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{{Short description|Swiss politician}}
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[[File:Josef Zisyadis (2007).jpg|thumb|Josef Zisyadis, in 2007.]]

'''Josef Zisyadis''' (born 17 April 1956) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician, a member of the [[Swiss Party of Labour]], and of the [[Alternative Left]] (since 2010).
Born to [[Greeks in Turkey#Republic of Turkey|Greek]] parents  in [[Istanbul]], and after a sojourn in Athens (1958–1962), he moved to Switzerland with his family in 1962, aged seven, and was later{{year needed|date=October 2011}} [[Swiss nationality law|naturalized]] as citizen of [[Lausanne]]. He studied theology in Lausanne, graduating in 1979. During 1979-1983 he worked as pastor in the ''Mission populaire évangélique'' in [[Paris]], returning to Lausanne in 1983, where he joined the ''Parti Ouvrier Populaire '' of [[Vaud]]. During 1994&ndash;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]]. During 1996–1998, he was a member of the cantonal government of Vaud (''[[Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)|Conseil d'Etat]]''), heading the department of Justice, Police and Military affairs.

At the [[2007 Swiss federal election|October 2007 federal elections]], Zisyadis failed to win reelection, however, on 1 November 2007 successful party candidate [[Marianne Huguenin]] announced her resignation from the National Council to focus on her position as mayor of [[Renens]], leaving Zizyadis to take the Party's seat in the National Council representing Vaud.
Zisyadis since the founding of the new party [[Alternative Left]] 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 Swiss federal election|2011 elections]], his seat passing to the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democrats]]. The [[Alternative Left]] coalition gathered 1.2% of the popular vote nationwide; with the loss of Zisyadis' seat, the [[far-left]] loses all representation at the federal level.

== Notes and references ==
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== See also ==
* [[Culinary Heritage of Switzerland]]

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Josef Zisyadis}}
* [http://www.zisyadis.ch Official website]
* {{Parliament.ch|241|language=French}}

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