{"id":2340,"date":"2011-10-05T14:32:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T14:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2011-10-05T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T14:32:49","slug":"lech-walesa-gets-lincoln-leadership-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/lech-walesa-gets-lincoln-leadership-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa gets Lincoln Leadership Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation in Springfield, Illinois, awarded its Leadership Prize to Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa. Legendary Solidarity leader and former President of Poland will accept the award on February 9 in Chicago.<\/div>\n
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“The award is given to people whose lives and actions exemplify Lincoln’s legacy of leadership\u201d – president of the Foundation, Carla Knorowski stressed out.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wa\u0142\u0119sa\u00a0is a former shipyard worker and Nobel Peace Prize winner who in 1990 became the first democratically elected president in Polish postwar history. He served until 1995.<\/p>\n

He first became known for his struggles to win worker’s rights in Poland.<\/p>\n

Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa\u00a0said in a statement that he is proud to be awarded the Leadership Prize.<\/p>\n

“The Prize of The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation is also a tribute to the entire Polish nation, which for nearly two decades, peacefully and democratically conducted economic and social revolution. As a result of this transformation, Poland entered a period of prosperity and justice” – says Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa.<\/p>\n

The “Lincoln Leadership Prize” is awarded since 2006. Past winners include: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2008), American astronaut James Lovell Jr.(2010) and the NBC journalist Tim Russert.<\/p>\n

Do nast<\/strong>\u0119pnego razu… <\/strong>(Till next time…)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation in Springfield, Illinois, awarded its Leadership Prize to Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa. Legendary Solidarity leader and former President of Poland will accept the award on February 9 in Chicago. “The award is given to people whose lives and actions exemplify Lincoln’s legacy of leadership\u201d – president of the Foundation, Carla Knorowski…<\/p>\n

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