Lodewijk Frans Asscher is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
Asscher in 2015
Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands)
The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in the Netherlands.
Then incumbent Leader Joop den Uyl and future Leader Wim Kok in the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986.
Future Leader Lilianne Ploumen, former Leaders Wouter Bos, Wim Kok and then incumbent Leader Job Cohen at a party conference on 1 May 2011.
Newly elected Leader Diederik Samsom and former Leader Job Cohen at a party conference on 21 March 2012.
Image: Willem Drees 1958