Jan Olszewski
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Jan Ferdynand Olszewski was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading
Olszewski (right) defending his government's actions on Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski's talk show in July 1993
Olszewski greeting Pope John Paul II to the Sejm and Senate Complex, 1999
Olszewski in 2006
Olszewski lying in state before the funeral in Warszaw
Lech Wałęsa
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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 democr
Wałęsa in 2026
Wałęsa during the strike at the Lenin Shipyard, August 1980
Wałęsa signs autographs during the strike in August 1980.
U.S. President George H. W. Bush meets privately with Wałęsa, November 1989.