Alexander Pechtold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alexander Pechtold

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Profession: politician, art historian, art collector

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Alexander Pechtold

  • Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and art historian. Pechtold attended the Rotterdamsch Gymnasium from March 1978 until April 1984 and applied at the Leiden University in May 1990 majoring in Archaeology and the History of art in the Dutch Golden Age of painting and obtaining an Bachelor of Arts degree in June 1992 before graduating with an Master of Arts degree in July 1996.
  • Pechtold worked as a auctioneer at Stockum's Auctions in The Hague from July 1992 until June 1996.
  • Pechtold served on the Municipal Council of Leiden from May 1994 until June 1996 and served as an Alderman in Leiden from June 1996 until October 2003.
  • Pechtold served as Chairman of the Democrats 66 from 16 November 2002 until 31 March 2005.
  • In September 2003 Pechtold was nominated as Mayor of Wageningen, taking office on 1 October 2003. Pechtold was appointed as Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende II following the resignation of Thom de Graaf, taking office on 31 March 2005.
  • After the Leader of the Democrats 66 and Parliamentary leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives Boris Dittrich announced that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives after the Cabinet Balkenende II had decided to participate in the Task Force Urozgan mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Pechtold announced his candidacy to succeed him.
  • Pechtold won the leadership election defeating incumbent Parliamentary leader Lousewies van der Laan and was elected as Leader, taking office on 24 June 2006.
  • The Cabinet Balkenende II fell on 30 June 2006 after the Democrats 66 had lost confidence in the functioning of Minister of Integration and Asylum Affairs Rita Verdonk and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the Democrats 66 cabinet members resigned on 3 July 2006.
  • For the election of 2006 Pechtold served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate).
  • The Democrats 66 suffered a loss, losing 3 seats and now had 3 seats in the House of Representatives.
  • Pechtold was subsequently elected as a Member of the House of Representatives and as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, taking office on 30 November 2006.
  • For the Dutch general election of 2010 Pechtold served again as Lijsttrekker.
  • The Democrats 66 made a large win, gaining 7 seats and now had 10 in the House of Representatives.
  • For the Dutch general election of 2012 Pechtold again served again as Lijsttrekker.
  • The Democrats 66 made another win, gaining 2 seats and now had 12 in the House of Representatives.
  • For the Dutch general election of 2017 Pechtold served for the fourth and last time as Lijsttrekker.
  • The Democrats 66 made a large win, gaining 7 seats and now had 19 in the House of Representatives.
  • The following cabinet formation of 2017 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Democrats 66, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Christian Union (CU) which formed the Cabinet Rutte III with Pechtold opting to remain in the House of Representatives instead of accepting a cabinet post in the new cabinet and continued to serve in the House of Representatives as Parliamentary leader.
  • On 6 October 2018 Pechtold unexpectedly announced his retirement from national politics and that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader Leader and that he wouldn't stand for the Next Dutch general election, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives and Parliamentary leader on 10 October 2018. Pechtold semi-retired from national politics and became active in the public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Art and Heritage Commission and the Binnenhof Renovation Commission).
  • In October 2019 Pechtold was appointed as Director-General of the Driving License and Certificates Agency (CBR) of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, serving since 1 November 2019.

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