Commission Nominations, Jan/Feb 2021

[Inquista]

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ELECTIONS

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

It is time to elect the next European Commission. In these elections, all three offices of the European Commission will be up for election.

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

Due to term limits, candidates from Spain may not stand in these elections.

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 January 27th, 2020.

[Leagio]

Candidate Name: Ronald Reagan
Home Nation: Leagio
Office(s) sought: Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: Independent
Biography:

• Served as Councilor in the House of Councilors from 1978 to 1984
• Former Conservative Reformist Senator for the State of Huttson from 1984 to 1993 (Served as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1980 to 1988)
• Former Minister of Foreign Affairs to 21st President of the Commonwealth Dylan Fidalgo for entire one year service of the President (1993-1994)
• Served as Governor of the State of Huttson from 1994 to 2006
• Served as a Delegate in the drafting of the Constitutional Convention last year

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

For Atty. Winston's registration, please refer to registration from the last election.

[Alkharya]

Candidate Name: Münevver Birdane
Home Nation: Alkharya
Office(s) sought: Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: None or independent
Biography: Started political career in the provincial parliament of Burçak, Barbaros in 1996, elected as a member of the regional parliament of Barbaros in 2002. She served as the governor of Barbaros from 2008 to 2014. Lastly, she served as a member of Kurultay from Barbaros until 2020.

[BrumBrum]

Candidate Name:Peter Leeson
Home Nation:United Duchies
Office(s) sought:Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N):Y
Eurogroup Affiliation:EPA
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.

[A Former User]

Candidate name: Francois Le Berre
Home Nation: Union of Syndicates
Office sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent: N
Eurogroup Affiliation: None
Biography: Le Berre began his political career in the violent times of the early 1990s. The editor of a major newspaper at the time, he was elected as a representative for the Federation of Professionals' Syndicates to the Workers' Congress of 1992. He, at the time, was known for working across political boundaries as to unify the increasingly divided Congress, championing such issues such as a major reform of the economy which allowed for the expansion of the role of self-employment and the free market - important, especially as the country began to collapse under international pressure following the fall of most other socialist states.

Following several overthrows of the government in 1993, he found himself narrowly escaping death at the hands of a berserk mob that wished to torture him before eating him alive. He would later join the government of Josephine Areai, which would unify the country in early 1994, serving as the speaker for its Provisional National Convention, which was to create a new constitution. Later that year, the National Convention would be forcefully dissolved as a result of a failure to ameliorate issues regarding food security; he would almost immediately afterwards, on 6 December 1994, be appointed Minister of Propaganda and Censorship by Areai, serving in that role until 2010, when free elections, the first since 1992, were held.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Municipal Councils in 2011, representing the 19th district of Kiel, the country's only city. He has since worked to improve food security, allowing for the abolition of food rationing by 2024, while at the same time opposing bids by various administrations to enact damaging policies, including the total destruction of all industry in favor of a 'neo-artisan' economy composed entirely of independent laborers, which he claimed to be "an entirely idiotic" policy, and one that would "lead to the return of the shortages and general poverty of the 2000s." He was, however, removed later that year following unrest and the establishment of a new dictatorship. He now works again as the editor of a major newspaper, fighting, in his own words, for "justice and freedom," and against the "insanity" of the local militias, which have brutally suppressed dissent.

Le Berre identifies as a left-wing social democrat.

[Inimicus]

Candidate Name: Walter Cocx
Home Nation: The Empire of Inimicus
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: N/A
Biography: Walter was born in the northwestern Inimician city of Astro and began his career as a theoretical physicist. He made the switch from science to politics after the founding of the Empire in 2012 - he was twice elected as Duke of his local Territory and represented his administration as Chair of the Ducal Council last year. His term as Duke was characterised by widespread social and economic reforms, including the introduction of wealth-dependent traffic fines and trials with a universal basic income. He was encouraged to run for Premier Commissioner by the Inimician National Imperial Council last September, and, although defeated during the last contest, is keen to make his open, social, and phenomenal mark on Europe once again.

[Duxburian Union]

Candidate Name: Jon Mitchell am Lind
Home Nation: Union of Duxburian Dominions
Office(s) sought: Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: Independent
Biography:

Jon Mitchell started his career in international relations with high placement in the Duxburian Foreign Service sector of the Domain of State in Y902. After several posts as a Counselor and Deputy Ambassador from Y903-Y912, he was selected for the prestigious Masters program and became a Deputy Ambassador-at-Large. He won accreditation from the Domain of State for the rank of Master in International Relations in Y914.

Master Mitchell served as a Deputy for Foreign Affairs Commissioners Baakre and Drake, conducting diplomacy throughout European Union partner regions and observing defensive operations of partner militaries in regions around the world.

He currently leads the Special Diplomatic Corps of the Domain of State. His international military alignment is Defender and he describes his politics as neutral.

[Inquista]

Nominations have now closed. The candidates are thus:

Premier Commissioner
Walter COCX (Inimicus - independent)
Francois LE BERRE (Union of Syndicates - independent)
Peter LEESON (United Duchies - EPA)

Internal Affairs Commissioner
Münevver BIRDANE (Alkharya - independent)
Edmund Jasper WINSTON (Reitzmag - ELDR)

Foreign Affairs Commissioner
Jon Mitchell AM LIND (Duxburian Union - independent)
Ronald REAGAN (Leagio - independent)