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Casimir Bergen
MP
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Casimir Bergen in 2024
Chancellor of Liberto-Ancapistan
Assumed office
26 May 2020
Preceded byAmeus Grey
Leader of Progress
Assumed office
10 November 2018
DeputyIndra McKarin
Preceded byKajal Firat
Executive Councillor of Liberto-Ancapistan
In office
2 April 2020 – 26 May 2020
Preceded byAmeus Grey
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of Parliament for Dewisburgh Central
Assumed office
6 July 2014
Preceded byMiran Abbas
Majority35,573 (40.6%)
Personal details
Born2 January 1985 (age 40)
Dewisburgh, Far Coast Province, Liberto-Ancapistan
Political partyProgress
SpouseLouise Sieda (m. 2012)
Children1
Residence(s)Mala Komaria, Dibiha Mezigh, Liberty City
Alma materLiberty City University

Casimir Bergen (born 2 January 1985) is a Liberto-Ancapistanian politician, author and former journalist who has served as the Chancellor of Liberto-Ancapistan since 26 May 2020. The leader of Progress since 2018, Bergen has represented Dewisburgh Central as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2014. In addition to his political activities, Bergen is known for his authorship of several novels and short story collections, including Yekîtî, The Grey Mountain, and Duhamos.

Bergen became a freelance journalist after leaving the navy in 2008, working for various regional publications and joining the Liberty Action Party (later Progress). In 2010 he published his first novel, The Sea, which was nominated for several awards. Bergen gained national acclaim after his third novel, Yekîtî, was awarded 'best novel' by the Silosovia University Book Awards in 2015. Becoming a prominent voice within his political party, he was elected leader by a large majority in 2018.

Bergen's unconditional support for the 2019 anti-austerity protests earned him praise and condemnation across the country. He led his party to its first victory for over 80 years in the 2020 general election. Forming a coalition with the Libertarian Party, he briefly became a member of the Executive Council until its abolition and replacement with the position of Chancellor, to which he was elected. During his Chancellorship, Bergen has overseen major reforms to the welfare system, introducing universal basic income, and Liberto-Ancapistanian foreign policy, adopting an internationalist posture and joining the UFT. Opposition to his pro-market trade policies resulted in the breakaway of the Social Democratic Party from Progress in 2022, though in the 2022 general election he was able to remain in power with reduced support. In 2023, Bergen was briefly overthrown during the Acadian Crisis, but was restored in a following pro-democracy counter-coup. Bergen won a third term in office in 2024, and in 2025 announced that he would step down from his position at the 2026 general election.