Alexander van Hattem

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.^[1][2]

Alexander van Hattem
Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2024
Preceded by	Marjolein Faber
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1983-06-06) 6 June 1983 (age 42) Westerhoven, Netherlands
Political party	PVV (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	LPF (2002–2008)
Alma mater	Avans Hogeschool

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Alexander van Hattem

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2003	Provincial Council of North Brabant		Pim Fortuyn List	13		2	Lost
2006	Eindhoven Municipal Council			8		1	Lost
2006	House of Representatives			11	136	0	Lost	[7]
2010	Eindhoven Municipal Council			10	37	2	Lost
2011	Provincial Council of North Brabant		Party for Freedom	4		8	Won
2012	House of Representatives			36	213	15	Lost	[8]
2015	Provincial Council of North Brabant			1		7	Won
2015	Senate			9	3,171[a]	9	Won	[9]
2017	House of Representatives			48	205	20	Lost	[10]
2018	's-Hertogenbosch Municipal Council			1		1	Won
2019	Provincial Council of North Brabant			1		4	Won
2019	Senate			3	1	5	Won	[11]
2022	's-Hertogenbosch Municipal Council			1	1,199	1	Won	[12]
2023	Provincial Council of North Brabant			1	47,165	4	Won	[13]
2023	Senate			3		4	Won
2023	House of Representatives			44	416	37	Lost	[14]

Notes

1. Weighted votes