Jan Rulewski

He was assaulted by police during the Bydgoszcz events in 1981 and interned during the martial law in Poland.

On October 21, 2007, Jan Rulewski (Civic Platform - PO) won in the Polish Senate election 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.

In April 2019, he resigned from membership in the Civic Platform and from further political activity, which was motivated by PO's alliance with former members of the Polish United Worker's Party.

[1] On August 28, 2006, Rulewski was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczynski, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2021 by President Andrzej Duda.