自波兰政坛消失。脑袋发烧的波兰人民立刻尝到了民主政治的苦果,跟现在美国选民一样。
In 1990 he successfully ran for the newly re-established office of President of Poland. He presided over Poland's transformation from a communist to a post-communist state, but his popularity waned. After he narrowly lost the 1995 presidential election, his role in Polish politics was diminished.