Josef Zisyadis
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politician, a member of the of the Swiss Party of Labour, and of the Alternative Left
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(since 2010).
Born to Greek parents in Istanbul
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, and after a sojourn in Athens (1958-1962), he moved to Switzerland with his family in 1962, aged seven, and was later naturalized
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as citizen of Lausanne
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. He studied theology in Lausanne, graduating in 1979. During 1979-1983 he worked as pastor in the Mission populaire évangélique in Paris
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, returning to Lausanne in 1983, where he joined the Parti Ouvrier Populaire of Vaud
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. During 1994–1996, he acted as secretary of the Party of Labour.
He was a member of the Swiss National Council (1991-1996, 1999-2011) representing the Canton of Vaud
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. During 1996-1998, he was a member of the cantonal government of Vaud (Conseil d'Etat
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), heading the department of Justice, Police and Military affairs.
At the October 2007 federal elections
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, Zisyadis failed to win reelection, however, on 1 November 2007 successful party candidate Marianne Huguenin
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announced her resignation from the National Council to focus on her position as mayor of Renens
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, leaving Zizyadis to take the Party's seat in the National Council representing Vaud.
Zisyadis since the founding of the new party Alternative Left
Alternative Left
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in 2010 is a member of that party, but also stays member of the Swiss Party of Labour.
Zisyadis again failed to retain his mandate in the 2011 elections
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, his seat passing to the Social Democrats
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. The Alternative Left
Alternative Left
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coalition gathered 1.2% of the popular vote nation-wide; with the loss of Zisyadis' seat, the far-left loses all representation at the federal level.
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- http://www.zisyadis.ch