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Lodewijk Asscher

Dutch politician

Field	Value
name	Lodewijk Asscher
image	Lodewijk Asscher 2015 (1).jpg
office	Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives
term_start	23 March 2017
term_end	14 January 2021
predecessor	Attje Kuiken
successor	Lilianne Ploumen
office1	Leader of the Labour Party
deputy1	Sharon Dijksma
Lilianne Ploumen
term_start1	10 December 2016
term_end1	14 January 2021
predecessor1	Diederik Samsom
successor1	Lilianne Ploumen
office2	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
primeminister2	Mark Rutte
term_start2	5 November 2012
term_end2	26 October 2017
predecessor2	Maxime Verhagen
successor2	Hugo de Jonge (First Deputy)
office3	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
primeminister3	Mark Rutte
term_start3	5 November 2012
term_end3	26 October 2017
predecessor3	Henk Kamp
successor3	Wouter Koolmees
office4	Member of the House of Representatives
term_start4	23 March 2017
term_end4	30 March 2021
office5	Mayor of Amsterdam
status5	Acting
term_start5	12 March 2010
term_end5	7 July 2010
predecessor5	Job Cohen
successor5	Eberhard van der Laan
birth_name	Lodewijk Frans Asscher
birth_date
birth_place	Amsterdam, Netherlands
residence	Amsterdam
party	Labour Party
spouse
children	3 sons
relatives	Abraham Asscher (great-grandfather)
Hans Vonk (uncle)
education	University of Amsterdam (BSocSc, LLB, LLM, DPhil)
caption	Asscher in 2015

Lilianne Ploumen Hans Vonk (uncle) Lodewijk Frans Asscher (; born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.

Asscher worked as a researcher at the University of Amsterdam from 1996 until 2002. He was elected as a municipal councillor of Amsterdam on 8 March 2002 and assumed the leadership of the Labour Party in the municipal council on 3 April 2004. He worked as an associate professor of Intellectual property law at the University of Amsterdam from 1 May 2002 until 1 May 2006. Asscher was the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the PvdA in the 2006 municipal election and became Deputy Mayor and alderman on 26 April 2006. Following the resignation of Mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen to run for the Labour Party leadership for the election of 2010, Asscher as Deputy Mayor served as ad interim Mayor of Amsterdam from 12 March 2010 until 7 July 2010. After the election of 2012 Asscher was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Cabinet Rutte II, serving from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017.

Early life and education

Lodewijk Frans Asscher was born on 27 September 1974 in Amsterdam in a mixed religious family; his father is of Jewish descent and his mother is Catholic. His father, jurist Bram Asscher, was a member of the centre-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and his mother a member of the Labour Party.

Asscher went to the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague. He studied psychology (propaedeutics in 1995) and Dutch law (master's degree in 1998) at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam. In 2002, he received his PhD in law from the University of Amsterdam.

Politics

Amsterdam

Asscher entered the municipal council after the Dutch municipal elections of 2002. Besides his role as the group leader of the Labour Party in the Amsterdam municipal council, he took part in the commission on General Affairs.

Until 1 January 2006, Asscher taught information law at the University of Amsterdam. In his book "New Amsterdam", Asscher advocated the eventual disappearance of the red light district. A few days after the release of the book, Asscher revoked that statement, stating that he was not against prostitution, but rather against sexual slavery.

After the Dutch municipal elections of 2006, where he led the Labour Party's campaign in Amsterdam, Asscher was installed as an alderman on 26 April. His portfolio included Economics, Airport and Harbour; he also was Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam from 2006 until 2010. He served as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam from 12 March 2010 to 7 July 2010 and then became the alderman in charge of Finances until 5 November 2012.

National

On 5 November 2012, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and Deputy Prime Minister in the Second Rutte cabinet. In Amsterdam he was succeeded by Eberhard van der Laan (also PvdA).

In September 2014, Asscher announced heightened scrutiny of four Dutch-Turkish organisations that he suspected of hindering integration, including a religious group, Millî Görüş. This led to the expulsion of 2 Dutch Turkish MPs from the Labour Party after they harshly criticised the move.

On 9 December 2016, Asscher won the leadership of the Labour Party in an election against incumbent Diederik Samsom. He obtained 54,5% of the vote. In the Dutch general election of 2017, the PvdA suffered the biggest defeat in Dutch electoral history, receiving only 5.7% of the votes and losing 29 of its 38 seats. The PvdA did not rejoin the government after the election. Asscher was succeeded as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment by Wouter Koolmees in the Third Rutte cabinet, on 26 October 2017. While being the presumptive party leader for the 2021 parliamentary elections, Asscher withdrew as leader on 14 January 2021 with just two months before the election, due to his role as Minister of Social Affairs in the toeslagenaffaire (social benefits scandal). He later joined consultancy firm Van de Bunt as a partner.

Personal

Lodewijk Asscher is married to Jildau Piena, with whom he has three sons.

Bibliography

(1999) Constitutionele convergentie van pers, omroep en telecommunicatie (Constitutional Convergence of Press, Broadcaster, and Telecommunication)
(2002) Communicatiegrondrechten (Fundamental Rights of Communication)
(2005) Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam)
(2010) De ontsluierde stad (The Unveiled City)

References

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De Jong, Alwine. (14 February 2024). "Lodewijk Asscher: 'Een boze ABN Amro-bankier waarschuwde: jij wilt toch ook een carrière na de politiek?'".
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{{in lang. nl [https://archive.today/20150507011751/http://nos.nl/artikel/433540-lodewijk-asscher-wordt-vicepremier.html Lodewijk Asscher wordt vicepremier], NOS, 26 October 2012.
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