Kristinna Hurron

Kristinna Hurron
Hurron's official portrait, 2023
Advisor to the President of Deseret
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2023
President	Nicole Young
Preceded by	Tanya Mien
President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Development
In office 8 June 2022 – 14 May 2023
Preceded by	None (post created)
Succeeded by	Sarah Gooden
Member of the Citizens Assembly
In office 7 June 2022 – 14 May 2023
Personal details
Born	(1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 Portland, Oregon, United States
Citizenship	American (1988–1998) Deseretian (1998–present)
Political party	Democratic Socialists of Deseret (2010-2022) Feminist Emancipation and Liberation League (2022-present)
Spouse	Rhyleigh Remmey (2015)
Children	4
Alma mater	New Israel University (BA)
Military service
Allegiance	United Nations (2011-2014) Deseret (Deseret) (2010–2014)
Branch/service	National Guard UN Peacekeepig Force
Rank	Corporal

Kristinna Hurron (born 6 January 1988) is an American-born Deseretian politician who currently serves as the Advisor to the President. She is most notable for creating the modern Citizens Assembly and is known as the "Mother of the Assembly."

Hurron served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Corps from 2011-2014 in several civil wars and political crises in Africa, as well as humanitarian efforts in Southeast Asia. She was a popular political analyst in Deseret from 2016-2022, where she gained influence nationwide for her influence in creating and popularizing the Citizens Assembly and was famous for her social and foreign policy stances. Hurron served almost one year in the Assembly before being sworn in as Nicole Young's Presidential Advisor on 14 May 2023. She is widely regarded as the "vice vice president" and the third most powerful person in Deseret.

Early life and education

Hurron was born on 6 January 1988 in Portland, Oregon, United States, to Daniel and Tammy Hurron. She is the fifth of six children and the only daughter. In 1998 her family immigrated to New Israel, Deseret, in the suburbs of Great Salt Lake City. Hurron graduated high school in 2004 and attended New Israel University from 2005-2004, where she graduated with a bachelor of arts in social justice studies (the study of systemic injustices in social, economic, religious, and political fabrics).

Military and peacekeeping service

In 2010, after graduating, Hurron enlisted in the National Guard, where she served as a corporal and was the face of several recruiting efforts. Hurron was assigned to the Deseret attatchment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Corps from 2011-2014, where she was deployed on several peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Middle East.

Political analyst

Hurron discussing the proposed Citizens Assembly in Great Salt Lake City in 2016.

After returning from military service, Hurron began reporting politics for local news stations in New Israel. On 9 December 2014 she joined the Deseret Post as a senior political analyst specializing in social and foreign policy issues. Hurron gained fame for her viewpoints and opinions regarding Deseret's role in the world and how the country could play a larger, more important role in peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts and in the United Nations. In 2015 she gained popularity for criticizing the length of time it took for lawmakers to react to the humanitarian crises on the U.S.-Mexico border, which was having effects on Deseret's border with Mexico, and proposed the current iteration of the Citizens Assembly. Hurron helped increase support for a unicameral legislature by highlighting and criticizing ongoing government bureaucracy and inefficiency and by touring the country during 2016 presidential election.

Hurron criticized the Federalist Party for its lack of support for increased humanitarian and foreign aid spending, more nationalized industry, and more education funding. Hurron published an exposé on 23 February 2017 detailing corruption within the Congress and the Judicial branch, which caused several unconstitutional provisions in laws to be overlooked, and the mismanagement of large amounts of private government spending that went to high-ranking government officials and aids in the Senate and executive branch, secret military projects relating to biochemical and nuclear weapons (both of which were illegal) that never received Congressional approval, including research into weaponizing the nuclear-elements of the national power grid, and collusion between members of Congress and foreign leaders, in which the government overlooked human rights violations in the Congo Republic to secure favorable trade-deals for cobalt and other rare-earth minerals. This exposé increased Hurron's popularity and support for the Citizens Assembly, which was seen as a way for the public to be involved in the legislative process and to increase transparency, efficiency, and reduce corruption. Despite the public backlash against the federal government after the exposé, no officials were impeached or reprimanded until after the 2020 presidential election, where Nicole Young and the Reform and Deseret Union parties impeached several Supreme Court justices and Federalist senators and representatives.

