Isabelle Chopin

Isabelle Chopin
7th President of Floria
In office 1719 AN – 1724 AN
Vice President	Chris Weiss
Preceded by	Nick Borisov
Born	Isabelle Chopin Dragonmoor
Died	1724 AN Dragonmoor
Citizenship	Florian
Nationality	Florian
Political party	United Party of the Republic
Children	2
Alma mater	Southland State University
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Church of Floria
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States Armed Forces
Service/branch	Florian Air Force
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	Florian invasion of Port Balaine

Isabelle Svetlana Chopin was a Florian politician who served as the 6th President of the Confederate States of Floria. Chopin served as president from 1719 to 1724, after a convincing victory in the 1719 Presidential election.

Under her leadership, Floria had undergone democratic backsliding and a shift to authoritarianism. Widespread human rights violations, including the imprisonment and repression of political opponents and suppression of LGBT+ rights were also rife during her Presidency.

Chopin was responsible for The Giftunheile, one of Keltia's most brutal conflicts in modern history in where Florians responded to distress from fellow Raspur Pact ally Moorland and invaded and eventually annihilated Ostland committing several war crimes most notably the use of chemical weapons of mass destruction on military and civilians targets. Modern war history experts state that Floria only committed to such a conflict to prove its status as a military superpower and to strike fear towards Florian opponents.

Approval ratings spiralled after friendly diplomatic relations with Shireroth took a slight detour leading to Floria losing some its power in the Apollonia Command. The use of chemical weapons in Ostland would also lead to an impeachment trial, becoming the first president to receive such a trial. As Chopin gradually became an unpopular figure even in her hometown of Dragonmoor, it would be in her hometown where she meet her demise after a paramilitary later to be identified as Shadow Group supported by Mesounese separatists ambushed her convoy before a UPR Party meeting. Her assassination led to rapid destabilisation in the Eastern states resulting in the Mesoun Crisis.

After her assassination, Floria would go through many reforms led by successive president, Michael Hutchinson. Chopin’s assassination would also cause the United Party of the Republic to split with loyal members of her policies forming the Democratic Conservative Party.

Political positions

Chopin was considered a far right National Republican. Throughout her political career she expressed support for National Humanist ideologies and unlike UPR politicians before her she was more aligned to the Imperial Democratic Party of Floria before their merger into the party.

Chopin did not support same sex marriage and as such removed those rights to Florian citizens in 1723 AN. However after international pressure especially from allied nations such as Natopia the right for same sex marriage was reinstated. Transgender rights were also suppressed and Chopin made it illegal for Florians to identify as the other gender or 'non-binary'.

Legacy

Florian political experts have stated that the allowance of Chopin becoming president was Floria’s most detrimental event since the War of Lost Brothers.

The use of chemical weapons in Operation Green Marauder tarnished Florian foreign relations and reputation and if she wasn’t assassinated Chopin would established herself as Floria’s true first dictator and it would have been certain that she would have ruled with an iron fist for many decades.