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{{Infobox officeholder
|name           = Imel Herde
|honorific_prefix = Prime Minister
|image          = File:Oj Emiel Emiel.jpg
|image_size     = 200px
|office         = Member of Parliament in Krasnocoria
|primeminister  = [[Obrad Bošković]]
|monarch        = [[Nikolaj I]]
|term_start     = 24 September 2017
|term_end       = ''incumbent''
|predecessor    = ''office established''
|successor      = ''incumbent''
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1977|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Ručečnice]], [[Kunstesku]], [[Krasnarus]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| religion       = [[Krasnarusyn Orthodox Church]]<br>[[Church of the Bulgarians]] (former)
|nationality    = {{team flag|Krasnocoria}}
|occupation     = Politician
|party          = [[Krasnocorian Feudal Party]] (2017–present)
}}

'''Imel Herde''' ([[Krasnocorian language#Cyrillic alphabet|Krasnocorian Cyrillic]]: Имел Херде) is a [[Krasnocoria]]n politician and member of the [[Skupšteni]], who has been the leader of the [[Krasnocorian Feudal Party]] since its foundation in September 2017. He has often been described as far-right or alt-right by some sources, though he rejects these labels, identifying as a traditionalist and off-spectrum. He has rejected the racialist, populist and modern nationalist views commonly associated with those movements. Considered a controversial figure, he advocates for a branch of neo-feudalism of his own invention to be instated as the economic system and social policy of Krasnocoria. He is considered to be the prominent figurehead of the neo-feudalist movement in the country.

==Early life==
Herde is an ethnic [[Slovedks|Slovedk]], and was born in the rural village of [[Ručečnice]] in [[Kunstesku]], a mountain region of [[Krasnarus]] known for its extreme poverty. His mother worked at the local market, and his father worked in an iron mine. When Herde was seven, his father died of injuries sustained on the job, widowing his mother, who continued to raise him. He attended primary school in Ručečnice, but he and his mother moved to [[Kunstentinupel]] when he was 13 years old for employment in a textile factory that had opened there. Herde had mostly poor grades in school, but won a place at one of the country's top universities by writing an outstanding essay. However, before he could enroll in university, he was forced to stay at home to help his mother pay for rent and food. Throughout his twenties, he was employed by a Kunstentinupel-based construction company, and became an on-site manager within two years, and within a few months became an executive of the company. Now with more time at his disposal, Herde was able to contemplate many of the observations that he had had on society, and started a blog detailing his musings. He began to gather a following over the internet, under the pen name "Merku Termit," or Merku the Termite. Over time, his thoughts began to develop into the neo-feudalist ideology.

==Political career==

After founding the Neo-Feudalist Party in 2017, he remained a relatively minor figure until 2018, when videos explaining his ideology began to circulate on social media, and gained an increasingly large following. In the beginning of 2018, the Neo-Feudalist Party only had 1,000 members, but by the end, it had 15,000, and its popular support had risen to 11% according to polls. By the time of the 2019 election, his support topped a fifth of the population, garnering 20.5% of the national vote.

==Personal life==
Herde's wife is named Bulesleve, and he has six children. 

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