Kaspar Vahl

Kaspar Vahl
Vahl in 2019
Chancellor of Vierzland
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 2012
Deputy	None (2012–2017) Klemens Brandt (2017–)
Preceded by	Erhardt Preisner
Chairman of the National Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 July 2010
Deputy	Adrian Wentz Tilman Kohl
Preceded by	Torben Hansch
Deputy Chairman of the NDP
In office 12 January 2007 – 6 July 2010
Preceded by	Oskar Rehberg
Succeeded by	Adrian Wentz
Member of the Federal Assembly from Geismar's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 February 1992
Preceded by	Hubert Lehmkuhl
Personal details
Born	Kaspar Franz Vahl (1958-03-29) 29 March 1958 Heglitz, Geismar, Vierz Empire
Political party	Independent (1988–1992) United Republicans (1992–2000) National Democratic Party (2000–present)
Spouse	Kathrin Vahl (1983–present)
Alma mater	Constantine Imperial University of Adtrus
Awards	Black Cross First Class Imperial Cross First Class Heart of Steel
Military service
Allegiance	Vierz Empire
Branch/service	Imperial Vierz Army
Years of service	1976-1983
Rank	Stabsgefreiter
Unit	6th Army
Battles/wars	Luepolan 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 Geismar's 1st district in the Federal Assembly, a position he was elected to in 1992.

Vahl was born in Heglitz 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 Constantine Imperial University of Adtrus. He graduated in 1989 and began practicing civil law. After the dissolution of the Vierz Empire in 1990, Vahl joined the United Republicans and was elected representative for Geismar's 1st district in the 1992 election at the age of 34. Vahl left the United Republicans during the Higmon Affair and joined the newly-formed National Democratic Party. He became deputy chairman of the NDP in 2007 and chairman in 2010. In the 2012 elections, the NDP secured a majority of seats and formed a majority government with Vahl as Chancellor.

Domestically, Vahl moved to pass economic reforms to tackle stagflation, including lowering income taxes and inflation rates. His first government implemented welfare reform and enacted tax credit programs for families. Vahl oversaw the introduction of a 'lottery system' to 'equitize and randomize' (ausgleichen und randomisieren) the immigration process. In foreign affairs, Vahl ended Vierzland's associate membership in the Union of Patyrian States, ordered the deployment of troops to Ekalla, and made a state visit to the Aitic Federation and Bhasar.

During Vahl's first chancellery, the economy grew by 1.5% on average each year, an improvement over the previous five years' 0.8%. Critics have charged Vahl with engineering a period of democratic backsliding and have attacked him for his fondness with autocrats. His support of geführte Demokratie ("guided democracy") has been controversial for its authoritarian aspects. Vahl's statements have often been the subject of domestic controversy, and he has received accusations of xenophobia and homophobia. He has characterized himself as a 'defender of family values' and a populist, while distancing himself from monarchist and clerical movements.

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