Sander van Waveren

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In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Waveren, not Waveren.

Sander van Waveren
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
3 December 2024 – 11 November 2025
Preceded byRosanne Hertzberger
Member of the Utrecht Municipal Council
In office
9 December 2010 – 17 December 2020
Preceded byHarm Janssen
Succeeded byBert van Steeg
Personal details
BornAlexander van Waveren
(1980-03-03) 3 March 1980 (age 46)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Party
Alma materUtrecht University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civil servant
  • consultant

Alexander "Sander" van Waveren (Dutch: [ˈsɑndər vɑɱ ˈʋaːvərə(n)]; born 3 March 1980) is a Dutch civil servant and politician. He served on the Utrecht Municipal Council on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 to 2020, and he was a member of the House of Representatives between December 2024 and November 2025 after he had switched to the party New Social Contract (NSC).

Early life and career

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Van Waveren was born in 1980 in Haarlem.[1] His father was a pastor, and Van Waveren attended a gymnasium school in Eindhoven. From 1999 to 2006, he studied social geography and urban planning at Utrecht University, and he did an internship at the European Parliament.[2]

Van Waveren started his career at a public sector consultancy, where he was specialized in spatial planning and housing, and he worked as an adviser for the Sliedrecht municipal government starting in 2012. He became bureau head of the Dutch Association of Municipal Secretaries (nl) in 2016, and he became municipal secretary of Laren, North Holland in 2020. He simultaneously served as chair of a cooperative managing parking across several municipalities.[2]

Politics

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Van Waveren ran for the Utrecht Municipal Council in the March 2010 election as the fifth candidate of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was not elected, as the party won four seats.[3][4] He assisted the CDA's parliamentary group until 9 December 2010, when he was appointed to the council to succeed a fellow councilor who had resigned.[2][5] Van Waveren became the party's parliamentary leader in 2013, and he was re-elected in 2014 and in 2018 as lead candidate.[2][6][7] He left the Utrecht Municipal Council on 17 December 2020, midway through his term.[2]

He joined NSC when it was founded by former CDA member Pieter Omtzigt ahead of the November 2023 general election.[2] Van Waveren was the party's 27th candidate, and he was not elected to the House of Representatives, as NSC won 20 seats. He became administrative secretary of its parliamentary group in September 2024.[2][8] Because of his position on the party list, Van Waveren was sworn into the House on 3 December 2024 following Femke Zeedijk's resignation.[9][10] He became NSC's spokesperson on the interior, public administration, and the rule of law.[11] He did not run for re-election in 2025, and his term ended on 11 November 2025.[12][13]

House committee assignments

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Personal life

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As of 2024, Van Waveren lived in Utrecht.[1] He has served as chair of sports club UVV Utrecht and as treasurer of a music education foundation.[2][14]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Sander van Waveren
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 Utrecht Municipal Council Christian Democratic Appeal 5 110 4 Lost[a] [3][4]
2014 Utrecht Municipal Council 1 5,017 3 Won [6]
2018 Utrecht Municipal Council 1 4,600 2 Won [7]
2022 Utrecht Municipal Council 24[b] 90 3 Lost [15]
2023 Senate 18 0[c] 6 Lost [16]
2023 House of Representatives New Social Contract 27 180 20 Lost[a] [8]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Van Waveren was appointed to the body later during the term due to a vacancy.
  2. ^ Van Waveren participated as lijstduwer.
  3. ^ To account for population differences between provinces, a weighted vote total of 0 was used.

References

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