Alexandra Posadzki Gdansk, poland Published 2 minutes ago

Former president of Poland Lech Walesa casts his ballot at a polling station in Gdansk during the second round of Poland's presidential elections on June 1.

Lech Walesa is fixed in the popular imagination as a Cold War hero: the mustachioed electrician who won the Nobel Peace Prize, led Poland out of communism and went on to become its first democratically elected president in decades.

Today, as Mr. Walesa approaches his 82nd birthday, his iconic mustache has turned white and his left arm rests in a sling as he recovers from shoulder surgery. But despite his advancing age – or, perhaps, because of it – Mr. Walesa isn’t slowing down. He’s plagued by a sense of urgency, a need to do what he can to help preserve democracy, befo

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