Ben Zyskowicz

Current Member of Parliament

Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party

Member of Parliament   24.03.1979–

Telephone:

09 432 3200

E-mail:

ben.zyskowicz(at)eduskunta.fi

Profession / Title:

Bachelor of Laws

Electoral district:

Electoral District of Helsinki 24.03.1999–

Present memberships in committees:

Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 28.06.2023–
Administration Committee (member) 28.06.2023–
Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 28.06.2023–

  • Earlier electoral districts:
    • Helsinki constituency 24.03.1979 - 23.03.1999
  • Earlier memberships in committees:
    • Speakers (Speaker) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (member) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (Second Deputy Speaker) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015, (member) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015
    • Speaker's Council (member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (Speaker) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (member) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (Second Deputy Speaker) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015, (member) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015
    • Chancellery Commission (Speaker) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (member) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (Second Deputy Speaker) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015, (member) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015
    • Grand Committee (alternate member) 08.09.2016–16.04.2019, (member) 02.05.2019–17.06.2019, (alternate member) 18.06.2019–28.09.2021
    • Constitutional Law Committee (member) 24.03.1979–19.02.1993, (Chair) 05.02.1985–19.02.1993, (Chair) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (member) 02.04.2003–25.04.2003, (alternate member) 19.06.2017–16.04.2019
    • Foreign Affairs Committee (alternate member) 11.04.1991–11.05.1993, (member) 14.05.1993–19.04.2011, (member) 30.06.2011–21.04.2015, (member) 09.06.2015–07.09.2016, (alternate member) 08.09.2016–05.09.2017, (member) 06.09.2017–16.04.2019, (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Administration Committee (member) 18.06.2019–28.09.2021, (alternate member) 29.09.2021–04.04.2023
    • Legal Affairs Committee (alternate member) 24.03.1979–25.03.1983
    • Environment Committee (member) 19.04.2023–27.06.2023
    • Banking Committee (alternate member) 26.03.1983–09.02.1990
    • Revisors (Chair) 24.03.1979–25.03.1983, (member) 24.03.1979–25.03.1983
    • Parliamentary Supervisory Council (member) 26.01.1999–22.04.2005, (member) 03.05.2007–17.06.2019, (Chair) 30.06.2011–08.06.2015
    • Parliamentary Trustees of the Bank of Finland, limited (1st alternate member) 26.01.1999–29.02.2000
    • Commissioners to the Government Guarantee Fund (member) 26.01.1999–01.04.2003
    • Auditors of the Bank of Finland (alternate member) 01.01.1988–31.12.1988, (member) 01.01.1989–31.12.1992
    • Forum for International Affairs (Speaker) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (member) 27.04.2011–22.06.2011, (Second Deputy Speaker) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015, (member) 28.04.2015–28.05.2015
  • Earlier positions in parliamentary groups
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (3rd vice chair) 18.04.2019–10.06.2019
    • Parliamentary Group of the National Coalition Party (2nd vice chair) 23.06.2014–17.04.2019
    • National Coalition Party (2nd vice chair) 19.04.2007–20.06.2011
    • National Coalition Party (chair) 09.02.1993–01.02.2006
    • National Coalition Party (vice chair) 05.02.1990–06.02.1993

  • Full name:
    • Zyskowicz, Ben Berl
  • Date and place of birth:
    • 1954 Helsinki
  • Present place of residence:
    • Helsinki
  • Education:
    • secondary school graduate 1973 (Töölön yhteiskoulu), Master of Laws 1978 (University of Helsinki)
  • Career:
    • Official at the Youth of the National Coalition Party 1973-1974
    • Acting Rural Police Chief of Mäntsälä, holiday substitute 1978-1979
    • my own law office 1981-1989