Alexander-Martin Sardina (born 15 September 1973; , ) is a former member of parliament for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Biography Sardina was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany.Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt "Alexander-Martin Sardina (CDU)", 11 February 2008; retrieved on 24 November 2018. 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.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 Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) and East Germany (DDR) from 1945 to 1989.
Sardina works as a lecturer, translator, and consultant, mainly in Berlin, Germany.
Political career 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.Robert Heller: Staatshandbuch Hamburg 2003. Handbuch der Behörden mit Aufgabenbeschreibungen und Adressen der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. CD-ROM inclusive. (Heymanns-Verlag), Cologne 2003, p. 73. In 2001, he became a member of the board of the ministry of environment and health (Behörde für Umwelt und Gesundheit).Robert Heller: Staatshandbuch Hamburg 2003. Handbuch der Behörden mit Aufgabenbeschreibungen und Adressen der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. CD-ROM inclusive. (Heymanns-Verlag), Cologne 2007, p. 5 and 10. From 2001 to 2004, Sardina was the party secretary (whip) of the CDU parliamentary group 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.Die Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. 18th legislative period, 2nd edition. Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Hamburg, Hamburg 2005, pp. 61, 71 f., and 88b.Ole eröffnet Wahlkreisbüro. In: Hamburger Morgenpost, 13 January 2006; retrieved on 23 November 2018. 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.
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Positions and questions answered by Alexander-Martin Sardina (2004–2008) on Parliamentwatch (German language).