Lodewijk Asscher
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Lodewijk Asscher in 2016
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| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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Assumed office 10 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Diederik Samsom |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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Assumed office 5 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Employment | |
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Assumed office 5 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Henk Kamp |
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Mayor of Amsterdam Acting |
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In office 12 March 2010 – 7 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Job Cohen |
| Succeeded by | Eberhard van der Laan |
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Lodewijk Frans Asscher 27 September 1974 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jildau Piena (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Education | University of Amsterdam (BAAP, LLM, PhD) |
Lodewijk Frans Asscher (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəˌʋɛi̯k frɑns ˈɑʃər]; born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has been the Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Cabinet Rutte II since 5 November 2012. He previously served as acting Mayor of Amsterdam from 12 March 2010 to 7 July 2010 after Job Cohen resigned as mayor to become the Labour Party leader and lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 2010.
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. His father is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and his mother a member of the Labour Party.
Asscher went to the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague. He studied psychology (propaedeutics in 1995) and Dutch law (master's degree in 1998) at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam. In 2002, he received his PhD in law from the University of Amsterdam.
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