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Natascha Løffebrück

The Honourable Natascha Løffebrück AdF
Løffebrück in 2015
First Minister of Wulffmark
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2015
President	Jens Jaarlainen
Deputy	Oskar Bjørgen
Preceded by	Tomas Ekhanen
County Mayor of Skügolund
In office 27 November 2009 – 30 September 2015
Preceded by	Anders Johanssen
Succeeded by	Lars Ulsrud
Member of the Assembly of Wulffmark
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2015
Constituency	Skügolund
Member of Skügolund County Council
In office 15 October 2001 – 30 September 2015
Constituency	Ludkøping
Personal details
Born	Natascha Magdalena Løffebrück (1965-01-30) 30 January 1965 Brunemouth, Wulffmark
Nationality	Wulffren
Political party	Union
Alma mater	Brunemouth University
Profession	Economist, Civil Servant Politician

Natascha Magdalena Løffebrück (born 30 January 1965) is a Wulffren Union Party politician serving as First Minister of Wulffmark since 2015.

An economist and civil servant by training, Løffebrück holds a BA in Economics from Brunemouth University and has worked for several institutions including Wulffmarks Sturbank, LødeBank and the Department for Agriculture and Environment. A member of the Union Party since 1993, she was elected to Skügolund County Council in 2001, after an unsuccessful attempt in 1997. She held several positions within the County Union Party, eventually becoming its top candidate for the 2009 local elections. Løffebrück was elected County Mayor after the Blue Group won a narrow majority in the Council, where she first rose to national prominence. She was re-elected in 2013 local elections after the Blue Group increased its majority.

In January 2015 she successfully sought the top candidacy of the Union Party for the 2015 general election, unexpectedly defeating the favourite Carl Dahle Svenssen on transfer votes. After a campaign emphasising social liberalism, fiscal discipline and market environmentalism, she was elected First Minister after the 2015 general election. Her government consists of a coalition with the Centre Party recieving support and neutrality from the Blue Group.

Her premiership has included the introduction of a progressive corporation tax, market-oriented environmental schemes, changes to the immigration system, labour law reform, a re-structuring of QUANGOs, and closer relations with the Nordanian League.

Commonly described by observers as being on the left of the Union Party, Løffebrück describes herself as holding pragmatic one-nation Conservative sand a moderate pro-market views, saying that the state should be "a parent, not a nanny". She believes that Wulffmark should align with the Nordanian League rather than the Esquarian Community, arguing it is a "more natural" grouping for the country.

Løffebrück is unmarried and has no children, but lives with an unnamed partner in Ludkøping when not in Brunemouth.She enjoys painting, swimming, hiking and cycling, and has taken up boxing and martial arts since becoming First Minister in response to the stresses of office.

Premiership

On the 30 September 2015, a day before first sitting new Assembly, Tomas Ekhanen resigned as First Minister. Two days later, on the reccomendation of Speaker Karsten Gøranssen, President Jens Jaalainen nominated Løffebrück to be the next First Minister. She announced that "many options were open" and hoped to appoint a cabinet by December. The exact arrangement of the new government attracted much speculation in the weeks ahead. After just over month of multi-party talks, it was announced on the 3 November that Løffebrück woudl lead a minority coalition with the Centre Party. On the morning of the 5 November, Løffebrück won the required confidence vote, and took office that afternoon.

Political views

Commonly described by observers as being on the left of the Union Party, Løffebrück describes herself as holding pragmatic one-nation Conservative sand a moderate pro-market views, saying that the state should be "a parent, not a nanny". She believes that Wulffmark should align with the Nordanian League rather than the Esquarian Community, arguing it is a "more natural" grouping for the country.

Løffebrück has hawkish views on national security and defence issues, having promised in the 2015 election to reverse the Labour Party's police force cuts and strenghten border security. She has also pressed to remove Wulffren citizenship from citizens commiting terrorism, something which has drawn large controversy.

On foreign policy, Løffebrück has committed to a "careful" foreign policy, based on avoiding direct foreign intervention but not ruling it out.

Personal life

Løffebrück is unmarried and has no children, but lives with an unnamed partner in Ludkøping when not in Brunemouth.

She enjoys painting, swimming, hiking and cycling, and has taken up boxing and martial arts since becoming First Minister to cope with the stresses of office.

Wulffren brøsen

Wulffren brøsen

File:50brbanknote.png Obverse of a 2014 series 50Br note
Unit
Plural	brøsor
Symbol	Br‎
Nickname	brøky
Denominations
Subunit
​1⁄100	øre
Symbol
øre	ø
Banknotes	50Br, 100Br, 200Br
Rarely used	500Br
Coins	50ø, 1Br, 2Br, 5Br, 10Br, 20Br
Demographics
Date of introduction	1922
User(s)	Template:Country data Wulffmark
Issuance
Central bank	Wulffmarks Sturbank
Website	sturbank.wk
Valuation
Inflation	1.89% (2018)
Pegged with	Aininian louré (ANL) Ł1 = 7.23Br

The brøsen (symbol Br, plural brøsor) is the national currency of Wulffmark. Introduced in 1922 to replace the former Wulffren krone, it is formally divided into 100 øre, although only 50ø coins are currently issued. It has been pegged to the Aininian louré at a central rate of 7.23Br since 1988.

Name

Originating from the word brøns (bronze), the name was historically colloquial for the lowest denominated bronze specie of the medieval Wulffren krone and its subunits. Although higher denominations were made from silver, gold and rarely platinum, only the bronze coins were typically seen by commoners making it the most publicly-recognised coin. Use of bronze spiece had ended by the late 17th century when the coins had been heavily debased with copper and other metals, although the phrase remained in common use for low denomination coins, which had retained the brown colouring. In the 18th century, the name was revived for small value deposit certificates.

The official name øre is derived from aurum, the latin for gold, although only early øre coins were minted from that.

Economics

Due to the impossible trinity, the Sturbank's targeting of exchange rates prevents it from targeting interest rates. Although capital controls have historically been imposed (as recently as XXXX), the Sturbank has never adopted interest rate targeting. Economists have noted that because of this Wulffren interbank rates have never deviated more than 179bp from Ainian benchmark rates.

Current issue

Coins

	Value	Front	Back
	50ø	Value	Coat of Arms of Wulffmark
	1Br	One chestnut leaf
	2Br	Five chestnut leaves
	5Br	Chestnut tree
	10Br	Reindeer calf
	20Br	Reindeer

Notes

	Value	Front	Back	Circulation
	50Br	Puffins near Brunsshavn	Coat of Arms of Wulffmark, Horgaby Castle	Wide
	100Br	Bear in the Flenswald	Coat of Arms of Wulffmark, Carl Hegen Bridge	Wide
	200Br	Toad in the Skønsmarsk	Coat of Arms of Wulffmark, Abüenraa City Hall	Wide
	500Br	Salmon in the Häfeflod	Coat of Arms of Wulffmark, Royal Castle	Limited

Republic of Wulffmark
Flag of Wulffmark Flag of Wulffmark Coat of arms
Capital and	Brunemouth
Official languages	Wulffren
Recognised regional languages	Frisian
Religion	Church of Wulffmark
Demonym(s)	Wulffren
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Jens Jaalainen
• First Minister	Natascha Løffebrück
Legislature	Assembly of Wulffmark
Population
• 2019 estimate	5,572,098
• 2012 census	5,410,037
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$258bn
• Per capita	$47,689
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$243bn
• Per capita	$44,916
Gini (2018)	29.9 low
Currency	Wulffren brøsen (Br) (WKB)
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.wk