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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ḷafvardiġe is unmarried and is a member of the [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic Church]]. He is a fan of motor sports and ice hockey. In 2021 he published his biography detailing his journey from relative poverty to Minister-President. In 2021 he founded SAPC21, a Swathish anti-homeless charity that seeks to provide shelter for homeless people in urban areas by providing temporary accommodation and running training courses. In 2018, Ḷafvardiġe came out as gay and called the process difficult. He became the first openly gay Minister-President in Alsland and the first one to be elected as openly gay.
Ḷafvardiġe is unmarried and is a member of the [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic Church]]. He is a fan of motor sports and ice hockey. In 2021 he published his biography detailing his journey from relative poverty to Minister-President. In 2021 he founded SAPC21, a Swathish anti-homeless charity that seeks to provide shelter for homeless people in urban areas by providing temporary accommodation and running training courses. In 2018, Ḷafvardiġe came out as gay and called the process difficult. He became the first openly gay Minister-President in Alsland and the first one to be elected as openly gay.
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Oslaf Ḷafvardiġe
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Ḷafvardiġe in 2021
Minister-President of the Swathish Community
Assumed office
20 April 2012
Preceded byẠgel Smiþer
Member of the Swathish Parliament
Assumed office
10 March 1996
Personal details
Born (1959-10-31) 31 October 1959 (age 65)
Merrow, Westerdal, Alsland
NationalityAlslandic
Political partySocial Democrats of Swerdia
OccupationPolitician

Oslaf Ḷafvardiġe (born 13 February 1967) is an Alslandic politician who has been serving as the Minister-President of the Swathish Community since 2012, as of December 2021 he is the longest serving Minister-President of the Swathish Community. He is also the first Minister-President to not enter federal politics.

Ḷafvardiġe was born in Merrow. He became a mechanic after leaving high school at the age of 16. In 1996 he was elected to the Swathish Parliament. He chaired the Swathish Parliament's committee on housing from 2004. In 2012 he became Minister-President of the Swathish Community. His term was renewed in 2016 and 2018.

Early life

Political career

Swathish Parliament

Minister-President

First term

Second term

Third term

Political positions

Ḷafvardiġe identifies as a democratic socialist. He supports the expropriation of the property of private real-estate companies to combat rising house prices and homelessness in Swerdia. He is also a proponent of the Swathish language and had promoted it's usage especially in Burnshire and near Wottested.

Whilst Ḷafvardiġe identifies as a Swathish federalist and is against Swathish independence he says he sympathises with their views. In 2021 he was criticised for defending the Swathish government's draft document outlining it's steps if another community of Alsland secedes. Ḷafvardiġe said the document was merely a plan for a potential but unlikely future.

Personal life

Ḷafvardiġe is unmarried and is a member of the Catholic Church. He is a fan of motor sports and ice hockey. In 2021 he published his biography detailing his journey from relative poverty to Minister-President. In 2021 he founded SAPC21, a Swathish anti-homeless charity that seeks to provide shelter for homeless people in urban areas by providing temporary accommodation and running training courses. In 2018, Ḷafvardiġe came out as gay and called the process difficult. He became the first openly gay Minister-President in Alsland and the first one to be elected as openly gay.