Aant Jelle Soepboer
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Alderman of Noardeast-Fryslân
In office
19 May 2022 – 18 October 2023
Succeeded byHanneke Jouta
Municipal councillor of Noardeast-Fryslân
In office
1 January 2019 – 19 May 2022
Personal details
Born (1989-08-17) 17 August 1989
Dokkum, Netherlands
Political partyNSC (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		FNP (2017–2023)
EducationNHL Leeuwarden (BEd)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civil servant
  • writer

Aant Jelle Soepboer is a Dutch politician, writer, and former civil servant representing New Social Contract (NSC).[1] He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 6 December 2023. Earlier, he was municipal councillor and alderman of the Frisian municipality Noardeast-Fryslân, representing the Frisian National Party (FNP).[2] He is committed to the emancipation of the Frisian language.[3][4]

Early life and education

Soepboer was born in 1989 in Dokkum, where he also grew up.[2] Soepboer completed the teacher training course in history and geography at NHL Leeuwarden from 2006 to 2011. During his final year of study in September 2010, he became a history and geography teacher at the Liudger Christian School Community where he worked until August 2020.[2]

Political career

Noardeast-Fryslân

At the end of 2017, Soepboer became a member of the FNP, just before the 2018 municipal elections, in which he participated as 16th on the electoral list. Through a campaign in which quality of life in the countryside and upholding traditions, such as supporting the continued use of flat carts in parades (as a result of which many young people voted for him), played an important role, he managed to get into the municipal council of Noardeast-Fryslân with preferential votes.[5]

In the four years that he has been a councillor, Soepboer gained prominence by writing articles in regional and national newspapers about issues such as the housing shortage, building for young people with a socio-economic connection to the area, traditions such as carbide shooting and floats and combating shrinkage.[6] He has also appeared on TV several times, for example in De Hofkar with Rutger Castricum and with Arjen Lubach.

In the 2022 municipal elections, Soepboer became party leader and achieved a victory with the FNP faction in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân, making the party the largest party in the municipal council with 8 of the 29 seats.[7] Together with Sociaal in Noardeast (S!N) and Gemeentebelangen Noardeast-Fryslân, the FNP formed the coalition and concluded a "local agreement with the Mienskip" (Mienskip meaning 'community').[8] Soepboer took office as alderman for the FNP together with Bert Koonstra. His portfolio included "mienskip", culture, public space management, and the environment. The Frisian language was also part of his portfolio and he took part in the Provinciaal Bestuurlijk overleg Frysk ('Provincial Administrative consultation Frisian'). On 19 October 2023, Soepboer left his office as alderman to make room for his ambitions in national politics, and was succeeded by Hanneke Jouta.[9]

House of Representatives

In September 2023, Soepboer came in seventh place on the list of candidates of the new NSC party for the 2023 Dutch House of Representatives elections.[10] NSC eventually won 20 seats in the House, and Soepboer was officially sworn in as a member of parliament on 6 December 2023.[11]

Personal life

Soepboer is the drummer of the Frisian folk metal band Baldrs Draumar, a band with a focus of Friesland and Norse mythology.[10]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Aant Jelle Soepboer
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2023 House of Representatives New Social Contract 7 10,161 20 Won [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Aant Jelle Soepboer". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "A.J. (Aant-Jelle) Soepboer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Aant Jelle Soepboer: ga minder nuchter om met de Friese taal" [Aant Jelle Soepboer: deal less phlegmatically with the Frisian language]. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "De Friese taal dreigt een spreektaal te worden. Aant Jelle Soepboer maakt zich zorgen" [The Frisian language threatens to become a dialect. Aant Jelle Soepboer is worried.]. NPO Radio 2 (in Dutch). 10 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Miedema, Sippie (24 November 2018). "Als zestiende op de lijst maar als tweede in de raad" [Sixteenth on the list, but second in the council]. Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Soepboer, Aant-Jelle; Knol, Sijbe (22 November 2022). "Opinie: Beste Randstedeling, blijf van ons carbid af" [Opinion: Dear Randstad resident, stay away from our carbide]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gemeenteraad" [Municipal council]. Noardeast-Fryslân (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ferbûn mei de Mienskip" [Connection with the Community] (PDF). Sociaal in Noardeast (in Western Frisian). May 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hanneke Jouta nieuwe wethouder Noardeast-Fryslân, dit laat Soepboer aan haar over" [Hanneke Jouta new alderman Noardeast-Fryslân, this is what Soepboer leaves behind]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Soepboer distantieert zich van extreemrechts: "Verschrikkelijk om in zo'n hoek gedrukt te worden"" [Soepboer distances himself from far-right: "Horrible to be pushed in such a corner"]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 27 September 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Kamerleden beëdigd" [Members of parliament sworn in]. Tweede Kamer (in Dutch). 6 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 185–186. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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