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| caption = Marsef at the Reyonan Conference, 2018 | | caption = Marsef at the Reyonan Conference, 2018 | ||
| office = [[Prime Minister of Aziallis]] | | office = [[Prime Minister of Aziallis]] | ||
| deputy = [[Meto | | deputy = [[Meto Surkar]] | ||
| term_start = 4 October 2010 | | term_start = 4 October 2010 | ||
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| office1 = [[Leader of the National Labor Party]] | | office1 = [[Leader of the National Labor Party]] | ||
| term_start1 = 25 June 2021 | | term_start1 = 25 June 2021 | ||
| term_end1 = | | term_end1 = 25 June 2023 | ||
| predecessor1 = [[Gayuster Trogas]] | | predecessor1 = [[Gayuster Trogas]] | ||
| successor1 = | | successor1 = [[Surusha Jerikerni]] | ||
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lower House]] | | office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lower House]] | ||
| primeminister2 = [[ | | primeminister2 = [[Arpras Leyorknev]] | ||
| term_start2 = 10 June 2002 | | term_start2 = 10 June 2002 | ||
| term_end2 = | | term_end2 = | ||
| predecessor2 = [[Ayesha Mekhag]] | | predecessor2 = [[Ayesha Mekhag]] | ||
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly | | office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly, Hivevka|Member of Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| primeminister3 = [[Hirer Kotsavosh]] | | primeminister3 = [[Hirer Kotsavosh]] | ||
| term_start3 = 7 April 1997 | | term_start3 = 7 April 1997 | ||
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| successor3 = [[Havega Sunha]] | | successor3 = [[Havega Sunha]] | ||
| office4 = Deputy Chair of the Sreneva Commission | | office4 = Deputy Chair of the Sreneva Commission | ||
| primeminister4 = | | primeminister4 = [[Sureya Ishenreya]] | ||
| term_start4 = 03 February 1990 | | term_start4 = 03 February 1990 | ||
| term_end4 = 20 December 1992 | | term_end4 = 20 December 1992 | ||
| office5 = Advirsor to the Chairperson of the Union Executive Council | | office5 = Advirsor to the Chairperson of the Union Executive Council | ||
| primeminister5 = | | primeminister5 = [[Sureya Ishenreya]] | ||
| term_start5 = 12 May 1988 | | term_start5 = 12 May 1988 | ||
| term_end5 = 20 January 1990 | | term_end5 = 20 January 1990 | ||
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| party = [[National Labour Party]] | | party = [[National Labour Party]] | ||
| residence = [[Atsare]] (officially) | | residence = [[Atsare]] (officially) | ||
| education = [[University of Triminoska]]<br>[[ | | education = [[University of Triminoska]]<br>[[University of Mengasa]]<br>[[Srega University]]}} | ||
Rielsa Marsef is the current Prime Minister of Aziallis, being in office as Prime Minister since 2010. She is on track to become the longest serving Prime Minister of Aziallis. He was formerly the Minister for Home Affairs under former Prime Minister [[Arpras Leyorknev]] and served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Hivevka. She also served as the Attorney General of the Union Government from 2002 to 2005. | Rielsa Marsef is the current Prime Minister of Aziallis, being in office as Prime Minister since 2010. She is on track to become the longest serving Prime Minister of Aziallis. He was formerly the Minister for Home Affairs under former Prime Minister [[Arpras Leyorknev]] and served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Hivevka. She also served as the Attorney General of the Union Government from 2002 to 2005. | ||
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==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
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Rielsa Marsef was born on the island of Undyure in Gayambee in December 1955 to refugee parents Arotswa Marsef and Ruje Marsef. Two months after she was born, her parents were resettled in the small town of [[Shevaska]] in Hivevka by the [[National Azillian Refugee Settlement Authority]]. Both her parents got jobs in the city- her father taking up a position as a security guard and her mother becoming a clerk at a bank. In 1959, both her parents were granted Azillian citizenship.<br><br>In June of 1961, when Rielsa was 6 years old, her mother got a scholarship to study at the [[Orhena | Rielsa Marsef was born on the island of Undyure in Gayambee in December 1955 to refugee parents Arotswa Marsef and Ruje Marsef. Two months after she was born, her parents were resettled in the small town of [[Shevaska]] in Hivevka by the [[National Azillian Refugee Settlement Authority]]. Both her parents got jobs in the city- her father taking up a position as a security guard and her mother becoming a clerk at a bank. In 1959, both her parents were granted Azillian citizenship.<br><br>In June of 1961, when Rielsa was 6 years old, her mother got a scholarship to study at the [[Orhena University]], and she moved to [[Orhena]] with young Rielsa, while her father stayed in Shevaksa.<br><br> In 1965 her mother finished a dual degree in Literature and was offered the position of Head Librarian at the [[Srega University]]. She accepted and Rielsa moved with her to [[Srega]], where she stayed with her mother on the campus of Srega University. | ||
