sentences:  He was assaulted by police during the Bydgoszcz events in 1981 and interned during the martial law in Poland.He was a Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 2001.On October 21, 2007, Jan Rulewski (Civic Platform - PO) won in the Polish Senate election in Bydgoszcz district with 142,054 votes (33.71%).