Fathi Derder

Born in 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 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|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|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|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|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|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=http://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}}.

Derder studied letters at the University of Lausanne and joined its student radio station, Fréquence Banane.{{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 before working at {{ill|Radio Lac|fr}} and Radio Suisse Romande. In 2008, he was named editor-in-chief of {{ill|La Télé (TV channel)|fr|La Télé|lt=La Télé}}.{{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=http://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|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|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}}

In 2011, Derder was elected to the National Council, where he joined the Science, Education and Culture Committee. In 2015, he took advantage of the fact that Olivier Français was appointed to the Council of States 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=http://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|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|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}}

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 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}}

• 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}}

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Category:1970 births

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Category:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians

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Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2015–2019

Category:University of Lausanne alumni

Category:Suicides in Switzerland

Category:Swiss people of Algerian descent