Sander van Waveren
Sander van Waveren | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rosanne Hertzberger |
| Member of the Utrecht Municipal Council | |
| In office 9 December 2010 – 17 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Harm Janssen |
| Succeeded by | Bert van Steeg |
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| Born | Alexander van Waveren 3 March 1980 Haarlem, Netherlands |
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| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
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Alexander "Sander" van Waveren (Dutch: [ˈsɑndər vɑɱ ˈʋaːvərə(n)]; born 3 March 1980) is a Dutch civil servant and politician. He served on the Utrecht Municipal Council on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 to 2020, and he became a member of the House of Representatives in December 2024 after he had switched to the party New Social Contract (NSC).
Early life and career
[edit]Van Waveren was born in 1980 in Haarlem.[1] His father was a pastor, and Van Waveren attended a gymnasium school in Eindhoven. From 1999 to 2006, he studied social geography and urban planning at Utrecht University, and he did an internship at the European Parliament.[2]
Van Waveren started his career at a public sector consultancy, where he was specialized in spatial planning and housing, and he worked as an adviser for the Sliedrecht municipal government starting in 2012. He became bureau head of the Dutch Association of Municipal Secretaries in 2016, and he became municipal secretary of Laren, North Holland in 2020. He simultaneously served as chair of a cooperative managing parking across several municipalities.[2]
Politics
[edit]Van Waveren ran for the Utrecht Municipal Council in the March 2010 election as the fifth candidate of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was not elected, as the party won four seats.[3][4] He assisted the CDA's parliamentary group until 9 December 2010, when he was appointed to the council to succeed a fellow councilor who had resigned..[2][5] Van Waveren became the party's parliamentary leader in 2013, and he was re-elected in 2014 and in 2018 as lead candidate.[2][6][7] He left the Utrecht Municipal Council on 17 December 2020, midway through his term.[2]
He joined NSC when it was founded by former CDA member Pieter Omtzigt ahead of the November 2023 general election.[2] Van Waveren was the party's 27th candidate, and he was not elected to the House of Representatives, as NSC won 20 seats. He became administrative secretary of its parliamentary group in September 2024.[2][8] Because of his position on the party list, Van Waveren was sworn into the House on 3 December 2024 following Femke Zeedijk's resignation.[9][10]
House committee assignments
[edit]- Committee for the Interior[1]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2024, Van Waveren lived in Utrecht.[1] He has served as chair of sports club UVV Utrecht and as treasurer of a music education foundation.[2][11]
Electoral history
[edit]| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| 2010 | Utrecht Municipal Council | Christian Democratic Appeal | 5 | 110 | 4 | Lost[a] | [3][4] | |
| 2014 | Utrecht Municipal Council | 1 | 5,017 | 3 | Won | [6] | ||
| 2018 | Utrecht Municipal Council | 1 | 4,600 | 2 | Won | [7] | ||
| 2022 | Utrecht Municipal Council | 24[b] | 90 | 3 | Lost | [12] | ||
| 2023 | Senate | 18 | 0[c] | 6 | Lost | [13] | ||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | New Social Contract | 27 | 180 | 20 | Lost[a] | [8] | |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Van Waveren was appointed to the body later during the term due to a vacancy.
- ^ Van Waveren participated as lijstduwer.
- ^ To account for population differences between provinces, a weighted vote total of 0 was used.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sander van Waveren". House of Representatives. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Drs. A. (Sander) van Waveren". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Gemeenteraad 3 maart 2010" [Municipal council 3 March 2010]. Databank Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Electoral Council. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b "CDA-Utrecht presenteert kandidaten" [Utrecht CDA presents candidates]. Utrecht Christian Democratic Appeal (Press release). 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011.
- ^ Cazander, René (11 December 2010). "Van Waveren strijdt tegen wollige taal" [Van Waveren fights against woolly language]. AD/Utrechts Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). p. 5.
- ^ a b Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2014 [2014 municipal elections] (PDF) (Report) (in Dutch). Municipality of Utrecht. 21 March 2014. p. 39. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2018 [2018 municipal elections] (PDF) (Report) (in Dutch). Municipality of Utrecht. 23 March 2018. p. 45. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Model P 22-1: Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal" [Model P 22-1: Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives] (PDF). Staatscourant (in Dutch). Vol. 2024, no. 119. 24 January 2024. pp. 143–144. Retrieved 4 December 2024 – via Overheid.nl.
- ^ "Beëdiging Sander van Waveren en Willem Koops" [Swearing in of Sander van Waveren and Willem Koops]. House of Representatives (Press release) (in Dutch). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "W.J. Koops en A. van Waveren benoemd als Tweede Kamerlid" [W.J. Koops and A. van Waveren appointed to the House of Representatives] (Press release) (in Dutch). Electoral Council. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Sander van Waveren". New Social Contract (in Dutch). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Uitslag gemeenteraadsverkiezing 2022" [Results 2022 municipal election]. Municipality of Utrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023" [Records of the results of the 2023 Senate election] (PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 1 June 2023. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
