History and chronology of Lech Walesa in Poland

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Lech Walesa History of Poland


1943	Birth
29th Sep Popowo Birth of Lech Walesa
1969	Marriage
Marries Danuta Golos
1978	Solidarity
Foundation of illegal TU of shipyard workers
1980	Agreement Gdansk
31st Aug Gdansk The government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
31st Aug Gdansk Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions
1980	Solidarity
Gdansk An independent & democratic trade union by the end of the year has over 10,000 members
Warsaw Helps found Solidarnosc
1980	Strike
Aug Gdansk 16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices
Aug Gdansk Called to establish workers rights
Aug Gdansk Leads the ship workers strike
14th Aug Gdansk Leads the Polish shipworkers strike at Gdansk in protest against rising food prices
31st Aug Gdansk The government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
1981	Arrest
Dec Walesa is arrested by Jaruzelski, who fears Polish invasion
1981	Chairman Solidarity
Sep Gdansk Appointed Chairman of Solidarity
1981	Congress of Solidarity
Sep Gdansk Appointed Chairman of Solidarity
Sep Gdansk Solidarity's 1st national congress
1981	Demonstrations
Jan Solidarity agree to a 3 month moratorium on strikes
1981	Diplomacy
Jan Vatican John Paul II meets Lech Walesa at the Vatican
1981	Martial Law
13th Dec Jaruzelski declares martial law
1981	Reform
Jan Jaruzelski makes concessions to Solidarity including the right to strike
1981	Solidarity
Membership of Solidarity rises to 9 million
Dec Jaruzelski bans Solidarity
Dec Solidarity goes underground
1981	Strike
27th Mar Solidarity holds a 4 hour national strike
1982	Arrest
12th Nov Walesa is released from prison
1982	Martial Law
Martial Law is suspended
1983	Arrest
22nd April Gdansk Walesa returns to work at the Lenin Shipyard
1983	Demonstrations
1st May Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland
1983	Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for human rights
The press criticises Walesa's Nobel prize
1987	Solidarity
Negotiates with the government's Central Committee
Outlawed Solidarity leadership forms the Citizens' Committee
1988	Arrest
Political prisoners are released
1988	Legislation
Solidarity is legalized
1988	Solidarity
Political prisoners are released
Solidarity is legalized
1988	Strike
Solidarity strikes lead to negotiation with the government
1989	Address Congress
Nov 3rd person in history after Churchill & Lafayette to address the US Congress
1989	Election
Solidarity wins 99 out of 100 seats in the Senate
Solidarity wins every seat in the Sejim
Aug Limited free elections take place
1989	Government
Aug A Solidarity-led coalition government is formed
1989	Legislation
5th April Solidarity is legalized
5th April Solidarity & the government sign an agreement legalizing Solidarity
5th April The government legalizes Solidarity
1989	Solidarity
5th April Solidarity must not strike for 2 yrs
5th April Solidarity & the government sign an agreement legalizing Solidarity
5th April The ban on Solidarity is lifted
1990	Border
12th Nov Oder Neisse Line Germany & Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line
1990	Diplomacy
12th Nov Germany & Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line
1990	Economy
Communists in the Sejim hold up privatization & western aid
Launches privatization reforms
Jan Currency made convertible with exchange set at black market rate
Jan Price controls are lifted & government subsidies are eliminated
1990	Election
9th Dec Wins a landslide election victory
1990	Government
14th Dec Nominates Bielicki as Prime Minister
1990	President
9th Dec Appointed President of Poland after winning landslide election victory
1990	Privatization
Communists in the Sejim hold up privatization & western aid
1990	Reform
Launches privatization reforms
1990	Resignation
Resigns as Party Leader of Solidarity
1991	Economy
June 27m adults to receive vouchers equivalent to mutual funds, $9,000 each
June Inflation increases to 70%
June Unemployment jumps from 7,000 at end of 1989 to 2 million in 1991
1991	Election
Appoints Olszewski is Prime Minister after the election
1992	Economy
10% decline in output and Russia shuts off gas supplies
1992	Independence
Russian troops start to leave Poland
1992	Occupation
Russian troops start to leave Poland
1993	Economy
Goal to privatize 7,000 enterprises by end of 1994
1993	Government
Reformed Communists enter a coaltion government
1995	Election
19th Nov Former Polish communist apparatchik Aleksandr Kwasniewski wins the presidency having used slick western-style campaign tactics to gain a narrow victory over Lech Walesa
1995	Government
Defeated during the Presidential elections by Kwasniewski, a former communist