1989 â 1990 Change
By the end of the 1980s, Lech Walesa sat down to negotiate with the Communist authorities at the Round Table. The peaceful transformation, called a bloodless revolution, was an exceptional phenomenon in the world and an example for others how to reach an agreement and carry out political change. Determination and courage of Lech Walesa, who headed the delegation of the democratic opposition at the Round Table, led to a compromise with the already weak, but still dangerous Communist regime, and this culminated in the election of 4th June 1989 and the establishment of the first non-Communist government on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain.
