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 | birth_name      = Parker Kyriakos Lawson
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| amatyears1 = 2000-2003
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'''Parker Kyriakos Lawson''' (born 14 November 1982) is a Satavian politician and former professional {{wpl|rugby union}} footballer who has served as the [[Prime Minister of Satavia|Deputy Prime Minister of Satavia]] since 17 July 2022. Lawson was born and raised in [[Victoriaburg]], [[Western Freestate]] to a [[Piraea|Piraean]] mother and Satavian father. Lawson played rugby for the [[Port Hope|University of Port Hope Eels]], before signing a professional contract with [[Port Hope RFC]] in 2004. He made 26 appearances for their [[National Rugby Championship|NRC]] side, before joining their [[Super League (rugby union)|Super League]] [[Blues (Super League)|side]] for the inaugural 2006 season. Lawson made 198 appearances for the Blues, scoring 2,341 points which remains a Super League record. Lawson also made 59 appearances for the [[Western Freestate rugby union team|Western Freestate]], scoring 527 points. Additionally, Lawson made 125 appearances for [[Satavia national rugby union team|Satavia]] and is Satavia's leading scorer, scoring 1,206 points in that time. Lawson retired from international rugby in 2018 and is widely regarded as the greatest {{wpl|fly-half}} of his generation.

After his retirement from rugby, Lawson was nominated third on the [[United Party (Satavia)|United Party]] Senate list in the Western Freestate and was duly elected in the [[2020 Satavian federal election]]. Following [[Rian Pienaar|Rian Pienaar's]] suprise defeat in the [[2022 Satavian federal election]], Lawson - who had been Deputy Leader - was unexpectedly elected leader of the United Party, defeating favourite and long-time member [[Oliver Woodward]]. Lawson joined a coalition government with [[Arthur Warwick]] of the [[Conservative & Country Party]] later that day, and was appointed Deputy Prime Minsiter.

[[Category:Satavian politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Satavian politicians]]
[[Category:United Party]]
[[Category:Satavian people]]