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===High School=== | ===High School=== | ||
In 1968 Rielsa Marsef started High School at National Public School, SregaU Campus. She applied for an accelerated programme where she could finish high school in three years instead of four. She qualified for the accelerated course and was able to finish High School in 1970 at the age of 15. She excelled in all of her courses. She was quite interested in mathematics at that point | In 1968 Rielsa Marsef started High School at National Public School, SregaU Campus. She applied for an accelerated programme where she could finish high school in three years instead of four. She qualified for the accelerated course and was able to finish High School in 1970 at the age of 15. She excelled in all of her courses. During High School she studied three mandated language subjects of Hreva, Marega and Sarif. She chose to study advanced mathematics and physics, along with chemistry and basic biology. She was quite interested in mathematics at that point and was went for a major in mathematics and statistics in college. | ||
===Bachelor's=== | ===Bachelor's=== | ||
Marsef applied to several schools and was accepted to the University of Triminoska. She shifted to Neosk and studied there for four years. She majored in Mathematics, with a minor in Statistics, but she was quite fascinated by social sciences while she was at University. | Marsef applied to several schools and was accepted to the University of Triminoska. She shifted to Neosk and studied there for four years. She majored in Mathematics, with a minor in Statistics, but she was quite fascinated by social sciences while she was at University. She studied many electives from the School of Social Sciences and from the School of Economics. Her Bachelors Thesis work with Professor [[Yalnezar Surere]] was on using advanced mathematical models to trace and project several economic parameters. She graduated with honours and a GPA of 9.2. Marsef was known to work actively with [[Akasheya]], the Queer Rights Students Group of the University of Triminoska and participated in many demonstrations. She also attended several meetings and seminars with the Student and Youth Wing of the Azillian Reds- [[Students Federation of Azaiallis]], though she never became a member of the organisation. She also was an active Students Union member of the University, and was a key figure in the 1972 demonstration of the students union demanding the resignation of the Dean of the School of Mathematics after news of harassment of students broke. | ||
===Master's=== | ===Master's=== | ||
During her bachelor's, Marsef developed a deep fascination for the Social Sciences. She also wanted to apply her mathematics skills to the study of social sciences. To do that she decided to go to the University of Mengasa for her Masters at the School of Social Sciences. There she studied Economics and Political Science. For her Master's thesis, she worked with Professor [[Qaila Farish]] on developing quantitative measures to understand the interaction of law and socioeconomics for marginalised groups. She performed a lot of fieldwork in Mengasa and Hivevka, traveling to eight different cities to collect data. To further extend her work, she also travelled to [[Vyaardh]] and [[Ayezhkh]] to collect similar data and probe these interactions in-depth. Marsef was a part of the Marv's Antifascist Group [[Slerah]] and took part in several counter-demonstrations when Mengasa was dealing with protests from fascist groups like [[Yajarbol]]. | |||
===Law School=== | ===Law School=== | ||
After having worked on the effects laws | After having worked on the effects of what she called "skewed' laws on the socioeconomic and sociopolitical status of marginalised communities, Marsef decided to dedicate herself to the study of law. She was especially interested in Constitutional Law and Labour Law. She studied law at the [[Institute of Legal Studies]] at [[Srega University]]. She worked with [[Vashe Jombheal]] at the [[High Court of Hivevka]] as a second-year law student. In her third year, she worked the summer with [[Centre for Legal Protections of Tribal Communities]] in Gayambee. In the same year, she returned to Qaila Farish for fieldwork during her Winter break, this time traveled to Brenehal Island. For her final clerking, she worked with [[Yustaan Marshob]] at the [[Supreme Court of Aziallis]]. [[Arpras Leyorknev]] was a Junior Associate under Marshob at the time, and Marsef has remarked quite a lot about how he was a wonderful mentor to her and how they kept in touch for years. She credits her work with Leyorknev as the reason she ever agreed to join politics. | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
