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Josef Zisyadis

Politician

Josef Zisyadis is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Josef Zisyadis · Ιωσήφ Ζησιάδης · چوزيف زيسياديس				[sources]
Other name	Zisyadis, Josef				[sources]
Weak alias	Zisyadis				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Istanbul				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · Greece				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Josef				[sources]
Last name	Zisyadis				[sources]
Spoken language	Greek · French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. ec. théologie				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116906				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State (1996-1998) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1991-1996) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Zisyadis				[sources]
Address	Lausanne · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2007-12-03	2011-12-04

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,426

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly902

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,415

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,197

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-cb3cb5a0-a509-4149-89e6-7b91170261ac · ch-parl-councillor-241

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