Alexander Pechtold
Personal information
Full name:
Pechtold, A. (D66)
Place and date of birth:
Delft, 16 December 1965
City:
Wageningen
Seniority:
1996
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
Parliamentary Party:
Committees:
Education:
- Pre-university education (arts & humanities with Classics), Rotterdamsch Lyceum, until 1985
- History of art and archaeology, Leiden University, until 1996
- Auctioneer’s diploma, 1995
Career:
- Auctioneer and deputy-director at Van Stockum’s Auctions in The Hague, from 1992 to 1997
- Member of Leiden municipal council, from 12 April 1994 to October 2002
- Alderman (sport, culture, recreation and monuments, environment (1997-2002), major cities policy (1998-2002), education (2002-2003) and traffic and transport (2002-2003)) in Leiden, from 22 April 1997 to October 2003
- Mayor of Wageningen, from 1 October 2003 to 31 March 2005
- Minister without portfolio (Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations), from 31 March 2005 to 3 July 2006
- D66 party chairperson in the House of Representatives of the States General, from 23 November 2006
