Imel Herde

Imel Herde
Member of Parliament in Krasnocoria
In office 24 September 2017 – incumbent
Monarch	Nikolaj I
Prime Minister	Obrad Bošković
Preceded by	office established
Born	(1977-01-29) 29 January 1977 Ručečnice, Kunstesku, Krasnarus
Nationality	Krasnocoria
Political party	Krasnocorian Feudal Party (2017–present)
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Krasnarusyn Orthodox Church Church of the Bulgarians (former)

Imel Herde (Krasnocorian Cyrillic: Имел Херде) is a Krasnocorian 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 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 in 2008, at 31 years old. Though it was a small business, Herde received a comfortable income, and he and his mother were able to buy a house in a nicer area of the city. 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 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 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, support for both Herde and the KFS neared a fifth of the population, and ultimately the party garnered 20.5% of the national vote.

Personal life

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