- Lodewijk Asscher
Lodewijk Frans Asscher (
Amsterdam ,27 september 1974 ) is a Dutchpolitician . He isalderman of Finances, Economics, Airport and Harbour, and vice-mayor ofAmsterdam for the Labour Party.Asscher entered the city council after the Dutch municipal elections of March 2002. Besides his role as the
chairman (fractievoorzitter ) of the Labour Party in the Amsterdam city council, he took part in the commission on General Affairs. Until 1 January 2006, Asscher taught informationLaw at theUniversity of Amsterdam . In his book "New Amsterdam", Asscher advocated the eventual disappearance of the red light district. A few days after the release of the book, Asscher revoked that statement, stating that he was not against prostitution, but rather againstsexual slavery .After the Dutch municipal elections of 2006, where he led the Labour Party's campaign in Amsterdam, Asscher was installed as a
alderman onApril 26 .External links
* [http://www.ivir.nl/medewerkers/asscher.html Publications of Lodewijk Asscher]
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