Alexander-Martin Sardina

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. 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. 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. In 2001, he became a member of the board of the ministry of environment and health (Behörde für Umwelt und Gesundheit). 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. He also served as the spokesman of the CDU fraction for Asian affairs