===Samhenshe=== | ===Samhenshe=== | ||
Marsef openly admits that she was very confused about whether she should stick with Academia or if she should move to practice law. After she was successful in her application to work for the [[Samhenshe Foundation]], she made the decision to practice law with them, though when she was given the option of moving to [[Varega]] or [[Orhena]], she chose to go to Orhena, since she liked being in Hivevka. At Samhenshe, Marsef got to work firsthand with former [[Chief Justice of Aziallis]] [[Marie Suvese]]. She represented several small tribes and communities against large corporations or government infrastructure projects. She even got to work on larger projects in [[Varega]], though she primarily worked out of Srega and Orhena in Hivevka, where she practiced in the High Court of Hivevka.<br> | |||
===State Financial Crimes Bureau, Hivevka=== | ===State Financial Crimes Bureau, Hivevka=== | ||
Since Marsef was working for Samhenshe for very little pay, she spent her nights working for the [[National Financial Crimes Bureau]] of Hivevka, specifically working in tracing financial crime circuits, given her experience with math. She worked with them to get extra cash for the project she was interested in starting, an expansion of the Samhenshe model. | Since Marsef was working for Samhenshe for very little pay, she spent her nights working for the [[National Financial Crimes Bureau]] of Hivevka, specifically working in tracing financial crime circuits, given her experience with math. She worked with them to get extra cash for the project she was interested in starting, an expansion of the Samhenshe model.<br> | ||
===Peoples' Liberation Network=== | ===Peoples' Liberation Network=== | ||
After working for four years at Samhenshe, Marsef decided to start working part-time with them, and along with friends from law school- [[Liona sihMeresha]], [[Areya Jaxa]] and [[Yehn Uzwa]] decided to start the Peoples' Liberation Network, that provided common folk with legal advise and represented people pro bono when they could not afford it. Marsef started practicing in the Supreme Court, | After working for four years at Samhenshe, Marsef decided to start working part-time with them, and along with friends from law school- [[Liona sihMeresha]], [[Areya Jaxa]] and [[Yehn Uzwa]] decided to start the Peoples' Liberation Network, that provided common folk with legal advise and represented people pro bono when they could not afford it. Marsef started practicing in the Supreme Court, lead the arguments in the case [[Gareh Jangi v. State of Urreyssal]], now considered a landmark Supreme Court judgment. She was also one of the parties representing the [[Vizaga Organisation for Women]] in the case [[Vizaga and others v. Union of Aziallis]] which lead to the [[Vizaga and others v. Union of Aziallis|Vizaga Guidelines]] and the eventual [[Prevention of Sexual Harrassment at Workplace Act, 1986]].<br> | ||
===Additional Solicitor General for the Union=== | ===Additional Solicitor General for the Union=== | ||
In 1988, then Prime Minister [[Koya Axayaxa]] offered to appoint Marsef as the Additional Solicitor General for the Government. Since she was very well aligned with the positiions of Axayaxa and her government, and had already been practicing in High Courts and the Supreme Court for many years, Marsef accepted. She worked under the charge of then Attorney General [[Khemanka Yaharzhbe]] and his Solicitor General [[Yainaj Lenka]]. She was given a supporting role for several court cases in the Supreme Court and was given charge of all cases within the High Courts of Hivevka and Mengasa, given her familiarity with State laws of the two States. In 1991, after the National Front won a majority in the Parliament, Marsef was offered retention of her position by the National Front, but Marsef refused the retention and resigned from her position as Additional Solicitor General in a scathing resignation letter condemning [[Tajik Suleh|Suleh]]'s previous positions and actions.<br> | |||
===Deputy Chair of the Sernevasa Union Commisssion=== | ===Deputy Chair of the Sernevasa Union Commisssion=== | ||
In June 1991, Marsef was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the Union Commission headed by Former Supreme Court Justice [[Jarerarva Sernevasa]]. The Commission was tasked with determining the extent of difference between the social, economic and political parity of individuals from States versus those in [[Autonomous Territories of Aziallis|Autonomous Republics]] and [[Island Territories of Aziallis|Island Territories]]. The Commission submitted their report in 1993 with several recommendations for making improvements.<br> | |||
===Attorney General for the State of Hivevka=== | ===Attorney General for the State of Hivevka=== | ||
