Danuta Wałęsa

Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa
First Lady of Poland
In office December 22, 1990 – December 22, 1995
President	Lech Wałęsa
Preceded by	Barbara Jaruzelska (in Exile Karolina Kaczorowska)
Succeeded by	Jolanta Kwaśniewska
Personal details
Born	Mirosława Danuta Gołoś 25 February 1949(1949-02-25) Węgrów
Nationality	Polish
Spouse(s)	Lech Wałęsa (m. 08.12.1969-present)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa, maiden surname Gołoś (born 25 February 1949 near Węgrów), is the wife of the former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa.^[1] In 1983 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on behalf of her husband,^[1][2] who feared, at a time of great political upheaval in the country, that the Polish government might not allow him to return if he travelled to Oslo himself. Lech and Danuta have been married since September 8, 1969 and have eight children:

• Bogdan - b. 1970
• Sławomir - b. 1972
• Przemysław - b. 1974
• Jarosław - b. 1976
• Magdalena - b. 1979
• Anna - b. 1980
• Maria Wiktoria - b. 1982
• Brygida - b. 1985.^[1]

Danuta grew up in Krypy village near Węgrów (Krypy, Gmina Wierzbno or Krypy, Gmina Liw). She was working in a flower shop near the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk when she met Lech Wałęsa, then an electrician. They married in 1969, and at his suggestion she began using her middle name, Danuta. She was even more resolutely anti-Communist than her husband. During her husband's frequent interrogations by the SB in the 1980s, she was known to openly taunt officers who came to pick him up.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Pokojowa Nagroda Nobla Lecha Wałęsy" (Lech Wałęsa's Peace Prize) [1]
2. ^ R. W. APPLE JR., "AWARD IS ACCEPTED BY DANUTA WALESA", New York Times, December 11, 1983, [2]
3. ^ Sebetsyen, Victor (2009). Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. New York City: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0375425322. 

• Fundacja "Sprawni inaczej" (Foundation Differently Able) [3]
• Dziennik [4]

Persondata
Name	Walesa, Danuta
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Date of birth	25 February 1949
Place of birth	Węgrów
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