Liekele Ykema
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Liekele Ykema | |
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 Ykema in 2013 | |
| Member of the Euclean Parliament | |
| Assumed office 13 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Alsland |
| Premier of Alsland | |
| In office 13 October 2011 – 27 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | Aarnd Hellinga Rita Kallas |
| Preceded by | Ermnbryht Vrihte |
| Succeeded by | Hepke Veltman |
| Minister-President of Yndyk | |
| In office 16 May 2005 – 30 October 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Hatte Elsinga |
| Succeeded by | Hepke Veltman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 13, 1967 Yndyk, Alsland |
| Nationality | Alslandic |
| Political party |  Alslandic: Liveable Delland  EC:Forward Euclea |
| Residence | Yndyk |
| Education | University of Morwall |
Liekele Ykema (born 13 October 1967) is an Alslandic politician and former economist serving as a member of the Euclean Parliament since 2019. Prior to this he served as Premier of Alsland between 13 October 2011 to 27 December 2018 and Minister-President of Yndyk between 16 May 2005 and 13 October 2011.
Ykema entered politics in 2002 when he served as an economic advisor to Hatte Elsinga who was then Minister-President of Yndyk. In 2005 Ykema was elected in a landslide to succeed Elsinga. Ykema formed a coalition between Liveable Delland and the Social Democrats of Delland (SDD). Later on in his premeirship he formed a coalition with moderate independent social democrats who resigned from the SDD in protest of the party shifting towards an economically leftist platform. Ykema was appointed Premier of Alsland by President Rita Rebane upon the resignation Ermnbryht Vrihte. Ykema led the Liveable Delland in the snap 2014 legislative election where the party received the largest amount of votes for an individual party since 1960. Following the election Ykema formed a coalition with the other liberal parties alongside social democratic parties and some sotirian democratic parties. Ykema became the first Alslandic Premier to serve a full 4 year term without experiencing a vote of no confidence since Ạþelgar Pẹrrocer in 1991.
In the 2018 legislative election despite winning another record number of seats and votes and emerging as the largest party in Alsland, Civic Initiative refused to enter another coalition led by Ykema. Ykema resigned despite having a high approval rating and was succeeded by Hepke Veltman. Ykema was elected to the Euclean Parliament in 2019. In 2022 he announced he would be running for the Euclean Community's Presidency in 2022.
Early Life
- Childhood and Education
- Career before politics
- Liveable Delland executive board
Political career
Minister-President of Yndyk
- Grand Coalition with the Sotirians and SDD
- Rolling back of Workers Party policies
- 2010 Yndyk election
"Herstart Yndyk" policy
- Economic liberalism
- Protests
- Growing economy
2011 Alslandic political crisis
Premier of Alsland
First term
- Resignation of Vrithe
- Government formation
- Local elections
- Policies
- Response to the Nordleda shooting
Second term
- Second campaign
- Government formation
- Bad LD performance in 2016 presidential election
- Cabinet reshuffle
- 2018 election and Civic initiative problems
Resignation
- Resignation announcement
MEP
- Election in 2019
- Activities in EucloParl
Euclean Presidency bid
- Announcement
Political positions
Ykema is a self proclaimed "Free-thinker" (Dellish: Frijtinker). During an interview ahead of the 2010 Yndyk election he described himself as a classical liberal and during his leadership of Liveable Delland the party shifted towards right-liberalism. In 2011 Hjoed journalist Lennart Mummert described Ykema as a: "centre-right technocrat who wants to maintain the previous government's policy of austerity until the economy has recovered". Ahead of the 2014 legislative election The Standard journalist Peter Stevens called Ykema a moderate conservative and compared him to Estmerish Prime Minister Heidi Reid. Liveable Delland's 2018 manifesto pledged a return to ordoliberal policies to encourage economic growth, according to experts the shift was triggered as a result of a slow economic recovery from the 2005 World financial crisis and the Alslandic banking crisis. Ykema during the campaign embraced the new manifesto and pledged to implement the manifesto's economic policies by 2020. After his resignation Ykema continued to support the 2018 manifesto whilst Hepke Veltman argued for a continuation of the party's current economic policy.
Personal life
- Religion
- Relationship
- Other activities