What is Lodewijk Asscher?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Lodewijk Asscher | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|September|27}} | birth_place= [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] | image = Lodewijk Asscher 2015 (1).jpg | caption = Lodewijk Asscher }} '''Lodewijk Frans Asscher''' (born September 27, [[1974]] in [[Amsterdam]]) is a Dutch politician of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA). He was political leader from December 2016 and also parliamentary leader from March 2017 until January 2021. He was succeeded by [[Lilianne Ploumen]]. == Career == Asscher was a government minister and also deputy prime minister in the [[Second Rutte cabinet]] from 2012 to 2017. Previously he was an [[alderman]] of Amsterdam. As an alderman he was fighting [[sexual slavery]] and criminal companies. He studied law at the [[University of Amsterdam]] (including a [[PhD]]) and is a former academic at the same university. He is partly of [[Jew]]ish descent (his father is Jewish). He adheres [[Reform Judaism]]. Lodewijk Asscher is married with three children. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vj42f8sqgyr4 Bio at Parlement.com] {{Commonscat}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Asscher, Lodewijk}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Aldermen of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Dutch academics]] [[Category:Dutch councillors]] [[Category:Dutch jurists]] [[Category:Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Government ministers of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Jewish academics]] [[Category:Jewish Dutch politicians]] [[Category:Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Amsterdam]]