Roman Bartoszcze is a former Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 agrarian politician

Politician

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 from Polish People's Party (PSL).

From 1969 to 1980 he was a member of Polish United Workers' Party

Polish United Workers' Party

The Polish United Workers' Party was the Communist party which governed the People's Republic of Poland from 1948 to 1989. Ideologically it was based on the theories of Marxism-Leninism.- The Party's Program and Goals :...

 satellite United People's Party

United People's Party (Poland)

The United People's Party was an agrarian political party in the People's Republic of Poland. It was formed on 27 November 1949 from the merger of the communist Stronnictwo Ludowe party with remnants of the independent People's Party of Stanisław Mikołajczyk .ZSL became - as intended from its very...

 (ZSL). In 1980 he broke with ZSL and joined oppositional Peaseant Solidarity, which was merged into Solidarity movement in 1981. During Martial law

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...

 he was interned for two months. After his release Bartoszcze acted in the All-Poland Peaseants Resistatce Committee and was an editor of newspaper Żywią i bronią.

Elected in 1989 Contract Sejm

Contract Sejm

Contract Sejm is a term commonly applied to the Polish Parliament elected in the Polish parliamentary elections of 1989. The contract refers to an agreement reached by the Communist Party and the Solidarity movement during the Polish Round Table Agreement. The final agreement was signed on April...

 Member from Solidarity Citizens' Committee

Solidarity Citizens' Committee

The Solidarity Citizens' Committee , also known as "Citizens' Electoral Committee" , previously named "Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa" was an legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in communist Poland...

, he joined reborn Polish People's Party in 1990 and was soon elected its first leader. The same year he ran for

Polish presidential election, 1990

The 1990 Presidential elections were held in Poland on Sunday, November 25 , and Sunday, December 9 . These were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Poland. Before World War II, presidents were elected by the Sejm, but the Sejm was abolished in 1952. The leader of the...

 President and lost with 1,176,175 votes (7,15%), winning 5th place among six candidates that fall.

In 1991 he left PSL and founded small conservative Polish People's-Christian Forum "Fatherland". Re-elected Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 member in 1991 from Center Civic Alliance

Center Civic Alliance

Center Civic Alliance , an electoral alliance of several Polish parties initiated and led by Centre Agreement . Other members, as Forum Ludowo-Chrześcijańskie "Ojcowizna" and Komitety Obywatelskie played a minor role...

 he retired from politics with his term ends in 1993.

His brother Piotr, who was also an opposition activist, was murdered by the Security Service.

External links

• Sejm biography