Alexander-Martin Sardina (born 15 September 1973; , ) is a former

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for the

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(CDU).

Biography

Sardina was born and raised in

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, Germany.Article
in the Hamburger Abendblatt "Alexander-Martin Sardina (CDU)", 11 February 2008; retrieved on 24 November 2018. His father moved from

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, Italy, to Germany in the 1960s; his mother is from Hamburg. He received his '' Staatsexamen'' from the

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in 2002.Curriculum vitae in the official handbook of the CDU fraction of the Hamburg Parliament, Hamburg 2005, p. 73. In 2016, he received a ''Dr. phil.'' degree with a dissertation on the history of foreign language teaching in the

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''(SBZ)'' and

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''(DDR)'' from 1945 to 1989. Sardina works as a lecturer, translator, and consultant, mainly in

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, Germany.

Political career

Sardina joined the

(CDU), in 1994. His first public office was as a member of the board of the ministry of education ''(Behörde für Schule, Jugend und Berufsbildung)'' in Hamburg from 1997 to 2002. In 2001, he became a member of the board of the ministry of environment and health ''(Behörde für Umwelt und Gesundheit)''. From 2001 to 2004, Sardina was the party secretary (whip) of the CDU

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in the regional assembly (') of the district of Hamburg-Mitte. After the 2004 general elections, his party held the majority of seats and thus he became chairman of the regional assembly. From 2005 to 2008, Sardina was a member of the Hamburg Parliament, the ''Hamburgische Bürgerschaft''. He also served as the spokesman of the CDU fraction for Asian affairs and as a member of the board of directors of the "Asien-Brücke" (literally: Asia bridge), a Senate-run foundation focusing on development aid to Sri Lanka.''Unterrichtung durch den Präsidenten der Bürgerschaft: Wahl von zwei Mitgliedern des Stiftungsrates der ‚Hamburger Stiftung Asien-Brücke‘''.
(PDF) Drucksache 18/3310, of 6 December 2005; retrieved on 23 November 2018.

References

External links

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answered by Alexander-Martin Sardina (2004–2008) on ''

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). {{DEFAULTSORT:Sardina, Alexander-Martin 1973 births Living people People educated at the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Members of the Hamburg Parliament 20th-century German politicians 21st-century German politicians Historians of Germany German political scientists German educational theorists University of Hamburg alumni