Commission Nominations, October 2021

[Inquista]

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ELECTIONS

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

It is time to elect the next European Commission. In these elections, all offices of the European Commission will be up for election, including the Premier Commissioner, the Commissioner for Internal Affairs, and the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.

The offices of Premier Commissioner and Internal Affairs are subject to a four-month term, while the Foreign Affairs office is subject to an eight-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:

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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 October 13th, 2021.

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

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 (EURO)
Biography:

Born: 16 July 1942 (age 79 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

[GANIA]

Candidate Name: Sebastian Piñera Echenique
Home Nation: Federal Republic of Gania
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): No
Eurogroup Affiliation: LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Biography: He was born in the city of Buenos Aires in 1949, he currently belongs to the Democratic Party of Gania.
Political life in Gania:

• Chamber of Deputies (terms): 1980-1982, 1990-1995.
• Minister of the INTERIOR in 1996-1997
• Minister of Economy: 2000-2002
• Chamber of Senators (terms): 2003-2005, 2007-2010, 2010-2015.

He studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, which also did a postgraduate degree in foreign relations. She has always also dedicated herself to conferences around the world.

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GANIA PRESIDENCY
President: Beatriz Argimón
Secretary of the Presidency: Alvaro Delgado

[Istkalen]

Candidate Name: Ilmaras Kalessed

Home Nation: Istkalen

Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner

Incumbent? (Y/N): N

Eurogroup Affiliation: PEL

Biography: Ilmaras Kalessed was born in 1947 to a family of craftspeople, in an Istkalen recently disturbed by revolution. She would become one of the few rural Kitetois-speaking people to obtain a university education in Istkalen's history, and would initially enter the civil service before joining the Agrarian Union, a left-wing agrarian party in Istkalen, in 1977 following the destructive liberalization of the economy in 1973, which had led to millions losing their work and income, alongside severe social upheaval, in which she would rise rapidly, becoming its leader in late 1982. In 1983, the party was banned, along with all others, and Kalessed was placed under house arrest, where she would remain until 1992. Upon her release, she sought the introduction of a multi-party system in the then-Communist Istkalen, arguing that it was necessary to avert the collapse of the government. Her efforts succeeded in October of 1995; she was appointed as Prime Minister, a new position at the time, in January of 1996, heading a government of national unity, as the Republic of Istkalen collapsed as hatred for the communist government, particularly after a series of botched economic reforms spearheaded by the party against the advice of the Minister of Finance, greatly increased. She would flee the country during the "Revolution" in March, and was deposed in favor of a restoration of absolute monarchy, which she agitated against from abroad. Upon a military coup in June, after reports of extreme atrocities, she returned to the country, and was appointed Head of State by the ruling military junta of the time, a position in which she would serve, attempting to stabilize the country and create the foundations for democracy, until May of 1997, when the civilian cabinet of Istkalen was dissolved by the junta. In late 2002, she attempted to campaign for the Agrarian Union in elections to be held in January of 2003; in the end it was for nothing, as, merely fourteen days before the election, it was announced that the elections would merely the approval of a "Joint List," prepared by the junta, including several parties but excluding the Agrarian Union. She was placed in an internment camp for political dissidents after the Social Democrats took power later that year, in late March, where she would remain until the declaration of war of 2021, at which point she, alongside the rest of those in the camp, were forced to march over 100 km in an "evacuation," during which many died. Upon the end of the march, she appeared to be on her deathbed, and entered a comatose state; she was abandoned in a requisitioned barn, alongside the dying, where she was discovered by liberating troops. She has spent the last few months recuperating from this, and retired from politics during this time. She now seeks to take her expertise to Europe.

[BrumBrum]

Candidate Name:Harish Desai
Home Nation:United Duchies
Office(s) sought:Premier Affairs Comissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N):N
Eurogroup Affiliation:ELSS
Biography:Part of the ruling national party Moderates and currently a mayor in United Duchies in Goudadam , he has been in positions of great power in the cabinet in the Duchies. He was head of the Treasury and head of taxation in the cabinet in 2 governments. He is a eurosceptic but wishes for reforms in line with EURO. He strongly believes in less Europe in national affairs in order to save the EU he loves. He as premier comissioner promises to work with governments to make sure he assigns the budget right , and listens on matters to keep currencies stable throughout the EU. His experience in the Duchies holds him in good stead for this job.
Ooc:please note will confirm this with Eurogroup, this is provisional.

