Background
Bartoszcze was born in Jaroszewice, and worked on his family farm there, and later in Sławęcin, until 1966.
Bartoszcze was born in Jaroszewice, and worked on his family farm there, and later in Sławęcin, until 1966.
He did national service from 1966 to 1968. In 1980 he broke with ZSL and joined oppositional Peaseant Solidarity, which was merged into Solidarity movement in 1981. During Martial law 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 as Contract Sejm member from the Solidarity Citizens" Committee, he joined the reborn Polish People"s Party in 1990 and was soon elected its first leader. The same year he ran for President and lost with 1,176,175 votes (7,15%), winning fifth place among six candidates that fall.
Re-elected Sejm member in 1991 from Center Civic Alliance he retired from politics with his term ends in 1993.
In 1991 he left Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party) and founded small conservative Polish People"s-Christian Forum "Fatherland".
Presidium National Founding Committee of Farmers" Solidarity 1981, Char. Board Bydgoszcz Region 1981, April since 1989. Presidium Provisional National Council of Fanners’ Solidarity 1987.
Citizens’ Committee of Solidarity.
United Peasant Party 1966-1968i, Polish Peasant Party Wilanow group 1989-1990, United Polish Peasant Party May since 1990.
Married Alicia Bartoszcze.