Commission Nominations, May/June 2021
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION ELECTIONS
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES
It is time to elect the next European Commission. In these elections, the offices of the Premier Commissioner and the Commissioner for Internal Affairs will be up for election.
The offices of Premier Commissioner and Internal Affairs are subject to a four-month term.
As is traditional, I shall quote the words of our Returning Officer back in January 2011, who opened these nominations thus:
"These elections are supposed to give our member-states fair representation in this region - if candidates cannot take it upon themselves to be active, then I in particular, question their ability and willingness to take part in a body who must be active, accountable and able. I do not wish to threaten nor scare, but I want, for once, our European Commission to consist of Commissioners who are active and who play a part in the region both on and off this forum."
Interested candidates should fill out all information below:
[Candidate photograph or image] Candidate Name: Home Nation: Office(s) sought: Incumbent? (Y/N): Eurogroup Affiliation: Biography:Nominations are NOW open and will close at 23:59 GMT on June 7th, 2021.
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Candidate Name: Sir Joseph William Amberton Biden Sr.
Home Nation: Kingdom of Reitzmag
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): No
Eurogroup Affiliation: Independent
Biography:Born: 16 July 1942 (age 78 years), Victoria City, Buckingham County, Reitzmag
National Party: Independent (formerly Liberal Democrat, Labour, and DUP)
Credentials:- Former Chief Secretary of the Royal Household
- Former King's Messenger
- Former Member of Parliament (2006-2018, 2 terms)
- Former Mayor of Victoria City (2003-2006, 1 term)
- Former Foreign Affairs Minister (2006-2012)
- Former Secretary for Foreign Communications (2000-2006)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree on International Relations, Hampton University
- Bachelor's Degree on International (European) Law, European College of Law
- Bachelor's Degree on Political Science, King William III College - Strathe University
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Candidate Name: Jean-Claude Juncker
Home Nation: The Kingdom of Spain
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: European Progressive Alliance (EPA)
Biography: Jean Claude Juncker was the first secretary of State on the Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and European Union Minister. He has been the author of many projects and treaties that the Spanish Government has signed with other European Governments. He was born in 1955 in Luxembourg (Germanium). His father was a doctor and his mother was an University teacher. He studied in the prestigious University Carlos III de Madrid, where he got the double degree of Law and Political Science, and then he completed 3 master's degrees on Diplomatic Relationships, European Politics and Economics. He is a fluent speaker on Spanish, English, French, Nicoleizian and German, and he learnt Duxburian during his terms as Internal Affairs Commissioner, a position he was elected for in May 2020 and September 2020. -
Candidate Name:Peter Leeson
Home Nation:United Duchies
Office(s) sought:Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N):Y
Eurogroup Affiliation: Independent
Biography:Peter Leeson is the former leader of the Moderate Party in the Duchies, He has a business degree along with his stint working at the Roscoes Welfare Association. As a leader, he progressed in green and social policies within the Moderate Party of the United Duchies and campaigned for membership of the EU in the referendum that led to joining the EU.In his governing experience he dealt with federalisation and foreign affairs issues as well as budgeting issues in both his governing and business experience. He is considered a centrist candidate and believes in working with each country to achieve goals on their own way as opposed to top down approach. -
Candidate Name: Sofie Čikarová
Home Nation: Democratic Republic of Czech Slavia
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: PELBiography: Born in 1979, Čikarová studied Journalism at Charles University. She began her career as a writer for the Communist Party of Czech Slavia (predecessor to the Socialist Republican Party) newspaper, Red Justice. In 2014 she was nominated by the CPCS and elected to the Council of the Czech News Agency and was reelected in 2019. She ran for the position of Premier Commissioner in the Aug/Sep 2020 elections and ended up third behind Merkel and Trympov. In December 2020 she was removed from the Council of the Czech News Agency for political reasons during the government of Michal Plachta, but she was reinstated to the Council later in the same month, after the Socialist Republican Party lost confidence in Plachta's government, withstood a coup attempt and established a new government led by president Albína Reiserová.