[Brickston]

Candidate Name: Dr. Margaret Schaumburg Ferdinand Thatcher
Home Nation: The Republic of Brickston
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: No Affiliation as of now
Biography: Young Margaret Thatcher was born in a rural village in the province of Orsemorco (present-day Osetham) in communistic South Brickston. When she was a child, she always wanted to be a doctor but her parents insisted that she'd be a taxi driver (her disposable salary would be higher if she were to be a taxi driver under the South Brickston system of taxes and salaries). She was very bright as a young child, and was seemingly attached to 6th grade algebra textbooks while she was just in second grade. As a teenager, she would write about her daily life, including how she and her parents successfully escaped South Brickston through the Portovo Wall on a cold winter night. The sorrowful string of the story was that her father was caught in the wall and sent to prison. It was for 23 years that she did not she her father. She soon received a scholarship in the University of Amsterdam, a prestigious university (also called "Grande Stettlemorgen Universitat") to study medicine and law. She also started a business, something she couldn't do in South Brickston, and managed finances to also be a politician.
Titles and past professions:

• Doctor of Medicine
• Ex-Minister of Environment
• Ex-Prime Minister
• Ex-President
• Enterpreneur
• Activist and Blogger
• Ex-lawyer

[Spain]

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 is a very experienced person when it comes to European Union’s politics, occupying the Internal Affairs Commission twice between 2020 and 2021, and having ran four times in the Commission Elections: once for Foreign Affairs, twice for Internal Affairs and once for Premier Commissioner.

Juncker was born in Luxembourg, in the Spanish region of Germanium, in a middle-class family during the Francoist dictatorship which was ruling Spain at that time. His father was a doctor, while his mother was a teacher in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), in which he studied and graduated on a double degree of Law and Political Science. Then, he travelled abroad to do three Master’s degrees on Diplomatic Relationships, European Politics and Economics.

When it comes to his political career, Juncker was the first secretary of state ever for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and European Union in the Kingdom of Spain. He was the ‘architect’ of many treaties and projects the Spanish Government signed with different European states in the past. In 2019, he resigned as Chancellor of Germanium to run for a seat in the European Commission, to which he would get into a year later, as Internal Affairs Commissioner.

[Nofoaga]

Candidate Name: Paul-Gabrielle Muzhare
Home Nation: Republic of Nofoaga
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: European Progressive Alliance (EPA)
Biography: Paul-Gabrielle Muzhare started her political career in her early twenties in the 1970s, when she joined the independence movement in Nofoaga. At the same time, she studied economics at the University of Tuagavale. In 1978 she also obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology.

Due to the pressure from France to which Nofoaga then belonged, she broke with the striving for independence, which was not supported by the predominantly French population at the time.

In the early 1990s, she was one of the founding members of the party that peacefully led Nofoaga to independence, along with Jacques Salé, the first and current president of the Republic of Nofoaga.

She has been a member of the Parliament of Nofoaga since 1995 and until 2020 until her appointment as Councilor of the European Union.

She remained in post under the various cabinets, even though she leaned towards the pro-French Mouvement des Gentilles party. She was praised for her commitment to the European good across party lines.

She also introduced the bill in Nofoaga on the marriage of homosexual couples, which was passed by the parliament.

When the political party system in Nofoaga was abolished, she was the founder of various citizen forums and think tanks to give citizens more say in government. She was also one of the founders of the Caribbean Community Accords 2021.

[Czech Slavia]

Candidate Name: Sofie Čikarová
Home Nation: Democratic Republic of Czech Slavia
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): Y
Eurogroup Affiliation: PEL
Biography: 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.

Čikarová ran for the position of Premier Commissioner again in May/June 2021 and ended up winning, becoming a Premier Commissioner. During her term she passed the creation of the European Development Agency, the European Budget for the for the fiscal year of 2021-2022 and she sponsored talks between the Union of Nicoleizian Socialist Republics and the Nine Dominions of Icholasen.

[Mennrimiak]

Candidate Name: Sanna Marin
Home Nation: Mennrimiak
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: ind
Biography: Marin's political career began at age 20, in the years following her high school graduation and beginning her affiliation with the Social Democratic Youth. She initially unsuccessfully ran for election to the City Council of Bergen, but was elected in the 2012 elections. She became chairperson of the City Council within months, serving from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she was re-elected to the City Council. She first gained prominence after video clips of her chairing contentious meetings were shared on YouTube.

Marin was elected second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2014. In 2015, she was elected to the Mennrimian Parliament as an MP from the electoral district of Bergen Four years later, she was re-elected. On 6 June 2019, she became the Minister of Transport and Communications.

Candidate Name:Pekka Haavisto
Home Nation: Mennrimiak
Office(s) sought: Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: Ind
Biography:
Haavisto returned to the Mennrimian Parliament in the Mennrimian parliamentary election of March 2007 after an absence of 12 years and was re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Between April 1995 and April 1999 he was the Minister of Environment in the Lipponen I Cabinet. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Minister for International Development after Heidi Hautala resigned from the job. He has also been a member of the Hannkkara City Council. He was also a candidate for the 2012 Mennrimian Prime Minister election and 2018 Mennrimian Prime Minister election coming second and losing to Sauli Niinistö in the second time. He was the Foreign Affairs minister in the Frederik cabinet before his resignation

Candidate Name: Ville Niniistö
Home Nation: Mennrimiak
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: Ind
Biography:
Niinistö first became a member of the Mennrimian Parliament in the 2007 elections.

