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Former Polish President Lech Walesa Taken To Hospital With COVID-19
Poland's first democratically elected president Lech Walesa is een in Gdansk, Poland on 31 August, 2020 in this archival image. Walesa, 80 previously led the pro-democracti Solidarity movement and became Poland's first democratically elected president after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)
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| Photo ID | #10833605 |
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| Photographer | Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto |
| Category | Human Interest |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto |
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