In 1981, Time gave its Man of the Year title to Lech Wałęsa, a labor leader in what country?

Lech Wałęsa was the leader of the Polish Solidarity trade union and was the architect of the Gdańsk Agreement, which ended a shipyard strike and dealt a blow to the country's communist leadership. In 1981, he was arrested by communist authorities and martial law was imposed upon the nation, making Lech Wałęsa a major figure in Europe and the Man of the Year.

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