From 2011 until 2014, Niinistö served as Minister of the Environment in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Jyrki Katainen and Alexander Stubb.

By 2017 Green League party congress, Niinistö had served two full terms as the chairman and stepped down according to the rules of the party. He was followed by MP Touko Aalto, who won the leadership election on 17 June 2017. In October 2018, Niinistö announced that he would not seek another term in the parliament in the 2019 election.

Since becoming a Member of the Mennrimian Committe on Europe, Niinistö has been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, where he is his parliamentary group's coordinator.
In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Mennrimian Agency on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and on the Mennrimian Agency on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

[Fayrrendel]

Name: Kittichat Thongthang (legal: Zokouhaz Thuidotazen)
Home Nation: Realm of Great Ruthund
Office(s) Sought: Premier and Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent: N
Eurogroup Affiliation: None (non-existent "Femboy Party")
Biography: Kittichat, legally named as Zokouhaz in Ruthenish records, was born in Niqobriduz, a city just outside of Kazmurbirhaz in 1975. His father worked as a physicist for the State Institute of the Arts, the main Ruthenish university and the center of research in Ruthund. His mother was the director of the Mathematics department at the Niqobrid College of Natural Philosophy. Kittichat was said to be gifted and was promptly put into the Youth Wing of the State Institute of the Arts at the age of 9. However, due to his young age, he was often bullied and socially isolated. Kittichat graduated from the Youth program in 1992, and transferred into the honor’s program at the State Institute. He graduated at the top of his class in 1996 with a degree in Economics.

Zokouhaz worked at the University as an assistant professor until 2000 when Kittichat joined one of his former classmates and friend Hortlukilaz Reiborazen in starting up a for-profit educational company in Kazmurbirhaz for gifted youth. However this venture folded in 2006, when Ruthund entered into an economic recession. In 2008, Kittichat moved to Reitzmag to help start a business with a contact in the area and was introduced to anime by his coworkers. Kittichat began to become fascinated in anime and more broadly asian culture. In 2013, Kittichat received national attention when he returned to Ruthund funding a new art studio that would make Ruthenish anime. This would be Ruthund’s first exposure to the artform ever, thus making Kittichat a prominent figure in Ruthenish media, especially as it became more popular among young people.

In 2017, Kittichat started a non-profit fellowship called Anime Artists of Ruthund. The organization was intended to train aspiring anime artists that did not have economic means to enter in professional work. The fellowship intended to train up to 2,500 artists, but fell short with only 127 artists graduating with the fellowship. Kittichat ran for mayor of Kazmurbirhaz in 2018, however lost the election falling in 4th place. During the election Kittichat called for his signature policy in Ruthund, adding “femboys” and “catboys” as a protected class against discrimination. In 2020, he announced that he was transracial saying “I feel like I should have been asian” and went to Retizmag in early 2021 for plastic surgery to make his appearance more Asian. Shortly after, he changed his name to a Thai name calling himself “Kittichat Thongthang”. However the Ruthenish government does not recognize his name change on the grounds that “Kittichat was not in the database of eligible Ruthenish names and… all citizens are required to have an approved Ruthenish name.” His last name was rejected on the grounds it violated the naming conventions of Ruthens. However he insists that his name is Kittichat.

In June of 2021, he announced the start of a new movement seeking to become an eventual Eurogroup called the “Femboy Party”. He criticized that politics in Europe has become too partisan and that Europeans were calling for an alternative option. Making his campaign and party slogan “Not left. Not right. Femboy”, he announced his campaign primarily on the issue of making specifically femboys and catboys a legally protected class in Europe against all forms of discrimination.

[Inquista]

Nominations are now CLOSED. The European Commission candidates for the following offices are thus:

Premier Commissioner
Sofie Čikarová (PEL, Czech Slavia)
Harish Desai (ELSS, United Duchies)
Jean-Claude Juncker (EPA, Spain)
Ville Niinistö (Independent, Mennrimiak)
Kittichat Thongthang (Independent, Ruthund)

Internal Affairs Commissioner
Joseph Biden (Independent, Reitzmag)
Ilmaras Kalessed (PEL, Istkalen)
Sanna Marin (Independent, Mennrimiak)
Paul-Gabrielle Muzhare (EPA, Nofoaga)
Sebastian Piñera Echenique (Independent, Gania)
Margaret Thatcher (Independent, Brickston)
Kittichat Thongthang (Independent, Ruthund)

Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Pekka Haavisto (Independent, Mennrimiak)