About Mr. Lodewijk Asscher

Lodewijk Asscher was born on 27 September 1974 in Amsterdam. He studied Dutch Law at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and worked as a researcher at the Institute for information law. He received a PhD for his thesis on fundamental rights of Communications in 2002 and in that same year he became a member of the city council of Amsterdam and since 2004 also leader of the PvdA (Labour Party) in Amsterdam. Next to his leadership he worked as a university teacher at the UvA. Since 2006 Lodewijk Asscher became Alderman and Deputy Mayor and was responsible for Finance, Economic Affairs, Youth Affairs and Education. During his aldermanship he launched the Top City programme in which Amsterdam and its local businesscommunity are joining forces to raise the international profile of the city and the region. The city government invested €51 million in this initiative.
At this moment he is acting mayor of Amsterdam.