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 9 November 2010 – 27 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | Aarnd Hellinga Rita Kallas |
| Preceded by | Jabik Nieuwenhuis |
| 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 Alsland  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 9 November 2010 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 Yndyk and the National Bloc. Later on in his premiership he formed a coalition with moderate independent social democrats who resigned from the Workers' Party in protest of the party shifting towards an economically leftist platform. Prior to the 2010 election Ykema transformed Liveable Yndyk into a federal party and announced it would run candidates for the election. In the 2010 election the party won 42 seats and Ykema formed a coalition with the National Bloc as well as the Progressive Alliance and Green - Alternative Choice.
In the 2018 legislative election despite winning another record number of seats and votes and emerging as the largest party in Alsland, National Bloc 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 National Bloc
- Opposition to Nieuwenhuis
- 2010 Yndyk election
"Herstart Yndyk" policy
- Economic liberalism
- Protests
- Growing economy
Premier of Alsland
First term
- Election
- Government formation
- Local elections
- Policies
- Response to the Nordleda shooting
Second term
- Second campaign
- Government formation
- Bad LA performance in 2016 presidential election
- Cabinet reshuffle
- 2018 election and National Bloc problems
Third term
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 Alsland'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.
During his Premiership his government was described as a liberal environmentalist government. In 2014 Ykema committed to keeping Alsland's 2 nuclear power plants open until at least 2040 when renewables could take over, the announcement was opposed by environmentalists within his cabinet who wanted the government to close the plants before 2040. As a result of the impasse the government created a non-partisan board of experts to analyse the problem and the board later agreed with Ykema and the government in keeping the plants open.
Personal life
- Religion
- Relationship
- Other activities