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He became world famous as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and President of Poland, but now he’s in big trouble: Lech Walesa can’t even afford Christmas presents this year.
Lech Walesa (77), Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Polish president, claims to be broke. “None of me will receive gifts this year because I am bankrupt,” Walesa told Polish television station Polsatnews. In the past, he had traveled a lot and made money lecturing, but that was over now, Walesa said with a view to the corona pandemic. “There were times when I had money, then I spent it. Now my pockets are empty.”
The trained electrician was president of the Solidarnosc union from 1980 to 1990 and, as a labor leader, played a key role in overcoming the communist regime in Poland. From 1990 to 1995 he was president of his country.
