Career
Born in Casablanca in Morocco in 1935, Suissa made aliyah to Israel in 1950 and was amongst the founders of moshav Komemiyut. He served in the Israel Defense Forces and was injured during the Suez Crisis. Between 1950 and 1960 he worked as director of an unemployment office in Yavne, and as for Amidar between 1950 and 1956.
In 1956 he moved to Mazkeret Batya, and in 1965 was elected onto Mazkeret Batya its local council, holding the posts of director of the labor department, secretary and treasurer.
During 1969 he served as mayor. He was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam) in 1981 and sat on the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee until losing his seat in the 1984 elections.
He also served as mayor of Mazkeret Batya again between 1982 and 1984. Between 1984 and 1986 he worked as Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, and also founded the Association to Rehabilitate Prisoners.
He became mayor of Mazkeret Batya again in 1993, holding the post until 2003.
He later joined Kadima, and was placed 113th on the list in 2006 and 115th in 2009.