Commission Nominations, Feb 2022

[Inquista]

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. Due to term limits, incumbent Premier Commissioner Sofie Čikarová (Czech Slavia) cannot run for re-election.

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 February 26th, 2022.

[Spain]

Candidate Name: Corinna Larsen
Home Nation: The Kingdom of Spain
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Eurogroup Affiliation: None
Biography: Corinna Larsen (or Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn) was born in the Spanish region of Germanium. She is an entrepreneur and currently directs one enterprise. She has been married twice, with her first marriage lasting for 10 years (1990-2000) and the second just being 5 years long. After her second divorce, she started to attend several European jet-set parties, in one of which she got to know King Juan Carlos I of Spain, with whom she had relationship until 2018. The King gifted her millions of Euros, as well as several perfumes or gifts, however their relationship did not end too well, and got caught together in a country outside of the European Union haunting elephants. After the break up, Corinna oriented his life and focused on the business world. During the past years, she continued her other business, having affairs with Juan Bernardo Fernández-Velázquez (El Capitán) and, according to a Spanish magazine, with the Czech Minister of Culture.

[BrumBrum]

Candidate Name:Sara Porter
Home Nation:United Duchies
Office(s) sought:Internal Affairs Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N):N
Eurogroup Affiliation:ELSS
Biography:A former high cabinet member and one of the youngest ones in Duchies history. She has climbed the ranks in politics and been Governor of Supseaxe until recently. She has decided to retire in order to run for IAC for the EU. Sara promises one thing she will not have a platform because to have one is to say she knows better than the nations. Instead she backs the current consultation going on and will work to implement whatever the nations wish to reform and make sure the nations are in charge. She will be a servant of the nations not make the nations a servent of the EU or a candidate. She will commit to no policy and no positions until it is clear what nations want.

[Istkalen]

Candidate name: Ilmaras Kalessed

Home nation: Republic of Istkalen

Office sought: Internal Affairs Commisisoner

Incumbent: 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 spent a few months recuperating from this, and retired from politics during this time. She now seeks to take her expertise to Europe.

[Kingdom of Reitzmag]

Candidate Name: Sir Joseph William Amberton Biden Sr.
Home Nation: Kingdom of Reitzmag
Office(s) sought: Premier Commissioner
Incumbent? (Y/N): Y (Internal Affairs Commissioner)
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