Jan Rulewski
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Jan Rulewski is a Polish politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

, activist of Solidarity; a Member of the Polish Sejm (1991-2001) and a Senator (since 2007).

He was in charge of the Bydgoszcz region of Solidarity (1980-1981 and from 1989). He was assaulted by police during the Bydgoszcz events
Bydgoszcz events
Bydgoszcz events refers to a turning point in the early history of the Solidarity movement. Following the registration of the Solidarity by the communist authorities of Poland in 1980, the farmers were also pushing for creation of a separate trade union, independent from the official system of power...

 in 1981 and interned during the martial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983, when the authoritarian government of the People's Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life by introducing martial law in an attempt to crush political opposition to it. Thousands of opposition...

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He was a Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 2001.

On October 21, 2007, Jan Rulewski (Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

 - PO) won in the Polish Senate election
Polish parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005...

 in Bydgoszcz district with 142,054 votes (33.71 %). With Zbigniew Pawłowicz (PO also) was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland from Bydgoszcz district. He took office on November 6.

On August 28, 2006, Rulewski was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczynski
Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...

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External links

JanRulewski.pl
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