Frederik Haabye Truls
Frederik Haabye Truls (born 1620 in Jonsvik, Elwynn) is an Elwynnese Nationalist-Humanist politician and the current Prince of the Elwynnese Republic (since 1676).
The son of the Norse immigrants Torbjørn Edvardssønn Truls and Kari Pedersen Haabye, Frederik was educated in the People's Academy of Elwynn campus in Avaldsnes (now known Dravotih iker). He graduated in 1645 as a civil engineer, specialising in 1648 in computational fluid dynamics. During his student days, he joined the Nationalist and Humanist Party, becoming a member of the Elwynnese student branch board in 1643.
Haabye Truls took on employment in the ESB Group in Eliria, working on structural designs on new ships. He remains employed, though on an extended leave of absence due to his public commitments. His career in public service began in 1656 when he was elected to the Folksraad for the Eliria constituency. He was re-elected in 1660, 1665 (under the Elwynnese Resistance Organisation (ERO) electoral coalition), and 1669 (against under the ERO ticket). After the establishment of the independent Elwynnese Republic in 1672, he was elected to the Elwynnese congress, becoming the congressional leader of the N&H group there and the main opposition leader. As opposition leader, he became popular among the Elwynnese public for his no-nonsense approach. As such, he was atypical among the famous N&H representatives – Haabye Truls was not Babkhi, never emotional, and actually seemed to be a sympathetic human being.
After the 1676 Elwynnese congress election, he became Conducator and leader of the congressional executive, though he resigned soon after having been elected Prince of the Elwynnese Republic in a snap election. Re-elected with 80% of the popular vote in the second round, Truls became the only Prince since the establishment of the Republic in 1653 to have been re-elected, and only the second prince to be re-elected at all.
Rule as Prince
Following re-election the position adopted by Truls in relation to the governance of Elwynn was that the general dispensation would continue and that the Democratic Party of Elwynn, controlling the Conducatorship, would uphold the liberal and socially progressive values of Congressional Elwynn and operate a domestic policy appropriate to that - while the Principate would exercise control over defence and foreign affairs, stepping only into domestic affairs to counter threats to the tranquillity and safety of the Republic where and when they arose and proved to be beyond the means of the Congressional authorities to contend with
Positions
- 1656–1672: Member of the Folksraad (Shireroth)
- 1672–1676: Member of the Congress of the Elwynnese Republic, Leader of the Opposition
- 1676: Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, Member of the Council of Eliria
- 1676–1681: Prince of the Elwynnese Republic, Member of the Council of Eliria
- 1681: Prince of the Elwynnese Republic, Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, Member of the Council of Eliria
- 1681–present: Prince of the Elwynnese Republic, Member of the Council of Eliria
Family life
Spouses & partners
Portrait | Name | Birth | Relationship | Commencement & Termination | Offspring | Death |
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Kamilla Winther | 03.X.1631 | First Consort | 11.V.1646 – |
Jael Jemima Truls | ||
Alissa Guadalim | 1661 | Second Consort | 22.IV.1681 – |
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Mariyam Guadalim | 1663 | Third Consort | 22.IV.1681 – |
Offspring
Portrait | Name | Birth | Relationship | Mother | Death |
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Jael Jemima Truls | 23.VII.1646 | Daughter | Kamilla Winther |