Alexander van Hattem
{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alexander van Hattem
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| office = Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate of the Netherlands
| term_start = 16 January 2024
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Westerhoven, Netherlands
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| party = PVV (2008–present)
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| alma_mater = Avans Hogeschool
| otherparty = LPF (2002–2008)
| office1 = Member of the Senate
| termstart1 = 9 June 2015
| predecessor = Marjolein Faber
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Alexander Wilhelm Joannes Abraham van Hattem (born 6 June 1983) is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the Senate for the Party for Freedom since 2015 and is a member of the Provincial Council of North Brabant. He currently serves as the PVV faction spokesman in the Senate.{{cite web|url=https://www.pvveerstekamer.nl/fractieleden|website=Partij voor de Vrijheid|title=Fractieleden|accessdate=19 January 2017|language=Dutch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110191707/http://www.pvveerstekamer.nl/fractieleden|archive-date=10 January 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/a_w_j_a_van_hattem_pvv#p2 | title=A.W.J.A. Van Hattem (PVV) }}
Biography
=Early life and career=
Van Hattem attended the SG Were Di grammar school in Valkenswaard and then studied history at Radboud University. He subsequently completed a law course at Avans Hogeschool in Tilburg and has run a legal consultancy firm since 2005. He has also worked as a project employee for local municipalities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brabant.nl/politiek-en-bestuur/provinciale-staten/statenleden-en-fracties/statenleden/hattem_alexander-van.aspx|title=Statenleden en fracties}}
=Politics=
Van Hattem was previously a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and was chairman of the LPF's youth wing Jonge Fortuynisten. He worked for the LPF municipal faction in Eindhoven and during the 2006 Dutch general election he stood as a candidate for the LPF in which the party ran as List 5 Fortuyn but was not elected. After the LPF was dissolved, he remained as chairman of the Jonge Fortuynisten which continued as an independent political organisation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjsnbdph9wv9/a_w_j_a_alexander_van_hattem|title=A.W.J.A. (Alexander) van Hattem}} He subsequently worked as an intern for the Party for Freedom and was elected to the Provincial Council of North Brabant in 2014 where he served as chairman of the Culture and Society Committee. That same year he encountered some controversy when he expressed support for controversial remarks made by Geert Wilders about Moroccan immigrants. After calls from other parties for him to be removed from the Culture and Society Committee, van Hatten apologized and was allowed to keep his position.{{Cite web|url=http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/2094891393/PVVer+Alexander+van+Hattem+mag+aanblijven+als+commissievoorzitter+na+steunen+Marokkanenuitspraken.aspx|title=Omroep Brabant}} In 2015, he was elected to sit in the Senate for the PVV.
Van Hattem was reelected for the Netherlands Senate for another term in May 2023 and later succeeded Marjolein Faber as the PVV's leader in the Senate after she was elected to the House of Representatives. He has also been a municipal councilor in 's-Hertogenbosch since 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjsnbdph9wv9/a_w_j_a_alexander_van_hattem|title=A.W.J.A. (Alexander) van Hattem}}
Electoral history
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|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Alexander van Hattem}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Year ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Body ! scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Party ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=Position on the party list|Pos.}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Votes ! scope="colgroup" colspan=2 |Result ! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" |{{abbr|2=References|Ref}}. |
| scope="col" |Party seats
! scope="col" |Individual |
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| scope="row" | 2003
| Provincial Council of North Brabant | rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Pim Fortuyn List}};"| | rowspan="4" | Pim Fortuyn List | style=text-align:right | 13 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 2 | {{no2|Lost}} | |
| scope="row" | 2006
| style=text-align:right | 8 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{no2|Lost}} | |
| scope="row" | 2006
| style=text-align:right | 11 | style=text-align:right | 136 | style=text-align:right | 0 | {{no2|Lost}} |
| scope="row" | 2010
| style=text-align:right | 10 | style=text-align:right | 37 | style=text-align:right | 2 | {{no2|Lost}} | |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Provincial Council of North Brabant | rowspan="12" style="background-color:{{party color|Party for Freedom}};"| | rowspan="12" | Party for Freedom | style=text-align:right | 4 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 8 | {{yes2|Won}} | |
| scope="row" | 2012
| House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | 36 | style=text-align:right | 213 | style=text-align:right | 15 | {{no2|Lost}} |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Provincial Council of North Brabant | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 7 | {{yes2|Won}} | |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Senate | style=text-align:right | 9 | style=text-align:right | 3,171{{efn|Weighted votes}} | style=text-align:right | 9 | {{yes2|Won}} |
| scope="row" | 2017
| House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | 48 | style=text-align:right | 205 | style=text-align:right | 20 | {{no2|Lost}} |
| scope="row" | 2018
| 's-Hertogenbosch Municipal Council | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{yes2|Won}} | |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Provincial Council of North Brabant | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 4 | {{yes2|Won}} | |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Senate | style=text-align:right | 3 | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 5 | {{yes2|Won}} |
| scope="row" | 2022
| 's-Hertogenbosch Municipal Council | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 1,199 | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{yes2|Won}} |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Provincial Council of North Brabant | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 47,165 | style=text-align:right | 4 | {{yes2|Won}} |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Senate | style=text-align:right | 3 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 4 | {{yes2|Won}} | |
| scope="row" | 2023
| House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | 44 | style=text-align:right | 416 | style=text-align:right | 37 | {{no2|Lost}} |
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
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{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027}}
{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023}}
{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019}}
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Category:Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
Category:Party for Freedom politicians