11 Facts About Alexander Hammelburg

Alexander Hammelburg has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election.

Alexander Hammelburg previously worked as a lobbyist for COC Nederland and held a seat in the municipal council of Amsterdam.

Alexander Hammelburg spent a year at Tel Aviv University and started teaching political science at the university in 2008.

Alexander Hammelburg left the university in April 2015 to work as an international policy officer for LGBT rights organization COC Nederland, a position he held until his election to the House of Representatives.

Alexander Hammelburg was elected to the thirteen-member Amsterdam-Centrum district committee in the 2014 municipal elections.

Alexander Hammelburg had been D66's sixteenth candidate for the Amsterdam municipal council in that election, but his party won fourteen seats.

Alexander Hammelburg was re-elected in the 2018 municipal election, having appeared fourth on the party list.

Alexander Hammelburg was placed twenty-third on the candidate list of D66 for the 2021 general election.

Alexander Hammelburg vacated his seat in the Amsterdam municipal council the same day.

Alexander Hammelburg was D66's spokesperson for foreign trade, development cooperation, defense, finances, tax affairs, financial markets, and amending article 1 of the Dutch constitution.

Alexander Hammelburg is part of the Dutch parliamentary delegation to the OSCE and the United States contact group, and he is a member of the Committees for Defense; for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy; for Finance; for Foreign Affairs; for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation; and for Public Expenditure.