In September of 1993, the Labour Government headed by [[Sares Heyermi]] offered to appoint Marsef as the Attorney General of the State of Hivevka. Marsef saw that a Conservative Government had been formed at the Union level and that she had great alignment with the Labour Party in Hivevka State, Marsef accepted the position. She represented the Government of Hivevka in various Courts and got to work closely with her old friend [[Areya Jaxa]] who was appointed the Attorney General for the State of Mengasa by the [[Ariyara Norkah]]'s Labour government just the previous year. | |||
===Attorney General for the Union Government=== | ===Attorney General for the Union Government=== | ||
In 2001, Marsef had been working with the [[National Labour Party|NLP]]'s Legal Strategy Team and came back in contact with Arpras Leyorknev, who was serving as [[Leader of Opposition]]. In 2002, after the government headed by [[Dusaal Darehe]] fell, the [[Labour Alliance]] managed to form a coalition with other parties, allowing Leyorknev to become Prime Minister. He reached out to Marsef and after a long chat on policy measures, he offered her the position of [[Attorney General of the Union]]. She gladly accepted the role. She represented the Union government along with [[Solicitor General of Aziallis|Solicitor General]] [[Reito ri'Gumme]] and [[Additional Solicitor General of Aziallis|Additional Solicitor General]] [[Tandri Kelo]]. She became an important part of Leyorknev's inner circle, and Leyorknev valued Marsef's advice on a variety of policy matters. She also became fast friends with Leyorknev's Minister for Law [[Ornva Sehaljeekar]] and the Chief Legal Secretary [[Gargid Hardi]], and the three of them often worked together on formulating precise language for new executive actions and bills to be presented in Parliament. Many members of Cabinet saw Marsef as one of their own, since she would often be called in as an observer to many Cabinet meetings. | |||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
===Member of Legislative Assembly in Hivevka=== | ===Member of Legislative Assembly in Hivevka=== | ||
In 1996, the leader of Hivevka's branch of the National Labour Party [[Kerei Koryeha]] offered if Marsef would like to contest elections for the Hivevka's Legislative Assembly. She contested elections from the North Srega constituency in 1997 and won by a landslide. She was a part of the Legislative Assembly's 1997 to 2001 Term. She was a member of the Cabinet given the charge of Labour and Law ministries of the State. She played a very crucial role in the harmonising of labour regulations between Hivevka, Mengasa, Yernigert, Triminoska and Kaayrobi via the [[5-State Labour Conference, 1997]], which allowed for easier interactions between industries within these States. The framework was later also adopted by the States of Saalvone, Urreysal and the city of Seruf. She also worked hard on cracking down on labour law violations in the State. | |||
===Member of Parliament=== | ===Member of Parliament=== | ||
===Minister for Home Affairs=== | ===Minister for Home Affairs=== | ||
===Prime Minister=== | ===Prime Minister=== |
Latest revision as of 12:23, 26 September 2023
Rielsa Marsef | |
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Prime Minister of Aziallis | |
Assumed office 4 October 2010 | |
Deputy | Meto Surkar |
Preceded by | Arpras Leyorknev |
Leader of the National Labor Party | |
In office 25 June 2021 – 25 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Gayuster Trogas |
Succeeded by | Surusha Jerikerni |
Member of Parliament, Lower House | |
Assumed office 10 June 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Arpras Leyorknev |
Preceded by | Ayesha Mekhag |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
In office 7 April 1997 – 11 October 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Hirer Kotsavosh |
Preceded by | Sharat Utsob |
Succeeded by | Havega Sunha |
Deputy Chair of the Sreneva Commission | |
In office 03 February 1990 – 20 December 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Sureya Ishenreya |
Advirsor to the Chairperson of the Union Executive Council | |
In office 12 May 1988 – 20 January 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Sureya Ishenreya |
Personal details | |
Born | Undyure Island, Gayambee | 13 April 1957
Political party | National Labour Party |
Residence | Atsare (officially) |
Education | University of Triminoska University of Mengasa Srega University |
Rielsa Marsef is the current Prime Minister of Aziallis, being in office as Prime Minister since 2010. She is on track to become the longest serving Prime Minister of Aziallis. He was formerly the Minister for Home Affairs under former Prime Minister Arpras Leyorknev and served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Hivevka. She also served as the Attorney General of the Union Government from 2002 to 2005.
