Robert van Asten

Robert Jacobus van Asten (born 30 November 1978) is a Dutch tax lawyer, administrator and D66 politician. He has been an alderman of The Hague since 7 June 2018 and deputy mayor of The Hague since 27 September 2022.

Biography Van Asten was born in Voorburg and raised in Rijswijk. From 1991 to 1997, he attended atheneum at St Stanislas College in Delft. From 1997 to 2005, he studied tax law at Leiden University. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as a tour guide for . From 2005 to 2010, he worked as a tax advisor at Deloitte in Rotterdam.

From 2010 to 2015, Van Asten worked as a solicitor at Vistra in both Amsterdam-Zuid and at Schiphol Airport. From 2016 to 2018, he worked as a fundraiser for D66 at the national office in The Hague. From 2015 to 2018, he ran his own consultancy as a self-employed person.