Throughout her analytical career, Hurron championed LGBTQIA+ rights, which often embroiled herself in controversy after private conversations of her calling same-sex marriage "the superior union between individuals," same-sex attraction being "a purer love than straight nonsense," how women were "inherently better than men when it comes to everything, especially running the country." Controversial comments regarding marriage, religion, and society (often belittleing conservative values) severely damaged Hurron's reputation. In 2019 she officially apologized for her statements and promised to be more considerate and open-minded.

Hurron was a supporter of Nicole Young's presidential campaign and routinely campaigned alongside her. Hurron was speculated to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2018 and 2020, but she repeatedly dispelled those rumors as they surfaced, stating that she held to intent to serve in politics beyond reporting. In 2022 she became a member of the newly-instituted Citizens Assembly.

Political career

Hurron in a committee meeting, 3 August 2022.

Assemblywoman and Committees

Hurron switched parties from the Democratic Socialists of Deseret to the Feminist Emancipation and Liberation League (FELL) prior to the first Citizens Assembly election. She was the FELLs top pick after the party election on April 15; as such she was first to be selected by the FELL to represent the party in the Assemby. Hurron contended for the position of Speaker of the Assembly, which she was expected to easily win due to her involvement in creating the chamber, but ultimately withdrew before the first round of voting for unknown reasons, endorsing Calla Elieisar of the Communist Party for Speaker, which pushed her to receive the majority of votes.

On 8 June Hurron was selected as president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Development, per her wish.

Advisor to the President

President Young nominated Hurron to fill the vacancy left by Tanya Mien as the Advisor to the President on 9 May 2023. On 12 May she was confirmed by the Assembly and was sworn in the following day. As advisor, Hurron is responsible for informing the President on all current policy matters, especially military and foreign policy issues, and is the unofficial head of the Cabinet, responsible for informing department heads and organizing and leading the Cabinet. She is also responsible for informing the Assembly of the President's intents and actions and often acts as President Young's personal spokesperson. As advisor, she also verifies and records legislation to the National Library. Hurron safegaurds large amounts of confidential information regarding military and political plans, state-owned industry objectives, and scientific research.

Hurron faced controversy for being heavily involved in military issues and policy-making, given her brief service as only a corporal in the National Guard that largely consisted of UN peackeeping and humanitarian missions. President Young explained that she picked Hurron due to her "new perspectives" on the military being needed for the new direction the military would head in the 21st century.

Hurron is the first openly-lesbian woman to serve as advisor since its inception in 1956.

Hurron on the phone with a foreign diplomat after being sworn-in as advisor, 20 May 2023.

Hurron is currently a member of the Feminist Emancipation and Liberation League, after over a decade of membership in the Democratic Socialists of Deseret. She prioritizes women's rights and issues, included a greatly-expanded maternity leave program, and is a supporter of reparations for women, minorities, and the LGBTQIA+ community, and supports a controversial matriarchal government structure, where only women hold political power in voting and holding office, the drafting of a new constitution, and the removal of all religious references from government and public property, statutes, traditions, and enterprises.

Personal life

Hurron married Rhyleigh Remmy on 13 April 2015, they currently have four children: Maria Rhyleigh (7), Suzzane Rose (5), and tiwns Connor Jay and Jaxyn Daniel(3). Her children go by the last name Remmy-Hurron. She graduated New Israel University in 2008 with a BA in social justice studies. Hurron is fluent in Spanish, Filipino, French, and Mandarin. Hurron is a lesbian and an ardent athiest.