Early Life
Rielsa Marsef was born on the island of Undyure in Gayambee in December 1955 to refugee parents Arotswa Marsef and Ruje Marsef. Two months after she was born, her parents were resettled in the small town of Shevaska in Hivevka by the National Azillian Refugee Settlement Authority. Both her parents got jobs in the city- her father taking up a position as a security guard and her mother becoming a clerk at a bank. In 1959, both her parents were granted Azillian citizenship.
In June of 1961, when Rielsa was 6 years old, her mother got a scholarship to study at the Orhena University, and she moved to Orhena with young Rielsa, while her father stayed in Shevaksa.
In 1965 her mother finished a dual degree in Literature and was offered the position of Head Librarian at the Srega University. She accepted and Rielsa moved with her to Srega, where she stayed with her mother on the campus of Srega University.
Education
High School
In 1968 Rielsa Marsef started High School at National Public School, SregaU Campus. She applied for an accelerated programme where she could finish high school in three years instead of four. She qualified for the accelerated course and was able to finish High School in 1970 at the age of 15. She excelled in all of her courses. During High School she studied three mandated language subjects of Hreva, Marega and Sarif. She chose to study advanced mathematics and physics, along with chemistry and basic biology. She was quite interested in mathematics at that point and was went for a major in mathematics and statistics in college.
Bachelor's
Marsef applied to several schools and was accepted to the University of Triminoska. She shifted to Neosk and studied there for four years. She majored in Mathematics, with a minor in Statistics, but she was quite fascinated by social sciences while she was at University. She studied many electives from the School of Social Sciences and from the School of Economics. Her Bachelors Thesis work with Professor Yalnezar Surere was on using advanced mathematical models to trace and project several economic parameters. She graduated with honours and a GPA of 9.2. Marsef was known to work actively with Akasheya, the Queer Rights Students Group of the University of Triminoska and participated in many demonstrations. She also attended several meetings and seminars with the Student and Youth Wing of the Azillian Reds- Students Federation of Azaiallis, though she never became a member of the organisation. She also was an active Students Union member of the University, and was a key figure in the 1972 demonstration of the students union demanding the resignation of the Dean of the School of Mathematics after news of harassment of students broke.
Master's
During her bachelor's, Marsef developed a deep fascination for the Social Sciences. She also wanted to apply her mathematics skills to the study of social sciences. To do that she decided to go to the University of Mengasa for her Masters at the School of Social Sciences. There she studied Economics and Political Science. For her Master's thesis, she worked with Professor Qaila Farish on developing quantitative measures to understand the interaction of law and socioeconomics for marginalised groups. She performed a lot of fieldwork in Mengasa and Hivevka, traveling to eight different cities to collect data. To further extend her work, she also travelled to Vyaardh and Ayezhkh to collect similar data and probe these interactions in-depth. Marsef was a part of the Marv's Antifascist Group Slerah and took part in several counter-demonstrations when Mengasa was dealing with protests from fascist groups like Yajarbol.
Law School
After having worked on the effects of what she called "skewed' laws on the socioeconomic and sociopolitical status of marginalised communities, Marsef decided to dedicate herself to the study of law. She was especially interested in Constitutional Law and Labour Law. She studied law at the Institute of Legal Studies at Srega University. She worked with Vashe Jombheal at the High Court of Hivevka as a second-year law student. In her third year, she worked the summer with Centre for Legal Protections of Tribal Communities in Gayambee. In the same year, she returned to Qaila Farish for fieldwork during her Winter break, this time traveled to Brenehal Island. For her final clerking, she worked with Yustaan Marshob at the Supreme Court of Aziallis. Arpras Leyorknev was a Junior Associate under Marshob at the time, and Marsef has remarked quite a lot about how he was a wonderful mentor to her and how they kept in touch for years. She credits her work with Leyorknev as the reason she ever agreed to join politics.
Career
Samhenshe
Marsef openly admits that she was very confused about whether she should stick with Academia or if she should move to practice law. After she was successful in her application to work for the Samhenshe Foundation, she made the decision to practice law with them, though when she was given the option of moving to Varega or Orhena, she chose to go to Orhena, since she liked being in Hivevka. At Samhenshe, Marsef got to work firsthand with former Chief Justice of Aziallis Marie Suvese. She represented several small tribes and communities against large corporations or government infrastructure projects. She even got to work on larger projects in Varega, though she primarily worked out of Srega and Orhena in Hivevka, where she practiced in the High Court of Hivevka.
