Lodewijk Asscher

Lodewijk Asscher
Asscher in 2015
Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives
In office 23 March 2017 – 14 January 2021
Preceded by	Attje Kuiken
Succeeded by	Lilianne Ploumen
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 10 December 2016 – 14 January 2021
Deputy	Sharon Dijksma Lilianne Ploumen
Preceded by	Diederik Samsom
Succeeded by	Lilianne Ploumen
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Maxime Verhagen
Succeeded by	Hugo de Jonge (First Deputy)
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
In office 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Henk Kamp
Succeeded by	Wouter Koolmees
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 March 2017 – 30 March 2021
Mayor of Amsterdam
Acting
In office 12 March 2010 – 7 July 2010
Preceded by	Job Cohen
Succeeded by	Eberhard van der Laan
Personal details
Born	Lodewijk Frans Asscher (1974-09-27) 27 September 1974 (age 49) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Jildau Piena ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3 sons
Relatives	Abraham Asscher (great-grandfather) Hans Vonk (uncle)
Residence	Amsterdam
Education	University of Amsterdam (BSocSc, LLB, LLM, DPhil)

Lodewijk Frans Asscher (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik frɑns ˈɑʃər]; born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.

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 and assumed the leadership 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 PvdA 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 ad interim Mayor of Amsterdam from 12 March 2010 until 7 July 2010.^[1] 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.