Elisabeth Rademacher

Elisabeth Rademacher
Official portrait, 2022
17th Prime Minister of Besmenia
In office 9 September 2021 – 15 March 2024
President	Vincent von Schilling
Vice Prime Minister	Ivar Combrinck (2021-) Anna Stucklein (2021-2023) Lilia Mihailova (2023-)
Preceded by	Richard Benkel
Succeeded by	Thomas Pühringer
Chairwoman of the Besmenian People's Party
In office 6 January 2022 – 3 December 2022 Acting: 6 January 2022 – 25 February 2022
Preceded by	Theodor Sidemann
Succeeded by	Karsten Betzler
Governor of Maurenmark
In office 15 March 2016 – 27 August 2021
Preceded by	Konrad Mann
Succeeded by	Jan Hofmann
State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure in Maurenmark
In office 10 July 2013 – 15 March 2016
Preceded by	Manfred Brecht
Succeeded by	Richard Neuberg
Chairwoman of BVP Maurenmark
In office 15 March 2016 – 27 August 2021
Preceded by	Konrad Mann
Succeeded by	Jan Hofmann
Member of the Federal Chamber
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2021
Member of the State Chamber of Maurenmark
In office 2009 – 27 August 2021
Personal details
Born	Elisabeth Rademacher (1977-09-30) September 30, 1977 Samaroda, Maurenmark, Besmenia
Died	viceprimeminister
Resting place	viceprimeminister
Political party	Besmenian People's Party
Spouse	Viktor Grenth (m. 2004; div. 2010)
Domestic partner	Matthias Böhringer (2012-2020)
Parent	viceprimeminister
Alma mater	University of Samaroda
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Elisabeth Rademacher (born: 30 September 1977) is a Besmenian politican (BVP) who serverd from September 2021 until March 2024 as the 17th Prime Minister of Besmenia.

Before her premiership, she served as Governor of Maurenmark from 2016 to 2021. Between 2013 and 2016 she served as Maurenmarkian State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure. From 2016 to 2021 Rademacher was also chairwoman of the BVP Maurenmark and from 2019 to 2021 one of the deputy chairpersons of the BVP. From February to December 2022, Rademacher served as the chairwoman of the BVP.

She ran as the first female BVP candidate in the 2021 Besmenian federal election. After the election, Rademacher formed a blue-red-green government together with the BVP, SDU and GPB, the first party coalition of this kind at the federal level.

Early life

Rademacher was born on September 30, 1977 in Samaroda as the daughter of Helmut Rademacher (1932-2012) and Helga Klaumer (1935-2020). The couple Helmut and Helga married in 1962 and lived in Melmingen until November 1966. The family then moved to Könlenz after the opening of the Inner Besmenian border. After the economic situation had improved somewhat, the family moved back to Maurenmark in July 1973, but to Samaroda rather than Melmingen.

Elisabeth was the youngest of four children. Her siblings are: Pieter Rademacher (* 1966), Lena Rademacher (* 1970) and Hannah Rademacher (1974-2015). Her sister Hannah died in 2015 of complications from cancer.

Education

Rademacher attended the Heinz Dimmler elementary school in the west of Samaroda from 1984 to 1988 and the Hans Messner grammar school from 1988-1994. She then began studying law, history and political science at the University of Samaroda, which she successfully completed in 1999. In order to supplement her income during her studies, Rademacher claims to have worked as a temporary assistant in a library and as a cleaner in an office. From 2000 to 2013 she worked as a teacher.

Political carrer

Rademacher with then Maurenmarkian Governor Konrad Mann at a election campaign for the 2014 state election.

At the age of 20, Rademacher joined the Besmenian People's Party (BVP) in 1997 and was involved in the BVP district association in the Samaroda district.

Member of the State Chamber of Maurenmark (2009-2021)

In the 2009 Maurenmark state election she ran in the constituency of Samaroda I and moved through the state list of the BVP in the State Chamber of Maurenmark.

State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure (2013-2016)

After her predecessor Manfred Brecht resigned, Rademacher was nominated as State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure on July 8, 2013 by Maurenmarkian governor Konrad Mann. Rademacher took office two days later.

Governor of Maurenmark (2016-2021)

Rademacher at the BVP Maurenmark party conference in Melmingen in September 2017.

