Danuta Walesa

About

Wife of the Nobel laureate Lech Wałęsa, who was also the President of Poland from 1990 to 1995.

Before Fame

She was working in a flower shop when she met her future husband, who was at the time an electrician.

Trivia

She travelled to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of her husband, who had to stay behind to govern Poland.

Family Life

She married Lech Walesa, the reformist Polish president from 1990 to 1995, and gave him eight children.

Associated With

She shared her husband Lech Walesa's aversion to communism.