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Former Polish President Walesa

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa speaks to journalists in Osaka on May 27, 2025.

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Former Polish President Walesa

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa speaks to journalists in Osaka on May 27, 2025.

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Former Polish President Walesa

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa speaks to journalists in Osaka on May 27, 2025.

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Former Polish President Walesa

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa speaks to journalists in Osaka on May 27, 2025.

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Former Polish President Walesa

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa speaks to journalists in Osaka on May 27, 2025.

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March For Democracy - Warsaw

Leader of main opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Donald Tusk, former Polish President and leader of the Independent Polish Trade Union Solidarity Lech Walesa and supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the new commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security and 'theft, high prices and lies' in Warsaw, Poland, 04 June 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed on 29 May into law legislation setting up a commission that will investigate alleged Russian influence on Poland's internal security in 2007-2022. The commission will have the power to waive an administrative decision it deems was made under Russian influence, and in the case of people making such decisions issue a ban of up to 10 years from holding a public office that involves public funds. The date of June 4 chosen because it is the 34th anniversary of the first partial-free elections in Poland. Photo by Damian Burzykowski / Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Polish Pres. Walesa speaks in interview

GDANSK, Poland - Former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Gdansk, northern Poland, in May 2014, calling for the need to build a united Europe.

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Ex-Polish President Walesa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa is pictured in Hiroshima, Japan, on March 19, 2014.

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Ex-Polish President Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa (L) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) at the city government office in Hiroshima, Japan, on March 19, 2014. Walesa is on a three-day visit to the city from March 18 at the invitation of Mazda Corp., which is headquartered in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Ex-Polish President Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa (L) talks with Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (R) at the prefectural office in the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on March 19, 2014. Walesa is on a three-day visit to the city from March 18 at the invitation of Mazda Corp., which is headquartered in the Prefecture.

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Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President Lech Walesa visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 19, 2014.

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Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President Lech Walesa answers reporters' questions during a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 19, 2014.

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Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President Lech Walesa offers a wreath at the cenotaph for atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 19, 2014.

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Abe meets with former Polish leader Walesa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with former Polish President Lech Walesa at his office in Tokyo on March 9. Walesa asked Abe for his cooperation in expanding investment from Japanese companies to his country.

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(8)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flag is carried into the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8 by eight persons representing the five continents. Japan's gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki (2nd from L) represented Asia, joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu (Africa), former astronaut John Glenn (the Americas), former Polish President Lech Walesa (Europe) and Australian athlete Cathy Freeman (Oceania). Also among the flag-bearers were 1968 alpine skiing gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy, movie maker Steven Spielberg and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau to represent the pillars of the Olympic Movement.

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Former South Africa President Fw De Klerk Announces He Has Cancer

According to a statement on the de Klerk Foundations website, the former South African president and Nobel Prize winner has been diagnosed with mesothelioma a cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs --- File --- Former South African president Frederik de Klerk and his wife Marike Willemse seen at 'solidarnosc' conference marking the 25th anniversary of Lech Walesa Nobel Prize, in Gdansk, Poland on December 6, 2008. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Former South Africa President Fw De Klerk Announces He Has Cancer

According to a statement on the de Klerk Foundations website, the former South African president and Nobel Prize winner has been diagnosed with mesothelioma a cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs --- File --- Former South African president Frederik de Klerk and his wife Marike Willemse seen at 'solidarnosc' conference marking the 25th anniversary of Lech Walesa Nobel Prize, in Gdansk, Poland on December 6, 2008. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Former South Africa President Fw De Klerk Announces He Has Cancer

According to a statement on the de Klerk Foundations website, the former South African president and Nobel Prize winner has been diagnosed with mesothelioma a cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs --- File --- Former South African president Frederik de Klerk and his wife Marike Willemse seen at 'solidarnosc' conference marking the 25th anniversary of Lech Walesa Nobel Prize, in Gdansk, Poland on December 6, 2008. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Abe meets with former Polish leader Walesa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with former Polish President Lech Walesa at his office in Tokyo on March 9. Walesa asked Abe for his cooperation in expanding investment from Japanese companies to his country. (Kyodo)

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People rally in Warsaw for democracy icon Walesa

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Warsaw on Feb. 27, 2016, in support of former Polish President Lech Walesa amid fresh allegations he acted as a communist spy triggered by newly found 1970s secret police files that he insists were fabricated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(8)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flag is carried into the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8 by eight persons representing the five continents. Japan's gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki (2nd from L) represented Asia, joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu (Africa), former astronaut John Glenn (the Americas), former Polish President Lech Walesa (Europe) and Australian athlete Cathy Freeman (Oceania). Also among the flag-bearers were 1968 alpine skiing gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy, movie maker Steven Spielberg and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau to represent the pillars of the Olympic Movement.

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Lech Walesa

Former Polish president Lech Walesa speaks during the International conference Europe without Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom, on November 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lech Walesa

Former Polish president Lech Walesa speaks during the International conference Europe without Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom, on November 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lech Walesa

Former Polish president Lech Walesa speaks during the International conference Europe without Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom, on November 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lech Walesa

Former Polish president Lech Walesa speaks during the International conference Europe without Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom, on November 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lech Walesa

Former Polish president Lech Walesa speaks during the International conference Europe without Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom, on November 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left: Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Glanis Changachirere, Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left CW: Glanis Changachirere, the Director of the Institute for Young Women Development and the founding Coordinator of the African Women Leaders Forum, Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Glanis Changachirere, Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left CW: Glanis Changachirere, the Director of the Institute for Young Women Development and the founding Coordinator of the African Women Leaders Forum, Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Vlasta Chramostova

***FILE PHOTO*** Dissident actress Vlasta Chramostova reads a message from Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa during a rally in Prague's Wenceslas Square on Human Rights Day, December 10, 1989. Vlasta Chramostova, a Czech theatre and film actress and a former leading anti-communist dissident and Charter 77 human rights manifesto signatory, died on October 6, 2019, aged 92. (CTK Photo)