After Konrad Mann resigned from his offices as governor of Maurenmark and chairman of the BVP Maurenmark on March 15, 2016 for health reasons, Rademacher became his successor in both offices. Rademacher, who was 38 years old when she began her governorship, was one of the youngest governors in Besmenia at the time.

Rademacher was confirmed on September 13, 2017 at the BVP Maurenmark party conference in Melmingen with 79.6 percent as state chairwoman. On September 10, 2019, she was re-elected state chairwoman at the BVP Maurenmark party conference in Stotternbach with 82.8 percent.

2019 Maurenmark state election

In late 2018, Rademacher was confirmed as the candidate for the BVP for the 2019 Maurenmark state election in February 2019. In the election, the BVP was able to defend its first place with a result of 31.9% and received an increase in votes of 2.4%. After the election, a coalition was formed with the SDU.

BVP candidate in the 2021 federal election

BVP election poster with Rademacher for the 2021 federal election. The text means in English: A new beginning for Besmenia.

Following the calling of new elections following the collapse of the BVP-FBBP government and after Theodor Sidemann failed to win the confidence of a majority in the Federal Chamber, Sidemann surprisingly announced on May 13, 2021, five days after his dismissal as prime minister, that he would not serve for the 2021 election as the BVP candidate and his renunciation of a fourth term as prime minister. On May 15, Elisabeth Rademacher was nominated and confirmed as the BVP candidate. Rademacher thus became the first female BVP candidate for a federal chamber election. Before the election, Rademacher rejected a coalition with the National Besmenian Party.

BVP leadership (2022)

After Theodor Sidemann resigned from his position as BVP chairman in January 2022, Rademacher was elected the first female BVP chairperson in February 2022, succeeding Sidemann. After Sidemann's resignation, Rademacher held the office on an interim basis until February 25.

After Rademacher had to accept constant strong criticism from various parts of the BVP and the BVP did poorly in election polls, she decided to give up the party leadership after only 8 months in office. At a special party conference on December 3, 2022, Karsten Betzler, chairman of the Federal Chamber faction of the BVP, was elected the new chairman of the party. Rademacher justified her decision at a press conference by saying that she had to "take even more care of government affairs".

Prime Minister of Besmenia (2021-)

See also: Rademacher cabinet

The BVP, with Rademacher as the prime minister candidate, emerged as the strongest party in the federal elections on August 8, 2021. The following coalition talks led to a governing coalition with the SDU and the GPB. The Rademacher government was sworn in by President Vincent von Schilling on September 9, 2021. Rademacher is the 16th Besmenian Prime Minister, the second woman to hold the office after Ursula Kummstein, and at 43 when taking office, the second youngest prime minister after Martin Beiter.

Rademacher hosted the 2021 C21 Freiz Summit, which took place in Freiz in November 2021.

On April 11, 2022, Besmenia's western neighbor Palingia joined the Federal Republic of Besmenia as the 14th federal state after 3 years of negotiations.

After severe flooding in the east of Frankenburg at the end of July with more than 20 fatalities, Rademacher announced that the Besmenian federal government will work together with the Frankenburgian state government to fund the damage caused by the disaster and to provide shelter for people who have lost their homes. She also appealed to the population in eastern Frankenburg to "Take care of yourself and those around you" and thanked the Federal Army and other emergency organizations for their help in the region. On August 3, after the flooding was over, Rademacher visited the disaster area together with Interior Minister Michael Ernstmann to get an overview of the devastating situation. She visited several places in eastern Frankenburg that were affected by the flood disaster and also spoke to the residents there.

After the Drambenburgian attack on Blaoria, which violated international law, Rademacher addressed the Besmenian population in a television speech on the evening of September 5, 2022, in which she said: "The Drambenburgian Chancellor Giorg Auster-Braustadt has made the decision to attack Blaoria. In so doing, Auster -Braustadt has attacked a free, independent and sovereign country. This is inhuman and contrary to international law. This is by nothing and no one to justify. With the attack on Blaoria, Auster-Bridestadt not only wants to wipe out an independent country, he also shatters and destroys the worldwide security order, which has been successfully built up and secured since the founding of the CCA.The Federal Republic of Besmenia stands at Blaoria's side. My thoughts and my deepest condolences to the victims of the Drambenburgian war of aggression."