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The National Assembly of the Republic of Istkalen has moved as to nominate the following candidate for the position of Premier Commissioner. It argues that it has authority to do so, as, per the Instrument of Surrender, it retains some level of political authority over Istkalen until surrender is completely effected, which is, as a result of continued unrest, especially in the armed forces, not entirely true as of now. Per our interpretation and that of the Interim Court of Justice, the declaration of the 26th of May applied only to the previous government of the Republic and not the Republic itself, as local governments were not abolished, while new elections were ordered to be held. Two candidates for the position nominated themselves; Ms. Simonnetta Sommaruga, a musician who had previously held office in municipal government, and Dr. Iskiris Koline, a former Minister of Finance, beloved and distinguished by her seemingly prescient economic advice. Dr. Iskiris Koline, in the end, was nominated by the Republic, by a vote 102-58, six votes over the majority needed to be nominated.
Candidate Name: Dr. Iskiris Koline
Home Nation: Istkalen
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: NoneBiography: Dr. Iskiris Koline, born in 1945, received a doctorate in economics in 1974. She would become Minister of Finance for Istkalen between 1983 and 1985, 1992 and 1997, and 2000 and 2003, narrowly escaping a terrorist plot by the Social Democratic Party that would result in the deaths of most of her colleagues. She would continue to work as an advisor to the region of Līresz, before joining the Interim Democratic Government of Liris Veszal as an economic advisor, preparing a plan for the country's economic restoration - now, albeit modified, in place - after which she was arrested, in 2010. She would remain under house arrest until earlier this year, when she was sent to a labor camp under Meinl-Reisinger; upon the fall of the Meinl-Reisinger regime, on the 18th of April, she was promptly released, becoming an economic advisor to the Minister of Finance. She remained in this position until the 26th of May, upon which she was effectively fired, becoming an economic consultant for the municipality of Līresz
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Candidate Name: Emma Granger
Home Nation: The Kingdom of Montenbourg
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: European Progressive Alliance (EPA)
Biography: Emma Granger is a Montenbourgian lawyer and diplomat who served as Under-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenbourg from (2015-2017), in 2021 she became one of the first female Chairwoman of the European Progressive Alliance (EPA) and is the current Councillor of Montenbourg (2017-Present). As Councillor she is the author of multiple human rights initiatives such as the Reproductive Healthcare Act and the famously Child Marriage Act, coauthored by the notable former Inquista Councillor Edward Firoux, which prohibted the marriage or union of young persons. -
Candidate Name: Piane Daggott
Home Nation: Icholasen, but for legal reasons, Czech Slavia
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: PEL
Biography:Piane Daggott has held numerous roles in the newly formed UNSR. She was part of the Ministry of the Interior, with a role in security. She was also heavily involved in planning for Operation Parva Coles and even fought on the Communist side. She offered military support to the communist rebels and the communist forces on the ground, fighting both the Ministry of Eurovoice forces and the forces attacking Reitzmag.
Despite her military and security background, Piane fundamentally believes in peace between nations. She was in the room when the UNSR negotiated a peace deal with Inquista, where Craticus and Jirluchuz talked it out. Despite not having a leading role in these discussions, she has learnt a great deal from her role at the top of the UNSR's government, and would be able to use these skills to work with other nations.
Piane was also in the Copala City Parliament until its operation was halted by the Reitzmic regime. She served as a Socialist Workers' Party MP for Copala Quay, and also a mayoral candidate receiving 7.85% of the vote in the 2020 election. Piane is therefore committed to democracy and the rule of law in governing how Europe works.
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Candidate Name: Josephine Areai
Home Nation: Istkalen. I must disclose that the government of Istkalen, as well as all entities contained in the territory defined as Istkalen, condemns me in the harshest possible words, and is attempting to remove my citizenship, but cannot due to general confusion over how exactly I obtained it.
Office sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent: N
Eurogroup Affiliation: None
Biography: Ms. Areai was an important politician in the former country of Eastern Haane, and was responsible in temporarily stabilizing it during a period of emergency in which she gained certain additional powers, before fleeing to Bomballey, Copala City, due to unrest, where she would come into contact with an unrelated woman bearing her name, from which she would have to hide until recently. She would flee to Istkalen, alongside a small group of children and young adults, before disappearing and re-emerging with documents pertaining her citizenship, her name also in all legal records in Istkalen that would signify her possession of citizenship. No one knows how exactly she obtained her citizenship; presently, the state is working on attempting to revoke it as to expel her from the country so that she may stand trial for crimes against humanity in what remains of her home country; however, she has made use of it, using the safety it has provided her with as to become an accomplished author - her memoir, "The Voice of the People Rises," becoming a bestseller.
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