Alexander-Martin Sardina | |
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Born |
Hamburg, Germany | 15 September 1973
Citizenship | German, Italian |
Occupation | MP (2005–2008) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Hamburg ( PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Education |
Institutions | University of Hamburg |
Alexander-Martin Sardina (born 15 September 1973; German pronunciation: [zaʁˈdiːna] , Italian pronunciation: [sarˈdiːna] ) is a former member of parliament for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Sardina was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. [1] His father moved from Sicily, Italy, to Germany in the 1960s; his mother is from Hamburg. He received his Staatsexamen from the University of Hamburg in 2002. [2] In 2016, he received a Dr. phil. degree with a dissertation on the history of foreign language teaching in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) and East Germany (DDR) from 1945 to 1989.[ citation needed]
Sardina works as a lecturer, translator, and consultant, mainly in Berlin, Germany. [2]
Sardina joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (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. [3] In 2001, he became a member of the board of the ministry of environment and health (Behörde für Umwelt und Gesundheit). [4] From 2001 to 2004, Sardina was the party secretary (whip) of the CDU parliamentary group in the regional assembly ( Bezirksversammlung ) 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. [1]
From 2005 to 2008, Sardina was a member of the Hamburg Parliament, the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft. [5] [6] He also served as the spokesman of the CDU fraction for Asian affairs [2] 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. [7]