1. Lodewijk Asscher 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.
16 Facts About Lodewijk Asscher
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Lodewijk Asscher worked as an associate professor of Intellectual property law at the University of Amsterdam from 1 May 2002 until 1 May 2006.
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Lodewijk Asscher was the lijsttrekker for the PvdA in the 2006 municipal election and became Deputy Mayor and alderman on 26 April 2006.
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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.
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Lodewijk Asscher's 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.
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Lodewijk Asscher went to the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague.
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Lodewijk Asscher studied psychology and Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam.
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Lodewijk Asscher entered the municipal council after the Dutch municipal elections of 2002.
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Until 1 January 2006, Lodewijk Asscher taught information law at the University of Amsterdam.
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Lodewijk Asscher's portfolio included Economics, Airport and Harbour; he was Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam from 2006 until 2010.
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Lodewijk Asscher 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.
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In September 2014, Lodewijk Asscher announced heightened scrutiny of four Dutch-Turkish organisations that he suspected of hindering integration, including a religious group, Milli Gorus.
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On 9 December 2016, Lodewijk Asscher won the leadership of the Labour Party in an election against incumbent Diederik Samsom.
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Lodewijk Asscher was succeeded as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment by Wouter Koolmees in the Third Rutte cabinet, on 26 October 2017.
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Lodewijk Asscher later joined consultancy firm Van de Bunt as a partner.
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Lodewijk Asscher is married to Jildau Piena, with whom he has three sons.