Habtamu de Hoop

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In this Dutch name, the surname is De Hoop, not Hoop.
Habtamu de Hoop
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Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Member of the Súdwest-Fryslân municipal council
In office
2 January 2018 – 29 April 2021
Succeeded byPieter Jan Scholtanus
Personal details
Born1998 (age 22–23)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political partyLabour Party
Alma mater

Habtamu Emke de Hoop (born 1998) is an Ethiopian-born Dutch television presenter and politician. He has served as a member of the municipal council of Súdwest-Fryslân since 2018 and hosted the educational children's show Het Klokhuis. De Hoop was elected to the House of Representatives in March 2021 as a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Early life and education[]

He was born in 1998 in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and was abandoned at a bar when he was a few months old. De Hoop was brought to an orphanage, where he received his first name.[1][2] He was probably born in March or April 1998, but his exact date of birth is unknown.[3] De Hoop celebrates his birthday on 16 April.[2] He was adopted by a Dutch couple when he was about eight months old, and he grew up in the Frisian village Wommels.[1] The couple later adopted another Ethiopian boy.[2]

During his childhood, De Hoop played football at a number of clubs including SC Cambuur and ONS Sneek, and he played Frisian handball.[1] He attended the high school RSG Magister Alvinus in Sneek at havo level.[1] In 2016, he participated in the national debating and speech contest Op weg naar het Lagerhuis, where he ended up among the three speech finalists. De Hoop argued during the final for caring more about refugees.[4]

He studied journalism at the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle but did not finish his study because of his job in the municipal council and as a presenter of Het Klokhuis.[2][5][6] He started studying public administration at the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences's Thorbecke Academie in Leeuwarden in 2019 after he had left Het Klokhuis.[7]

Career[]

De Hoop participated in the November 2017 municipal election in his municipality, Súdwest-Fryslân, being placed sixth on the party list of the Labour Party.[8] He won a seat and was sworn in as councilor in January 2018 at age nineteen.[9] His specializations included spatial planning and housing.[10] De Hoop was also hired as a host of the educational children's show Het Klokhuis, which is broadcast on weekdays by Omroep NTR, in December 2017. Filming began in February of the following year and the first episode presented by De Hoop was televised in October.[6][11]

In addition, he was Matthijs van Nieuwkerk's sidekick in an episode of De Wereld Draait Door and he was a jury member of the 2018 edition of Op weg naar het Lagerhuis.[2][12] De Hoop left Het Klokhuis in the summer of 2019.[7] He was also involved in the youth think tank Coalitie-Y after a call by Prime Minister Mark Rutte in May 2020 for more input from younger people on government policy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

House of Representatives[]

He ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election as the Labour Party's ninth candidate.[14] He was elected to the House and received 10,092 preference votes.[15] He became the youngest member of the new House, which was installed on 31 March, and the third youngest MP in Dutch parliamentary history up to that point.[16] De Hoop vacated his municipal council seat in April.[17] His focus in the House is on education, media, infrastructure, and water management, and he is on the Committees for Education, Culture and Science; for Finance; and for Infrastructure and Water Management.[18][19] De Hoop's maiden speech about his past and equality of opportunity received positive reactions.[20]

Personal life[]

De Hoop moved to The Hague when he became an MP.[19] He previously lived in the Frisian village Easterein, which is situated close to Wommels.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Altena, Stef (7 June 2016). "Habtamu speecht voor verandering" [Habtamu argues for change]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Oenema, Rixt (26 December 2018). "Habtamu de Hoop: van vondeling in Addis Abeba tot presentator van Het Klokhuis en tafelheer bij DWDD" [Habtamu de Hoop: from abandoned child in Addis Ababa to presenter of Het Klokhuis and sidekick at DWDD]. Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Presentator Habtuma [sic] de Hoop terug naar geboorteland Ethiopië" [Presenter Habtamu de Hoop back to country of birth Ethiopia]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Habtamu wint niet in debatfinale Lagerhuis" [Habtamu does not win debating final Lagerhuis]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 9 June 2016. p. 2.
  5. ^ Mollen, Janske (5 April 2018). "Zwolse journalistiekstudent presentator Het Klokhuis" [Zwolle journalism student will host Het Klokhuis]. De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Pennewaard, Koen (6 April 2018). "Habtamu gaat favoriete jeugdprogramma presenteren" [Habtamu will present favorite youth show]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Habtamu de Hoop stopt bij Het Klokhuis" [Habtamu de Hoop leaves Het Klokhuis]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Wethouder Van Gent trekt PvdA-lijst Súdwest" [Alderwoman Van Gent lijsttrekker of the Labour Party in Súdwest]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 23 June 2017. p. 26.
  9. ^ "Raadsvergadering 02-01-2018" [Council meeting 02-01-2018]. Gemeente Súdwest-Fryslân (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Habtamu de Hoop". PvdA Súdwest-Fryslân (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  11. ^ Kaygusuz, Damla (10 April 2018). "Jongste raadslid én tv-talent tegelijk" [Youngest councilor and TV talent at the same time]. Metro (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Renze Klamer presenteert Op Weg Naar Het Lagerhuis" [Renze Klamer presents Op weg naar het Lagerhuis]. BNNVARA (Press release) (in Dutch). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  13. ^ Nicolai, Ids (10 June 2020). "Raadslid Habtamu de Hoop: 'Een vaste groep jongeren moet structureel betrokken zijn bij beleid'" [Councilor Habtamu de Hoop: 'A permanent group of young people should be structurally involved in policy']. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  14. ^ Van der Laan, Ton (23 January 2021). "Habtamu de Hoop en Christa Oosterbaan behouden hun plek op kandidatenlijst PvdA" [Habtamu de Hoop and Christa Oosterbaan keep their place on PvdA party list]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021" [Results general election 17 March 2021] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 26 March 2021. p. 268. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  16. ^ Van Westhreenen, Saskia (19 March 2021). "Habtamu de Hoop is in de historie op twee na de jongste" [Habtamu de Hoop is the third youngest in history]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ^ Del Grosso, Maria (19 April 2021). "Scholtanus volgt De Hoop op in de raad van Súdwest-Fryslân" [Scholtanus succeeds De Hoop in Súdwest-Fryslân council]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Tweede Kamer" [House of Representatives]. PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Habtamu de Hoop". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  20. ^ Markus, Niels (27 April 2021). "De maidenspeech bezorgt elk Kamerlid de zenuwen" [The maiden speech makes every MP the nervous]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Habtamu de Hoop dolblij met plek op PvdA-kandidatenlijst: "Waanzinnig hoog!"" [Habtamu de Hoop thrilled about place on PvdA party list: "Incredibly high!"]. Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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