Rashid Hasanzadeh
Rashid Hasanzadeh, Hero of the Revolution, (born 3.III.1658) is the former First Secretary of the the Union of the Republics of Zeed, and was thereby the Zeed analogue for president and prime minister. From 1688 until 1691, he was the foreign secretary of Zeed.
Born in the Green of Eura, he received no formal schooling. His father died when he was three. However, he was taught by his mother's brother how to read and write Babkhi and Istvanistani, and spent most childhood days in a local library lacking electricity. Once it was too dark to read, he helped his mother with household chores. His friends, though respecting him for his intelligence and integrity, teased him for not being manly enough. This criticism wounded him deeply, and prompted his fixation with bodybuilding and wrestling that would, paradoxically, see him develop a physicality that would later see him used in revolutionary propaganda as an avatar of strength and machismo.
He never learnt to understand mathematics or accounting. His wife, Leila, his best friend Omar's older sister, deals with the household budget.
In 1688, he took part in the revolution that created the state of Zeed. He was a few months later promoted to Secretary of the Central Committee of Foreign Relations, and given the honour of Hero of the Revolution. In 1690, he attended the signing of the Vesüha Accords and the establishment of a sovereign Hurmu state.
Later, Rashid Hasanzadeh's penchant for trenchant diplomacy would see Dāryuš of the Suren, Shahanshah of the Suren Confederacy denounce the Secretary as "Naught but a tired old windbag with dodgy knees."
In 1691, the Revolutionary Council elected him First Secretary to replace Vladim Vasyliovich Timoshenko.
Impressed with his wife Leila's accounting skills, he appointed her First Secretary of the Committee of Finance in the Zeedic government. Thus, she became the the closest thing to a finance minister in the government. At the same time, he named her "President of Vey", as she, mocking her accent, always wanted things to do it her "vey" (way). Youths across the country began immediate planning of the establishment of the Republic of Vey, by setting up the "All-Zeedic Association of Youths for the Establishment of the Republic of Vey" (AZAYEROV).
In 1696, he was more or less deposed in Zeed, due to his leadership in the Third Euran War but officially on grounds of ill-health. After being removed from office he e spent most his time with his wife. By 1698, his wife had convinced him that now genuinely required medical treatment. He resigned his provincial offices in Zeed, citing his health as a reason, and relocated to Vadimbaatar (Lontinien, Hurmu) along with his wife.
Orders and Decorations
From left to right:
- Order of the Heroes of the Revolution
