{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1983)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander van Hattem | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Leader of the [[Party for Freedom]] in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate of the Netherlands]] | term_start = 16 January 2024 | term_end = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Westerhoven]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Party for Freedom|PVV]] (2008–present) | website = | alma_mater = [[Avans Hogeschool]] | other_party = [[Pim Fortuyn List|LPF]] (2002–2008) | office1 = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start1 = 9 June 2015 | predecessor = [[Marjolein Faber]] }} '''Alexander Wilhelm Joannes Abraham van Hattem''' (born 6 June 1983) is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/a_w_j_a_van_hattem_pvv#p2 | title=A.W.J.A. Van Hattem (PVV) }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brabant.nl/politiek-en-bestuur/provinciale-staten/statenleden-en-fracties/statenleden/hattem_alexander-van.aspx|title=Statenleden en fracties}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjsnbdph9wv9/a_w_j_a_alexander_van_hattem|title=A.W.J.A. (Alexander) van Hattem}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/2094891393/PVVer+Alexander+van+Hattem+mag+aanblijven+als+commissievoorzitter+na+steunen+Marokkanenuitspraken.aspx|title=Omroep Brabant}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjsnbdph9wv9/a_w_j_a_alexander_van_hattem|title=A.W.J.A. (Alexander) van Hattem}}</ref>
== Electoral history == {{Incomplete list|date=December 2023}} {{Clear}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" |+ {{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 |- ! scope="row" | [[2003 Dutch provincial elections|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 Dutch municipal elections|2006]] | [[Eindhoven]] [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]] | style=text-align:right | 8 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{no2|Lost}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2006 Dutch general election|2006]] | [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2006 Dutch general election|11]] | style=text-align:right | 136 | style=text-align:right | 0 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2006/11/27/proces-verbaal-zitting-kiesraad-uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2006 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 22 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 27 November 2006 |title = Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006 |trans-title = Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election |pages = 135–136 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2010 Dutch municipal elections|2010]] | [[Eindhoven]] [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]] | style=text-align:right | 10 | style=text-align:right | 37 | style=text-align:right | 2 | {{no2|Lost}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2011 Dutch provincial elections|2011]] | [[Provincial Council of North Brabant]] | rowspan="13" style="background-color:{{party color|Party for Freedom}};"| | rowspan="13" | [[Party for Freedom]] | style=text-align:right | 4 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 8 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2012 Dutch general election|2012]] | House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2012 Dutch general election|36]] | style=text-align:right | 213 | style=text-align:right | 15 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2012/09/19/proces-verbaal-zitting-uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2012 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 22 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 17 September 2012 |title = Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012 |trans-title = Results 2012 general election |pages = 60–61 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2015 Dutch provincial elections|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 Dutch Senate election|2015]] | [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2015 Dutch Senate election|9]] | style=text-align:right | 3,171{{efn|Weighted votes}} | style=text-align:right | 9 | {{yes2|Won}} | <ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 October 2024|author=Kiesraad |date=28 May 2015|language=nl |title=Uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2015|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/binaries/kiesraad/documenten/proces-verbalen/2015/05/28/proces-verbaal-verkiezingsuitslag-eerste-kamer-2015/getekend-proces-verbaal-eerste-kamerverkiezing-2015.pdf|pages=28–30}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2017 Dutch general election|2017]] | House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2017 Dutch general election|48]] | style=text-align:right | 205 | style=text-align:right | 20 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2017/3/proces-verbaal-zitting-kiesraad-uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2017/getekend-proces-verbaal-zitting-bekendmaking-uitslag-tweede-kamer-22-03-2017 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 21 March 2017 |title = Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar) |trans-title = Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example) |pages = 66–67 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2018 Dutch municipal elections|2018]] | [['s-Hertogenbosch]] Municipal Council | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2019 Dutch provincial elections|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 Dutch Senate election|2019]] | Senate | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2019 Dutch Senate election|3]] | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 5 | {{yes2|Won}} | <ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 October 2024|author=Kiesraad |date=31 May 2019|language=nl |title=Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van de Eerste Kamer|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/binaries/kiesraad/documenten/proces-verbalen/2019/pvs-eerste-kamerverkiezing/zitting-bekendmaking-uitslag-ek-2019-door-csb/proces-verbaal-uitslag-eerste-kamerverkiezing-zitting-kiesraad-31-mei-2019/Proces-verbaal+van+de+verkiezingsuitslag+van+de+Eerste+Kamer.pdf|pages=17–19}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022]] | 's-Hertogenbosch Municipal Council | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 1,199 | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{yes2|Won}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731380 |website = Databank Verkiezingsuitslagen |publisher = Dutch Electoral Council |title = Gemeenteraad - 16 maart 2022 |trans-title = Municipal council - 16 March 2022 |access-date = 24 December 2023 |language = nl }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch provincial elections|2023]] | Provincial Council of North Brabant | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 47,165 | style=text-align:right | 4 | {{yes2|Won}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/verkiezingen/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/3/27/proces-verbaal-uitslag-verkiezing-provinciale-staten-noord-brabant-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 24 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 27 March 2023 |title = Proces-verbaal uitslag verkiezing Provinciale Staten Noord-Brabant 2023 |trans-title = Report election results Provincial Council of North Brabant 2023 |page = 42 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch Senate election|2023]] | Senate | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2023 Dutch Senate election|3]] | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 4 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch general election|2023]] | House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2023 Dutch general election|44]] | style=text-align:right | 416 | style=text-align:right | 37 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/12/04/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 4 December 2023 |title = Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023 |trans-title = Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023 |pages = 35–36 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2025 Dutch general election|2025]] | House of Representatives | style=text-align:right | [[List of Party for Freedom candidates in the 2025 Dutch general election|79]] | style=text-align:right | 144 | style=text-align:right | 26 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/publicaties/2025/11/07/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-verkiezing-van-de-tweede-kamer-2025-d.d.-7-november-2025|format=PDF|language=nl|website=[[Electoral Council]]|access-date=21 November 2025|title=Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025|trans-title=Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025|date=7 November 2025|pages=15–16, 121–123}}</ref> |}
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{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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