On October 15, 2022, Rademacher and Tinegardian Prime Minister Svenn Trande opened the Nortuan Natural Gas Pipeline (NNPG), the largest ever infrastructure project between their two countries in Kronbeck.

On July 28, 2023, during a visit to Behringen, she was seriously injured in a politically motivated attack with a right-wing extremist background.

List of international trips

Dates	Country	Locations	Details
September 17th, 2021	Elbresia	Allengin	Met with Elbresian President Gilles Martin, and gave a speech to the Nortuan Congress.
November 28th, 2021	Constantio	Norasa	Met with Constantion President Tony Blanian.
January 10th-12th, 2022	Shoassau	Alsace	Attended the 2022 Leaders Summit.
March 4th-5th, 2022	New Anea	Eblium	Met with New Anean Prime Minister Delaney Sunderson.
March 5th, 2022	Ivite	Tanin	Met with President Alceste D'Aboville, and signed the Trade and Military Treaty between the Federal Republic of Besmenia and the Confederacy of Ivite (TMTBI).
April 26th, 2022	Drambenburg	Essen	Attended the C21 Summit.
May 15th, 2022	Syraranto	Tirikan	Observed an ongoing SBU investigation as part of a international delegation of multiple heads of state.
August 10th-11th, 2022	Elbresia	Oftbon Allengin	Met with Elbresian Prime Minister Arlo Robinson and President Alexander Desende, and gave a speech to the Nortuan Congress.

Political positions

General political position

Rademacher's political views are associated with liberal conservativism. In social, family and ecomomic policy, Rademacher acts liberal, while in other political areas she acts mostly conservative.

Foreign policy

ANS and SBU

Rademacher advocates the Alliance of Nortuan States. She is also aiming for a merger of the ANS and SBU into a "Nortuan Federation".

During her visit to Constantio at the end of November 2021, Rademacher assured President Tony Blanian, that Besmenia would support Constantio and the Sotoan Basin Union solidaric in the course of the Syraranto-SBU conflict. Rademacher also felt that the Alliance of Nortuan States should support the SBU, since both organizations are responsible for the political future and peacekeeping of the Nortuan continent.

After Elbresian President Alexander Desende took office in the summer of 2022 and the announcement of a referendum on Elbresia leaving the ANS, Rademacher and other ANS leaders advocated Elbresia remaining in the ANS. Rademacher emphasized that the withdrawal of Elbresia from the ANS could lead to political and economic problems within the ANS and Elbresia.

Defense policy and conscription

Rademacher is in favor of retaining general conscription and also advocates community service as an alternative to conscription.

Direct democracy

Rademacher is positive about referendums and other forms of direct democracy at all political decision-making levels.

Family policy

Rademacher advocates same-sex marriage, contrary to the vast majority of her party.

Parliamentary and electoral reform

Rademacher advocates the right to vote for young people from the age of 16. During her tenure as Governor of Maurenmark, the active voting age was lowered from 18 to 16 for election to the State Chamber of Maurenmark in 2018.

Cabinets

Government	Office	Took office	Left office
Mann I	State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure	10 July 2013	24 April 2014
Mann II	State Minister for Science, Education and Infrastructure	24 April 2014	15 March 2016
Rademacher I	Governor	15 March 2016	20 April 2019
Rademacher II	Governor	20 April 2019	27 August 2021
Rademacher	Prime Minister	9 September 2021	15 March 2024

Critic and controversies

In March 2020, in an open letter from the Heudeberg Committee, signed by 68 personalities, including survivors of the Heudeberg labor camp, Elisabeth Rademacher was asked to effectively combat right-wing extremist crimes and other right-wing extremist activities in Maurenmark in her role as governor. Among other things, it was criticized that Rademacher took over the honorary protection for a ball organized by a right-wing fraternity in 2018.

According to a survey from October 2022, 52% of the people in Besmenia are dissatisfied with PM Rademacher's work, with 32% rate Rademacher positively.

Personal life

In 2004 Rademacher married the lawyer Viktor Grenth, whom she first met in 2001. The couple separated in 2009 and divorced in June 2010. From 2012 to 2020, Rademacher was in a partnership with the politician Matthias Böhringer. Since the split from Böhringer, Rademacher has been single.

Awards and Honors

• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Besmenia : 2022

Honorary citizen

2021: Samaroda