Amma Asante (politician)
Amma Asante | |
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.jpg) Amma Asante in 2016 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 7 September 2016 – 23 March 2017 | |
| Member of the municipal council of Amsterdam | |
| In office May 1998 – March 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amma Asentewaa Asante 14 May 1972 Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nationality | Dutch[1] |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Website | www |
Amma Asentewaa Asante (born 14 May 1972) is a Dutch politician. She was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam from 1998 to 2006 and a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Labour Party from 2016 to 2017.
Early life
[edit]Amma Asentewaa Asante was born on 14 May 1972 in Kumasi in Ghana.[2] Her father was initially an illegal immigrant in the Netherlands, but he became a legal resident by a general pardon in 1975.[3] For family reunification, Asante and her mother moved to the Netherlands in 1978.[3] Her father was a factory worker and her mother a chambermaid.[4]
Asante studied political science at the University of Amsterdam.[5]
Politics
[edit]Asante is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).[2]
She was member of the municipal council of Amsterdam from May 1998 until March 2006.[2]
Asante was number 50 on the candidate list of the Labour Party for the 2012 Dutch general election.[3] She received 4,549 preferential votes, but was initially not elected.[6] She was number 36 on the candidate list of the Labour Party for the 2014 European Parliament election.[7] She received 574 preferential votes, but was not elected.[8]
Asante became a member of the House of Representatives on 7 September 2016, when she replaced Tanja Jadnanansing.[9] Here she is the party spokesperson for higher education.[4] She was number 36 on the candidate list of the Labour Party for the Dutch general election on 15 March 2017.[4] The Labour Party won nine seats in the election, so Asante left the House of Representatives on 23 March 2017.[2]She was number 47 on the candidate list of the Labour Party for the Dutch general election on 17 March 2021.
Personal life
[edit]Asante is married and has two daughters.[10] She lives in Badhoevedorp.[11]
Asante is a Protestant Christian and attends the Triumphant Faith Chapel in Badhoevedorp, where her husband is a pastor.[2][10][12] In 2016, when she was asked why she was not member of a confessional political party, Asante said: "Christianity and social democracy are very similar. I feel great in the Labour Party, I feel at home there. My identity is not only established by my religion."[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tweede Kamerleden" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "A.A. (Amma) Asante" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Marcel Wiegman, "Oud-raadslid Amma Asante gaat de Tweede Kamer in" (in Dutch), Het Parool, 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Amma Asante (in Dutch), Labour Party. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Amma Asante, "Wees als een boom" (in Dutch), Science Guide, 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Verkiezingsuitslagen Tweede Kamer 2012 - Nederland - Partij van de Arbeid (P.v.d.A.) Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Electoral Council. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Staatscourant Nr. 11280 (in Dutch), Government of the Netherlands, 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van het Europees Parlement (in Dutch), Electoral Council (via Parlement & Politiek), 2014. Received 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Twee nieuwe Tweede Kamerleden beëdigd" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Addy de Jong, "Asante: Christendom en PvdA liggen dicht bij elkaar" (in Dutch), Reformatorisch Dagblad, 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Marjolein Vos, "Spitsuur in leven Amma Asante" (in Dutch), Haarlems Dagblad, 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Gerard Beverdam, "Twee nieuwe Kamerleden, twee keer de eed" (in Dutch), Nederlands Dagblad, 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
External links
[edit]
- (in Dutch) Amma Asante Archived 9 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website
- (in Dutch) Amma Asante at the Labour Party website
- 1972 births
- 20th-century Dutch politicians
- 20th-century Dutch women politicians
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- 21st-century Dutch women politicians
- Ghanaian emigrants to the Netherlands
- Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
- Living people
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Municipal councillors of Amsterdam
- People from Kumasi
- Politicians from Ashanti Region
- University of Amsterdam alumni
- Dutch Protestants