Danuta Wałęsa

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Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa
First Lady of Poland
In role
22 December 1990 – 22 December 1995
PresidentLech Wałęsa
Preceded byKarolina Kaczorowska - in Exile
Barbara Jaruzelska
Succeeded byJolanta Kwaśniewska
Personal details
Born
Mirosława Danuta Gołoś

(1949-02-25) 25 February 1949 (age 75)
Węgrów, Poland
NationalityPolish
Spouse(s)
Lech Wałęsa (m. 1969)
Children8, including Jarosław
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta - Commander's Cross with Star

Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa (née Gołoś; born 25 February 1949)[1] is a Polish political activist. She is the wife of the former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa.[2] In 1983 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on behalf of her husband.[3] From 1990 until 1995, she was the First Lady of Poland.

Lech and Danuta have been married since 8 November 1969.[4] They have eight children.

References[change | change source]

  1. Wałęsa, Danuta; Piotr Adamowicz (oprac.) (2011). Danuta Wałęsa. Marzenia i tajemnice. Cracow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. p. 11. ISBN 978-83-08-04741-5.
  2. ""Pokojowa Nagroda Nobla Lecha Wałęsy" (Lech Wałęsa's Peace Prize)". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. R. W. APPLE JR., "AWARD IS ACCEPTED BY DANUTA WALESA", The New York Times, December 11, 1983, [1]
  4. Wałęsa, Danuta; Piotr Adamowicz (oprac.) (2011). Danuta Wałęsa. Marzenia i tajemnice. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. p. 11. ISBN 978-83-08-04741-5.