Alexander Hammelburg
Alexander Robert Hammelburg (pronounced [ˌaːlɛkˈsɑndər ˈɦɑməlˌbʏr(ə)x]; born 22 February 1982) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66). He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He previously worked as a lobbyist for COC Nederland and held a seat in the municipal council of Amsterdam.
Alexander Hammelburg | |
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Hammelburg in 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2021 | |
| Member of the Municipal Council of Amsterdam | |
| In office 5 April 2017[1] – 31 March 2021[2] | |
| Preceded by | Jan Paternotte |
| Succeeded by | Daniëlle de Jager |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Robert Hammelburg 22 February 1982 Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Political party | Democrats 66 |
| Children | 1 |
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| Residence(s) | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (MSc) |
Early life and non-political career
Hammelburg was born in 1982 in Hilversum, North Holland as the son of comedian, writer, and journalist Simon Hammelburg.[3][4] When he was young, his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother and sister from the Amsterdam neighborhood of Buitenveldert to Oosterbeek, located in the Arnhem area.[4] Hammelburg grew up there, and he studied political science and Arab studies at the University of Amsterdam in the years 2002–12.[5] He also spent a year at Tel Aviv University and started teaching political science at the university in 2008.[4][5] He 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.[6][7]
Politics
Hammelburg served as a member of the board of the North Holland/Flevoland chapter of the Young Democrats, the youth organization of Democrats 66.[8] He was elected to the thirteen-member Amsterdam-Centrum district committee in the 2014 municipal elections.[9] He had also been D66's sixteenth candidate for the Amsterdam municipal council in that election, but his party won fourteen seats.[10]
In April 2017, Hammelburg replaced Amsterdam municipal councilor Jan Paternotte, because Paternotte had been elected to the House of Representatives.[11] Hammelburg simultaneously left the district council.[12] He was re-elected in the 2018 municipal election, having appeared fourth on the party list.[13] Hammelburg served as vice caucus leader, and his specializations were finances, economic affairs, sex workers, drugs, housing, and construction.[8][14] In the council, he advocated replacing lead service lines, and he created a plan to make the city center more attractive to Amsterdam citizens.[15][16]
House of Representatives
Hammelburg was placed twenty-third on the candidate list of D66 for the 2021 general election.[17] He was elected into the House of Representatives on 17 March with 841 preference votes and was installed two weeks later.[18][19] Hammelburg vacated his seat in the Amsterdam municipal council the same day.[2] He is D66's spokesperson for foreign trade, development cooperation, defense, and amending article 1 of the Dutch constitution, while he also had finances, tax affairs, financial markets, and state participation among his specialties for some period.[20] 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.[3] When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, he proposed for the Dutch government to start setting aside money for the reconstruction of Ukraine, comparing it to the Marshall Plan.[21]
Personal life
Hammelburg is Jewish from his father's side.[4] He lives in Amsterdam, has a daughter, and is openly gay.[20][3][22]
References
- ^ "Openbare vergadering op woensdag 5 april 2017" [Public meeting on Wednesday 5 April 2017]. Gemeente Amsterdam (in Dutch). 3 May 2017. pp. 24 and 25. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Openbare vergadering op woensdag 31 maart 2021" [Public meeting on Wednesday 31 March 2021]. Gemeente Amsterdam (in Dutch). 19 April 2021. p. 14. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Alexander Hammelburg". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Kleijwegt, Margalith. "Joods in de Kamer" [Jewish in the House] (PDF). Benjamin (in Dutch). Vol. 32, no. 125. JMW. pp. 10–13. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b Strikkers, Henk (23 March 2021). "24 oud-UvA'ers in nieuwe Tweede Kamer" [24 former UvA students in the new House of Representatives]. Folia (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Nevenactiviteiten van Alexander Hammelburg" [Side activities of Alexander Hammelburg]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Strijd om verlenging mandaat VN-SOGI-expert" [Fight for renewal mandate UN SOGI expert]. COC (Press release) (in Dutch). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Kandidatenboek Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2021" [Candidate book House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). D66 (in Dutch). November 2020. p. 124. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "De zetelverdeling voor de bestuurscommissies Amsterdam" [The seat distribution of the Amsterdam district councils]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 21 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van de gemeenteraad" [Official report of the election results of the city council] (PDF) (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. p. 44. Retrieved 23 May 2021 – via Partij voor de Dieren Amsterdam.
- ^ "Reinier van Dantzig nieuwe voorman D66 Amsterdam" [Reinier van Dantzig new leader of D66 Amsterdam]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Afscheid Alexander Hammelburg als Bestuurscommissielid Amsterdam-Centrum" [Farewell of Alexander Hammelburg, Amsterdam-Centrum district committee member]. D66 (Press release) (in Dutch). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "D66 presenteert kandidatenlijst voor gemeenteraadsverkiezingen" [D66 presents its party list for the municipal elections]. D66 (Press release) (in Dutch). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Gemeenteraadslid Hülya Kat op plek 16 van D66, ook advocaat Sidney Smeets op de kieslijst" [Municipal councilor Hülya Kat on spot sixteen, lawyer Sidney Smeets also on D66 party list]. AT5 (in Dutch). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Van Zoelen, Bart; Koops, Ruben (23 January 2020). "Gemeente: loden drinkwaterleidingen moeten binnen jaar weg" [Municipality: lead service lines have to got within a year]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Van de Crommert, Richard (26 May 2020). "Elfpuntenplan voor binnenstad" [Eleven-point plan for city center]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). p. 12.
- ^ Koops, Ruben; Meijs, Floor (18 March 2021). "Twaalf Amsterdammers maken entree in Tweede Kamer" [Twelve Amsterdam residents enter House of Representatives]. Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "A.R. (Alexander) Hammelburg MSc". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021 Proces-verbaal" [Results general election 17 March 2021 Report] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 62 and 188. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Alexander Hammelburg". D66 (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "'Marshallplan' voor Oekraïne: 'Nu al beginnen met plannen voor de wederopbouw'" ['Marshall Plan' for Ukraine: 'Start already with plans for the reconstruction']. BNR Nieuwsradio (in Dutch). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ Alexander Hammelburg, Kandidaat-Kamerlid [Alexander Hammelburg, House candidate] (in Dutch). D66. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021 – via YouTube.