35th anniversary of the 04 June 1989 elections in Poland, Gdansk - 04 Jun 2024
Speaker of the Sejm (parliament) Szymon Holownia (R), the Chairwoman of the Gdansk City Council Agnieszka Owczarczak (L), former President Lech Walesa (2-L), KO MP Piotr Adamowicz (C-rear), KO MP Henryka Krzywonos-Strycharska (2-R) and Gdansk Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz (C) pose at a ceremony commemorating the 35th anniversary of the 04 June 1989 elections, at the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 on Solidarity Square in Gdansk, Poland, 04 June 2024. Thirty-five years ago, the first round of elections to the Sejm and Senate were held, under the terms of the Round Table, which ended with the success of Solidarity. The consequence was the collapse of communism and political transformation in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.