Ben Zyskowicz
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Ben Berl Zyskowicz (born 24 May 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish-Jewish politician and parliamentarian. Zyskowicz has been chairman of the Finnish Kokoomus (Coalition Party) parliament group since 1993, a member of the parliament bank board since 26 January 1999 and a Member of Parliament of the Coalition Party since 1979. He was the first Jew to be elected to the Finnish parliament.
Ben Zyskowicz has published his diary and named it Eduskunnasta menin Baakariin (Finnish for From the parliament, I went to Baakari (a nick name for the restaurant Old Baker's in Helsinki).
Zyskowicz was born in Helsinki to Jewish parents. His father Abraham was a Polish Jew who had been in a concentration camp, his mother was a Finnish Jew. He is married to Rahime Husnetdin-Zyskowicz, a member of the Finnish Muslim Tatar community, since 1982 and has two daughters, Daniela (1983) and Dinah (1985). Zyskowicz is also teetotaler.
Ben Zyskowicz is known to be a regular at Café Strindberg - a popular celebrity-spotting location on Pohjoisesplanadi in the Helsinki city centre.
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