GBR) trifft Lech Walesa (POL Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft Solidarnosc) 1984 in Polen - (EN0019728362)
  • Lech Walesa (re., POL) und Michael Bloomberg (USA Republikaner Bürgermeister von New York) eröffnen die Ausstellung - Poland on the Front Page - anlässlich des 25. Jahrestages der Gründung der Solidarnosc im Union Square Park in New York - (nyp2005092801)
  • Gedenktafel für Lech Walesa in Gdansk
  • Lech Walesa (POL Polnischer Staatspräsident) hält eine Rede