Secretary of State for Sport (2004–2011) and regional minister of Education of the Government of the Community of Madrid.

[5] He was appointed regional minister of Education and Youth in the cabinet of Joaquín Leguina in 1985, replacing Manuel de la Rocha Rubí.

The Charles III University of Madrid was opened during his mandate (1989),[3] as well as the stadium of La Peineta (1994).

[6] After the arrival of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to the presidency of the Government of Spain, Lissavetzky was appointed as Secretary of State for the Sport on 20 April 2004.

In 2014 he announced he wouldn't run for the lead position in the PSOE list in the 2015 local election, paving the way for the candidacy of Antonio Miguel Carmona.