# Fathi Derder
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fathi_Derder
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fathi_Derder.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathi_Derder
> Source revision: 1351578052
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Swiss politician (1970–2025)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Fathi Derder
| image = Fathi Derder.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1970|12|04}}
| birth_place = [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne), Switzerland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|01|25|1970|12|04}}
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Journalist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| education = [University of Lausanne](/source/University_of_Lausanne)
| party = [PLR](/source/The_Liberals_(Switzerland)) (until 2019)
| office = Member of the [Swiss National Council](/source/National_Council_(Switzerland))
| term_start = 5 December 2011
| term_end = 1 December 2019
}}
'''Fathi Derder''' (4 December 1970 – 25 January 2025) was a Swiss journalist and politician of the [Liberal-Radical Party](/source/The_Liberals_(Switzerland)) (PLR).[{{cite news |last= |first= |date=27 January 2025|title=Le journaliste vaudois Fathi Derder est décédé à l'âge de 54 ans|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/2025/article/fathi-derder-journaliste-et-ex-conseiller-national-plr-decede-a-54-ans-28769341.html|trans-title= |work=[Radio Télévision Suisse](/source/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Suisse)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}]
==Life and career==
===Early life and family===
Born in [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne) on 4 December 1970,[{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/biografie/fathi-derder/4079|title=Fathi Derder|work=Federal Assembly}}] Derder had an Algerian father and a [Valasian](/source/Valais) mother.[{{cite news |last=Ruf|first=Matthieu|date=14 January 2010|title=Fathi Derder. L'hédoniste de la radio filmée|url=https://scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch/s/ztkSCk1Izf|trans-title= |work=[L'Hebdo](/source/L'Hebdo)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] He was a dual national until 2000, when he gave up his Algerian passport over administrative difficulties.[{{cite news |last= |first= |date=29 July 2018|title=Jeder 13. Parlamentarier ist Doppelbürger|url=https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/gesellschaft-politik/323534991-die-doppelpass-fraktion-diese-19-parlamentarier-sind-doppelbuerger|trans-title= |work=[Watson](/source/Watson_(newspaper))|language=German|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] He had two brothers.[{{cite news |last=Zbinden|first=Véronique|date=20 April 2009|title=Le nouveau défi télévisuel de Fathi Derder|url=https://issuu.com/m-magazin/docs/migros-magazin-17-2009-f-aa|trans-title= |work=[Migros Magazine](/source/Migros_Magazine)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] He had four children in total;[{{cite news |last=Aubert|first=Fabrice|date=7 March 2014|title=Fathi Derder s'essaie à la comédie|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/fathi-derder-s-essaie-a-la-comedie-939765628754|trans-title= |work=[20 minutes](/source/20_minutes_(Switzerland))|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] two with his first wife {{ill|Isabelle Falconnier|fr}},[{{cite news |last=Pastori|first=Jean-Pierre|date=16 February 2018|title=Isabelle Falconnier|url=https://elle.ch/631/culture/isabelle-falconnier|trans-title= |work=[Elle](/source/Elle_(magazine))|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}][{{cite news|last=Poget|first=Jacques|date=9 May 2016|title=Isabelle Falconnier, une enfance à lire|url=https://www.femina.ch/societe/actu-societe/isabelle-falconnier-une-enfance-a-lire|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212083504/https://www.femina.ch/societe/actu-societe/isabelle-falconnier-une-enfance-a-lire|archivedate=12 December 2024|trans-title=|work=Femina|language=French|location=|publisher=|access-date=28 January 2025}}] and two with his second wife {{ill|Mélanie Chappuis|fr}}.[{{cite news |last=Nejad|first=Frédéric|date=18 October 2011|title=Le candidat Fathi Derder enjolive son CV électoral|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/le-candidat-fathi-derder-enjolive-son-cv-electoral-377888129501|trans-title= |work=20 minutes|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}][{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 December 1993|title=Fréquence Banane|url=https://www.rts.ch/archives/1993/video/frequence-banane-26198141.html|trans-title= |work=Radio Télévision Suisse|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] He began his career with the newspaper ''[La Côte](/source/La_C%C3%B4te_(newspaper))'' before working at {{ill|Radio Lac|fr}} and [Radio Suisse Romande](/source/Radio_Suisse_Romande).[{{cite news |last=Nicolet|first=Laurent|date=27 May 2019|title=Le Parlement suisse est l'un des plus puissants du monde|url=https://issuu.com/m-magazin/docs/migros-magazin-22-2019-f-ne|trans-title= |work=Micros Magazine|language=fr|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] From May 2017 to July 2018, he was editor-in-chief of {{ill|Agefi|fr}}.[{{cite news|last=|first=|date=28 March 2017|title=Fathi Derder dirigera la rédaction de «L'Agefi» dès le mois de mai|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/03/28/fathi-derder-dirigera-redaction-lagefi-mois-mai|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328193551/https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/03/28/fathi-derder-dirigera-redaction-lagefi-mois-mai|archivedate=28 March 2017|trans-title=|work=[Le Temps](/source/Le_Temps)|language=French|location=|publisher=|access-date=28 January 2025}}][{{cite news |last=Saas|first=Séverine|date=11 June 2018|title=Fathi Derder renonce à «L'Agefi»|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/fathi-derder-renonce-lagefi|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] In August 2022, he became co-host of the radio show ''Drôle d'époque''.