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|office      = [[Chancellor of Vierzland]]
|office      = [[Chancellor of Vierzland#Deputy chancellor|Deputy Chancellor of Vierzland]]
|deputy      = [[Paul Bachmeier]]
|chancellor = [[Klemens Brandt]]
|term_start  = 16 February 2012
|alongside = [[Paulina Krehl]]
|term_start  = 17 February 2017
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|term_end    =  
|predecessor  = [[Benedikt Kantner]]
|predecessor  = [[Paul Bachmeier]]
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|office1     = Chairman of the [[National Democratic Party (Vierzland)|National Democratic Party]]
|office1       = [[Chancellor of Vierzland]]
|deputy1     = [[Adrian Wentz]]<br>[[Tilman Kohl]]<br>Paul Bachmeier
|deputy1       = [[Paul Bachmeier]]
|term_start1 = 6 July 2010
|term_start1   = 16 February 2012
|term_end1   =  
|term_end1     = 17 February 2017
|predecessor1 = [[Torben Hansch]]
|predecessor1 = [[Benedikt Kantner]]
|successor1   =  
|successor1   = Klemens Brandt


|office2      = Deputy Chairman of the NDP
|office2      = Chairman of the [[National Democratic Party (Vierzland)|National Democratic Party]]
|term_start2  = 12 January 2007
|deputy2    = [[Adrian Wentz]]<br>[[Tilman Kohl]]<br>Paul Bachmeier
|term_end2    = 6 July 2010
|term_start2  = 6 July 2010
|predecessor2 = [[Oskar Rehberg]]
|term_end2    =  
|successor2  = [[Adrian Wentz]]
|predecessor2 = [[Torben Hansch]]
|successor2  =  


|office3      = Member of the [[Federal Assembly of the Vierz Federation|Federal Assembly]] from [[Hauvel's 1st district]]
|office3     = Deputy Chairman of the NDP
|term_start3 = 15 February 1992
|term_start3  = 12 January 2007
|term_end3   =  
|term_end3    = 6 July 2010
|predecessor3 = [[Hubert Lehmkuhl]]
|predecessor3 = [[Oskar Rehberg]]
|successor3   =  
|successor3  = [[Adrian Wentz]]
 
|office4     = Member of the [[Federal Assembly of the Vierz Federation|Federal Assembly]] from [[Hauvel's 1st district]]
|term_start4 = 15 February 1992
|term_end4   =  
|predecessor4 = [[Hubert Lehmkuhl]]
|successor4   =  


|birth_name  = Kaspar Franz Vahl
|birth_name  = Kaspar Franz Vahl

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Kaspar Vahl
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Deputy Chancellor of Vierzland
Assumed office
17 February 2017
Serving with Paulina Krehl
ChancellorKlemens Brandt
Preceded byPaul Bachmeier
Chancellor of Vierzland
In office
16 February 2012 – 17 February 2017
DeputyPaul Bachmeier
Preceded byBenedikt Kantner
Succeeded byKlemens Brandt
Chairman of the National Democratic Party
Assumed office
6 July 2010
DeputyAdrian Wentz
Tilman Kohl
Paul Bachmeier
Preceded byTorben Hansch
Deputy Chairman of the NDP
In office
12 January 2007 – 6 July 2010
Preceded byOskar Rehberg
Succeeded byAdrian Wentz
Member of the Federal Assembly from Hauvel's 1st district
Assumed office
15 February 1992
Preceded byHubert Lehmkuhl
Personal details
Born
Kaspar Franz Vahl

(1958-03-29) 29 March 1958 (age 66)
Heglitz, Hauvel, Vierz Empire
Political partyIndependent (1988–1992)
United Republicans (1992–2000)
National Democratic Party (2000–present)
SpouseKathrin Vahl (1983–present)
Alma materKonstantin Imperial University of Adtrüs
AwardsBlack Cross First Class
Imperial Cross First Class
Heart of Steel
Military service
Allegiance Vierz Empire
Branch/serviceImperial Vierz Army
Years of service1976-1983
Rank
Unit
  • 6th Army
Battles/warsLuepolan War

Kaspar Franz Vahl (born 29 March 1958) is a Vierz politician who has been serving as the Chancellor of Vierzland since 2012, and chairman of the National Democratic Party since 2010. He is also the current representative of Hauvel's 1st district in the Federal Assembly, a position he was elected to in 1992.

Vahl was born in Heglitz, a suburb of Adtrüs, in 1958 to a middle-class family. In 1976, he was conscripted into the Imperial Vierz Army, where he later saw combat in the Luepolan War. He was honorably discharged from the army in 1983, after which he studied law at the Konstantin Imperial University of Adtrüs. He graduated in 1989, and began practicing civil law. After the dissolution of the Vierz Empire, Vahl joined the United Republicans, and was elected representative for Hauvel's 1st district in the 1992 elections at the age of 34. Vahl left the United Republicans during the Higmon Affair, joining the newly-formed National Democratic Party. He became deputy chairman of the NDP in 2007, rising to become chairman in 2010. He lead his party to a victory in the 2012 elections, in which the NDP secured a majority of seats. In February 2012, Vahl was inaugurated as Chancellor.

Domestically, Vahl implemented an expansion of the national pension system, increased funding to the agricultural and industrial ministries, and lowered national interest rates to combat economic stagnation and inflation. He also lowered the national value-added tax and increased governmental revenues from the state-owned petroleum company VzÖl. Internationally, Vahl ordered the movement of Vierzland's sole carrier battle group to West Oridia and suspended the country's participation in the Community of Patyrian States' full membership accession program, drawing criticism from abroad. He has gradually reoriented Vierz foreign policy in favour of Aemperya and Bhasar, a strategy unofficially termed Ostpolitik.

Vahl was reelected Chancellor after the 2017 elections, in which the NDP lost its majority but formed a coalition government with the Christian Social Party. He has stated his intention to run for a third and final term in the 2022 elections.

Early life and military service

Postwar education and career

Political career

Early career

Higmon Affair and defection to NDP

Rise in the NDP

Chancellor

2012–2017: First term

2017–present: Second term

Political positions

Image and reputation

Opinion polling

Assessments

Electoral history

Personal life