![Today Lech Wałęsa turns eighty. A shipyard electrician by trade, Wałęsa became the leader of the Solidarność movement, and led a successful pro-democratic effort, which in 1989 ended Communist rule in Poland. : Today Lech Wałęsa turns eighty. A shipyard electrician by trade, Wałęsa became the leader of the Solidarność movement, and led a successful pro-democratic effort, which in 1989 ended Communist rule in Poland. :](https://i.redd.it/p3nn7o94y6rb1.jpg)
Today Lech Wałęsa turns eighty. A shipyard electrician by trade, Wałęsa became the leader of the Solidarność movement, and led a successful pro-democratic effort, which in 1989 ended Communist rule in Poland. :
![Former Polish president looks exactly like U2 frontman Bono with matching orange sunglasses | Daily Mail Online Former Polish president looks exactly like U2 frontman Bono with matching orange sunglasses | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/17/51784617-0-image-a-338_1639502565724.jpg)
Former Polish president looks exactly like U2 frontman Bono with matching orange sunglasses | Daily Mail Online
![Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | International | wrde.com Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | International | wrde.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wrde.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/3b/13b29880-71d2-5ef1-bd1c-af73b54d139c/6516e754da10b.image.jpg?resize=685%2C500)
Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | International | wrde.com
![Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | WesternSlopeNow.com Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | WesternSlopeNow.com](https://www.westernslopenow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/95/2023/09/6516e4c8657e02.94947896.jpeg?strip=1)
Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election | WesternSlopeNow.com
![Former Polish President Lech Walesa speaks at FIU about global democracy, war in Ukraine - PantherNOW Former Polish President Lech Walesa speaks at FIU about global democracy, war in Ukraine - PantherNOW](https://panthernow.com/wp-content/uploads/WalesaFI.jpeg)
Former Polish President Lech Walesa speaks at FIU about global democracy, war in Ukraine - PantherNOW
![Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland. August 31st 2020 © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo Stock Photo - Alamy Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland. August 31st 2020 © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CGCKB9/lech-walesa-in-gdansk-poland-august-31st-2020-wojciech-strozyk-alamy-stock-photo-2CGCKB9.jpg)
Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland. August 31st 2020 © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo Stock Photo - Alamy
![Polish Icon, Nobelist Lech Walesa on UC Campus Labor Strife: 'I Don't Like Strikes' - Times of San Diego Polish Icon, Nobelist Lech Walesa on UC Campus Labor Strife: 'I Don't Like Strikes' - Times of San Diego](https://i0.wp.com/timesofsandiego.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Walesa-5.jpg?ssl=1)
Polish Icon, Nobelist Lech Walesa on UC Campus Labor Strife: 'I Don't Like Strikes' - Times of San Diego
![Photo: Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House - ARKLECH19891113009 - UPI.com Photo: Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House - ARKLECH19891113009 - UPI.com](https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/2b180ad8569dca34d2101bca3f787165/Lech-Walesa.jpg)
Photo: Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House - ARKLECH19891113009 - UPI.com
![Former Polish President Lech Walesa visits San Diego and excoriates Putin for attacking Ukraine - The San Diego Union-Tribune Former Polish President Lech Walesa visits San Diego and excoriates Putin for attacking Ukraine - The San Diego Union-Tribune](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6042bd3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2400+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Ff2%2F084cee8c465e88beda7ab119bad3%2F1216533-sd-me-lech-walesa-ncc-001.jpg)
Former Polish President Lech Walesa visits San Diego and excoriates Putin for attacking Ukraine - The San Diego Union-Tribune
![Former Polish president looks exactly like U2 frontman Bono with matching orange sunglasses | Daily Mail Online Former Polish president looks exactly like U2 frontman Bono with matching orange sunglasses | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/17/51784413-10309253-image-m-330_1639502284212.jpg)