22 Facts About Laurens Dassen

Laurens Antonius Josephus Maria Dassen was born on 19 October 1985 and is a Dutch politician and former banker.

Laurens Dassen has been a member of Volt Netherlands since its foundation in 2018 and was elected to the House of Representatives as his party's in the 2021 general election.

Laurens Dassen was born in 1985 in Eindhoven and grew up in the nearby village Knegsel, North Brabant.

Laurens Dassen's father worked as a manager for Philips, and his mother was a primary school teacher.

Laurens Dassen has an older sister and a younger brother, and he attended the Veldhoven secondary school Sondervick College, earning his diploma in 2003.

In 2012, following his graduation, Laurens Dassen took a job at ABN AMRO.

Laurens Dassen was initially involved in risk management and in the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, and he was posted to Dubai for five months.

Laurens Dassen later worked on web and app development at the bank.

Laurens Dassen left his job in September 2018 but returned part-time for a few months in 2020.

Laurens Dassen was one of the people who founded Volt Netherlands on 23 June 2018 and started serving as its treasurer.

Laurens Dassen succeeded Reinier van Lanschot as party chair on 15 December 2018, when Van Lanschot was chosen as the party's for the 2019 European Parliament election.

Laurens Dassen himself was listed third on the Volt Netherlands party list.

On 6 June 2020, Laurens Dassen was chosen as Volt's top candidate for the 2021 Dutch general election.

Laurens Dassen stated that his party, being a newcomer, was not open to joining a new governing coalition.

Laurens Dassen made various proposals in his first term to lower corruption and raise trust in the Dutch political system.

Laurens Dassen launched a plan with independent politician Pieter Omtzigt in May 2022 to combat corruption among cabinet members and other high-ranking government officials.

De Volkskrant reported that some of the other proposals of Omtzigt and Laurens Dassen were used by Minister Bruins Slot in her bill for a two-year lobbying ban for former cabinet members.

Laurens Dassen argued the responsibilities of members of parliament had grown, partly due to social media.

At the party conference, Laurens Dassen said radical choices are necessary to mitigate climate change and to reform the Dutch tax system.

Laurens Dassen advocated for replacing all government benefits by a limited basic income that would later be expanded to a true universal basic income.

Laurens Dassen campaigned on a cancellation of debts by the government for those struggling with problematic debts.

Laurens Dassen left Amsterdam after eleven years in favor of The Hague in September 2021, while a member of parliament.