Lodewijk Asscher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lodewijk Asscher

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1974

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Lodewijk Frans Asscher (Dutch pronunciation: ['lo?d???ik fr?ns '???r]; born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist.
He is the Leader of the Labour Party since 10 December 2016 and the Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives and a Member of the House of Representatives since 23 March 2017. 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, he became the Parliamentary leader 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 Labour Party 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 acting 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.