Aant Jelle Soepboer

Aant Jelle Soepboer is a Dutch politician, writer, and former civil servant. He was a member of the House of Representatives for NSC between 6 December 2023 and 25 July 2025. Earlier, he was municipal councillor and alderman of the Frisian municipality Noardeast-Fryslân, representing the Frisian National Party (FNP). He is committed to the emancipation of the Frisian language.

Early life and teaching career Soepboer was born in 1989 in Dokkum, where he also grew up. He co-wrote a series of history books targeted at young people called (Super old).

In the four years that he has been a councillor, Soepboer gained prominence by writing articles in regional and national newspapers about issues such as the housing shortage, building for young people with a socio-economic connection to the area, traditions such as and floats and combating shrinkage. He has also appeared on TV several times, for example in De Hofkar with Rutger Castricum and with Arjen Lubach.

In the 2022 municipal elections, Soepboer became party leader and achieved a victory with the FNP faction in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân, making the party the largest party in the municipal council with 8 of the 29 seats. Together with Sociaal in Noardeast (S!N) and Gemeentebelangen Noardeast-Fryslân, the FNP formed the coalition and concluded a "local agreement with the Mienskip" (Mienskip meaning 'community'). Soepboer took office as alderman for the FNP together with Bert Koonstra. His portfolio included "mienskip", culture, public space management, and the environment. The Frisian language was also part of his portfolio and he took part in the ('Provincial Administrative consultation Frisian'). On 19 October 2023, Soepboer left his office as alderman to be active in national politics, and he was succeeded by Hanneke Jouta.

House of Representatives Soepboer joined New Social Contract (NSC), which was founded by Pieter Omtzigt in the run-up to the November 2023 general election. They had met during a working visit of Omtzigt to the province. He was sworn in as a member of parliament on 6 December 2023. He serves as the party's spokesperson for primary, secondary, and vocational education and for water. When NSC agreed to discontinue temporary education subsidies as part of the Schoof cabinet's coalition agreement, Soepboer defended the decision saying targeted structural financing is a better way to solve education issues. He called for a comprehensive plan to restore the quality of education.

Personal life Soepboer is the drummer of the Frisian folk metal band , a band with a focus of Friesland and Norse mythology.

Electoral history

+ YearBodyPartyVotesResult.Party seatsIndividual 2023 House of Representatives New Social Contract 7 10,161 20 2025 House of Representatives Frisian National Party 1 6,279 0