Political Career
From 1991 to 2001 Pastusiak was Deputy to the Polish Sejm. During its 1st and 2nd term he was Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Club of the Democratic Left Alliance. During its 3rd term he was Deputy Chairman of the Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Sejm and Senate Standing Delegation to the Assembly of the Western European Union. Since 1998 he was Vice-chairman of the International Council of the organisation Parliamentarians for Global Action based in New York. Since 2000 he has been Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Transatlantic Relations of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Since 2001 he has been Deputy Chairman of the Social-Democratic Faction in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
From 1961 until its dissolution Pastusiak was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1995 he became a member of the Democratic Left Alliance. Since 2000 he has been a member of the Supreme Council of the Democratic Left Alliance.
From 2002 to 2004 Pastusiak served as vice president of NATO Parliament Assembly and from 2001 until 2005 he was Marshal of the Senate of the Polish Republic.
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