For 19 years, “The Warsaw Voice” weekly has been granting the annual “Chair of the Year” Award to people, institutions, objects or even phenomena that have had a special influence on Poland. The statuette shows a movie director who has the ability to create and influence the world.
This year on February 26, 2009, a special “Chair of Two Decades” has been granted to Lech Wałęsa and Leszek Balcerowicz.
The Winners of “Chair of the Year” Award granted in previous years were: Donald Tusk, Polish economy, Rafał Blechacz, Marek Belka, Jerzy Hausner, Danuta Hübner, Adam Małysz, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Bronisław Geremek, Jerzy Buzek, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the passenger car, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Warsaw Stock Exchange, Hanna Suchocka, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Leszek Balcerowicz, Lech Wałęsa.
