Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.

Lech Wałęsa

President of Poland from 1990 to 1995

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected president of Poland since 1926 and the first-ever Polish…

1990 Polish presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 25 November 1990, with a second round on 9 December. They were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Poland, and the first free presidential elections since the May Coup of 1926. Before World War II, presidents…

President of Poland

Head of state of Poland

The president of Poland, officially the president of the Republic of Poland, is the head of state of Poland. The president's prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executive power together with the Council of…