[{{cite news |last=Juillard|first=Amit|date=20 May 2022|title="La radio me manquait. C'était viscéral!"|url=https://www.blick.ch/fr/suisse/fathi-derder-de-retour-a-la-rts-la-radio-me-manquait-cetait-visceral-id17508297.html|trans-title= |work=[Blick](/source/Blick)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] Two months later, he was named president of the Chambre cantonale consultative des immigrés.[{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 October 2022|title=Fathi Derder nouveau président de la CCCI|url=https://www.radiolac.ch/actualite/suisse-romande/fathi-derder-nouveau-president-de-la-ccci/|trans-title= |work=Radio Lac|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] In November 2022, he succeeded Niniane Paeffgan as director of Swiss Digital Initiative.[{{cite news |last= |first= |date=13 September 2022|title=Fathi Derder dirigera la Swiss Digital Initiative|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/geneve/fathi-derder-dirigera-swiss-digital-initiative|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}]
===Political career===
In [2011](/source/2011_Swiss_federal_election), Derder was elected to the [National Council](/source/National_Council_(Switzerland)), where he joined the Science, Education and Culture Committee. In [2015](/source/2015_Swiss_federal_election), he took advantage of the fact that [Olivier Français](/source/Olivier_Fran%C3%A7ais) was appointed to the [Council of States](/source/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)) and was re-elected.[{{cite news|last=|first=|date=8 November 2015|title=Conseil des Etats: Revivez le 2e tour des élections fédérales - Suisse: Elections fédérales 2015|url=https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/elections-federales-2015/direct-vaud-geneve-fribourg-vote/story/14987539|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416170657/https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/elections-federales-2015/direct-vaud-geneve-fribourg-vote/story/14987539|archivedate=16 April 2019|trans-title=|work=[Le Matin](/source/Le_Matin_(Switzerland))|language=French|location=|publisher=|access-date=28 January 2025}}] In 2018, he announced that he would not seek re-election.[{{cite news |last=Guillaume|first=Michel|date=14 January 2019|title=Fathi Derder arrête la politique|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/fathi-derder-arrete-politique|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] In 2019, his term expired and he concurrently resigned from the PLR.[{{cite news |last=Bourgeois|first=Lise|date=29 April 2019|title=Fathi Derder, ou l'art de quitter la politique en riant|url=https://www.24heures.ch/fathi-derder-ou-lart-de-quitter-la-politique-en-riant-805264633146|trans-title= |work=[24 heures](/source/24_heures_(Switzerland))|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] At the end of his term, he took a skeptical position of the website {{ill|Lobbywatch|fr}}.[{{cite news |last=Ronga|first=Paul|date=14 October 2019|title=Les liens d'intérêt des parlementaires à portée de clic|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/berne/liens-dinteret-parlementaires-portee-clic|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}]
===Death===
Derder took his life on 25 January 2025, at the age of 54,[{{cite news |last=Mesot|first=Lorène|date=27 January 2025|title=Fathi Derder, une voix romande s'est éteinte|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/fathi-derder-une-voix-romande-s-est-eteinte?srsltid=AfmBOooPeyhUbD72XIj_rLrXUm0w6umQlLvJMCOMr5rR4m_CA0Ayv2Hw|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}] leaving a [suicide note](/source/suicide_note) in which he explains having struggled with depression.[{{cite news |last=Felley|first=Eric|date=3 February 2025|title=Fathi Derder a laissé une bouleversante lettre d'adieu|url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/post-scriptum-fathi-derder-a-laisse-une-bouleversante-lettre-d-adieu-103273399|trans-title= |work=Le Matin|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=12 March 2025}}]
==Publications==
* ''Le prochain Google sera suisse (à 10 conditions)'' (2015)[{{cite news |last=Modoux|first=François|date=4 September 2015|title=Fathi Derder, le mal-aimé qui roule pour les start-up|url=https://www.24heures.ch/fathi-derder-le-mal-aime-qui-roule-pour-les-start-up-663925026128|trans-title= |work=24 heures|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}]
* ''Les petits secrets du Palais'' (2019)[{{cite news |last=Guillaume|first=Michel|date=22 March 2019|title=Le testament politique de Fathi Derder|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/testament-politique-fathi-derder|trans-title= |work=Le Temps|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025}}]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Derder, Fathi}}
Category:1970 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:2025 suicides
Category:Swiss journalists
Category:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2011–2015
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2015–2019
Category:University of Lausanne alumni
Category:Suicides in Switzerland
Category:Politicians who died by suicide
Category:Swiss people of Algerian descent
Category:Male suicides
---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fathi Derder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathi_Derder) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathi_Derder?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.