Ben Zyskowicz

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Ben Berl Zyskowicz (born 24 May 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and member of parliament. Zyskowicz has been chairman of the Finnish Kokoomus (Coalition Party) parliament group since 1993, member of the parliament bank board since 26 January 1999, and Member of Parliament for the Coalition Party since 1979. He was the first Jew to be elected to the Finnish parliament.

Zyskowicz was born in Helsinki to Jewish parents. His father Abraham was a Polish Jew who had been in a concentration camp, while his mother was a Finnish Jew. He has been 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 a teetotaler.

Ben Zyskowicz is known to be a regular at Café Strindberg—a popular celebrity-spotting location on Pohjoisesplanadi in the Helsinki city centre.