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Alexander-Martin Sardina
Born (1973-09-15) September 15, 1973 (age 51)
Hamburg, Germany
CitizenshipGerman, Italian
Occupation(s)Historian of Education,
Business Consultant,
former MP (2005–2008)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg (PhD)
ThesisFremdsprachenpolitische Entwicklungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Sprache ‚Englisch‘ im System der Volksbildung in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (1945 bis 1989) (2016)
Academic work
DisciplineEducation
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg

Alexander-Martin Sardina (born 15 September 1973; German pronunciation: [zaɐ̯ˈdiːna] ⓘ, Italian pronunciation: [sarˈdiːna] ⓘ) is a German historian of education, business consultant, and former member of parliament for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Sardina holds dual citizenship and is also an Italian national.

Biography

Sardina was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany.[1] His father moved from Sicily, Italy, to Germany in the 1960s, his mother is from Hamburg. Sardina went to the notable secondary school Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, at that time run by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church. In 1990, he was an exchange student at the Loyola High School, Los Angeles, California.[2] He graduated from the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule with receiving the Abitur in 1994.[3]

He then studied pedagogy, American studies, and political science at the University of Hamburg. Research stays led him to the United States, China, Macau, and Hong Kong. In 1999, Sardina worked as a teacher intern at the Los Angeles Central High School, Hollywood.[4] He completed his studies with obtaining a Staatsexamen in 2002.[3] His state exam thesis deals with the contradicting educational concepts during the period of national socialism in Germany focussed on the National Political Institutes of Education (NAPOLAs).[5] In 2016, he became a Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) for examining the history of teaching English and all other foreign languages taught in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) and East Germany (DDR) from 1945 to 1989 (two volumes).[6][7] His dissertation is based both on the analysis of official documents and contributions made by contemporary witnesses.

Sardina works as a lecturer, translator, and consultant, mainly in Berlin, Germany.[3][8][9]

Political career

Sardina joined the CDU, Germany's leading conservative party, in 1994. His first public office was being a member of the board of the ministry of education (Behörde für Schule, Jugend und Berufsbildung) in Hamburg from 1997 to 2002.[10] Subsequently, as a result of the general state elections of 2001, he became a member of the board of the ministry of environment and health (Behörde für Umwelt und Gesundheit).[11] From 2001 to 2004, Sardina was the party secretary ("the whip") of the parliamentary group of the CDU in the regional assembly (Bezirksversammlung [de]) 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.[1]

From 2005 to 2008, Sardina was a member of the Hamburg Parliament, the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft. As an MP, he was a member of the committees for European affairs and for petitions as well as for the parliamentary investigation committee on the prison for juvenile delinquents located in Feuerbachstraße in the Barmbek district. He was a deputy member of the committees for budget affairs, for cultural affairs, and for urban development and planning.[12] Sardina also served as the spokesman of the CDU fraction for Asian affairs.[3] He additionally was a member of the board of directors of the "Asien-Brücke" (literally: Asia bridge), a Senate-run charity foundation for the benefit of Asian states with the main focus on development aid to Sri Lanka.[13]

Sardina was the first MP who had an electoral district office. It was open to the local public and located in a former colonial goods shop in the Horn district. First mayor Ole von Beust opened the location with a reception on 12 January 2006.[14]

Memberships

Sardina joined the European Movement in 1994. He used to be a member and chairman of the Young European Federalists and was made their honorary member in 2009.[15] As a former MP, he is also a member of the German Parliamentary Society, Berlin.[16]

Publications (monographies)

  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: »Hello, girls and boys!« – Fremdsprachenunterricht in der SBZ und DDR. Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3941461-28-4.
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: Die Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalten (NAPOLAs) als Beleg für widersprüchliche NS-Erziehungskonzeptionen im Dritten Reich. Diskurs und Zeitzeugenbefragung. Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-640-54533-9.
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina (editor): Die Quellensammlung zum "Traditionsprogramm Rote Kapelle" an der Mildred-Harnack-EOS, Berlin, vor der Wende in der DDR. Hamburg 2010.
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: 38 Fragen an den Abgeordneten Sardina MdHB – Eine kommentierte Dokumentation. Hamburg 2008 (PDF available at the University of Hamburg server).
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: The Invention of the Euro in Great Britain, Denmark, and Sweden. London 2003.
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: Amerikanisches Englisch unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner historischen Entwicklung. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede im Vergleich zum britischen Englisch. Munich 2000, ISBN 3-640-52723-2.
  • Alexander-Martin Sardina: Der administrativ-nachrichtendienstliche Verfassungsschutz als ein zentrales Instrument der "wehrhaften Demokratie" – Zwischen Frühwarnsystem und Existenz-Rechtfertigung. Hamburg 1998.

References

  1. ^ a b Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt "Alexander-Martin Sardina (CDU)", 11 February 2008; retrieved on 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ Lebenslauf in the publication Mein politischer Lieblingsplatz, Hamburg, 4 June 2005; retrieved on 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Curriculum vitae in the official handbook of the CDU fraction of the Hamburg Parliament, Hamburg 2005, p. 73.
  4. ^ Arianne MacBean, Greg Christensen (Ed.): The Publishing Project "Sweet Fantasy - Writing and Performance" with High School Students. A Venture by the Los Angeles Central High School, Hollywood, in Collaboration with the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Los Angeles 1999, p. 1.
  5. ^ Entry in the OPAC of the German National Library
  6. ^ Entry in the OPAC of the German National Library
  7. ^ Entry in the OPAC of the German National Library
  8. ^ Website of the "Wolff Verlag," Berlin; retrieved on 7 February 2019.
  9. ^ Homepage at amazon.de (Author Central) on Sardina; retrieved on 7 February 2019.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Ole eröffnet Wahlkreisbüro. In: Hamburger Morgenpost, 13 January 2006; retrieved on 23 November 2018.
  15. ^ Excerpt of the official register of associations at the register court of Hamburg (file 69 VR 5904).
  16. ^ Helmut Herles: Die Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft. Appendix: Register of memberships as of 11 June 2013. Berlin 2013, p. 12, ISBN 978-3-89809-106-0.
  17. ^ PDF entry at the inventory list of the archive (signature 01-870), p. 336; retrieved on 23 November 2018.
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