Amma Asante | |
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![]() 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.
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]
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.
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]