State Financial Crimes Bureau, Hivevka
Since Marsef was working for Samhenshe for very little pay, she spent her nights working for the National Financial Crimes Bureau of Hivevka, specifically working in tracing financial crime circuits, given her experience with math. She worked with them to get extra cash for the project she was interested in starting, an expansion of the Samhenshe model.
Peoples' Liberation Network
After working for four years at Samhenshe, Marsef decided to start working part-time with them, and along with friends from law school- Liona sihMeresha, Areya Jaxa and Yehn Uzwa decided to start the Peoples' Liberation Network, that provided common folk with legal advise and represented people pro bono when they could not afford it. Marsef started practicing in the Supreme Court, lead the arguments in the case Gareh Jangi v. State of Urreyssal, now considered a landmark Supreme Court judgment. She was also one of the parties representing the Vizaga Organisation for Women in the case Vizaga and others v. Union of Aziallis which lead to the Vizaga Guidelines and the eventual Prevention of Sexual Harrassment at Workplace Act, 1986.
Additional Solicitor General for the Union
In 1988, then Prime Minister Koya Axayaxa offered to appoint Marsef as the Additional Solicitor General for the Government. Since she was very well aligned with the positiions of Axayaxa and her government, and had already been practicing in High Courts and the Supreme Court for many years, Marsef accepted. She worked under the charge of then Attorney General Khemanka Yaharzhbe and his Solicitor General Yainaj Lenka. She was given a supporting role for several court cases in the Supreme Court and was given charge of all cases within the High Courts of Hivevka and Mengasa, given her familiarity with State laws of the two States. In 1991, after the National Front won a majority in the Parliament, Marsef was offered retention of her position by the National Front, but Marsef refused the retention and resigned from her position as Additional Solicitor General in a scathing resignation letter condemning Suleh's previous positions and actions.
Deputy Chair of the Sernevasa Union Commisssion
In June 1991, Marsef was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the Union Commission headed by Former Supreme Court Justice Jarerarva Sernevasa. The Commission was tasked with determining the extent of difference between the social, economic and political parity of individuals from States versus those in Autonomous Republics and Island Territories. The Commission submitted their report in 1993 with several recommendations for making improvements.
Attorney General for the State of Hivevka
In September of 1993, the Labour Government headed by Sares Heyermi offered to appoint Marsef as the Attorney General of the State of Hivevka. Marsef saw that a Conservative Government had been formed at the Union level and that she had great alignment with the Labour Party in Hivevka State, Marsef accepted the position. She represented the Government of Hivevka in various Courts and got to work closely with her old friend Areya Jaxa who was appointed the Attorney General for the State of Mengasa by the Ariyara Norkah's Labour government just the previous year.
Attorney General for the Union Government
In 2001, Marsef had been working with the NLP's Legal Strategy Team and came back in contact with Arpras Leyorknev, who was serving as Leader of Opposition. In 2002, after the government headed by Dusaal Darehe fell, the Labour Alliance managed to form a coalition with other parties, allowing Leyorknev to become Prime Minister. He reached out to Marsef and after a long chat on policy measures, he offered her the position of Attorney General of the Union. She gladly accepted the role. She represented the Union government along with Solicitor General Reito ri'Gumme and Additional Solicitor General Tandri Kelo. She became an important part of Leyorknev's inner circle, and Leyorknev valued Marsef's advice on a variety of policy matters. She also became fast friends with Leyorknev's Minister for Law Ornva Sehaljeekar and the Chief Legal Secretary Gargid Hardi, and the three of them often worked together on formulating precise language for new executive actions and bills to be presented in Parliament. Many members of Cabinet saw Marsef as one of their own, since she would often be called in as an observer to many Cabinet meetings.
Politics
Member of Legislative Assembly in Hivevka
In 1996, the leader of Hivevka's branch of the National Labour Party Kerei Koryeha offered if Marsef would like to contest elections for the Hivevka's Legislative Assembly. She contested elections from the North Srega constituency in 1997 and won by a landslide. She was a part of the Legislative Assembly's 1997 to 2001 Term. She was a member of the Cabinet given the charge of Labour and Law ministries of the State. She played a very crucial role in the harmonising of labour regulations between Hivevka, Mengasa, Yernigert, Triminoska and Kaayrobi via the 5-State Labour Conference, 1997, which allowed for easier interactions between industries within these States. The framework was later also adopted by the States of Saalvone, Urreysal and the city of Seruf. She also worked hard on cracking down on labour law violations in the State.