Silvia Rutel
Silvia Rutel | |
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| Ⱄⰹⰾⰲⰹⰰ Ⱃⱆⱎⰵⰾ Silvia Ruțel | |
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| First Speaker of the Great Assembly of the Amathian Council Republic | |
| In office 30 December 1946 – 6 June 1956 | |
| Preceded by | none, position established |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Apostol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Silvia Riina Maria Alexandra Rüütel 13 December 1883 Liitumine, Kingdom of Kirenia |
| Died | 3 June 1956 (aged 72) East Arciluco, Amathian Council Republic |
| Nationality | Amathian |
| Political party | Amathian Section of the Workers International |
| Spouse | Marius Rutel |
Silvia Rutel (Amathian: Ⱄⰹⰾⰲⰹⰰ Ⱃⱆⱎⰵⰾ, tr. Silvia Ruțel, Kirenian: Silvia Rüütel) was an Amathian-Kirenian councilist thinker, politician, and leader, who served as the First Secretary of the Amathian Section of the Workers' International from 1935 to 1946 and as the First Speaker of the Great Assembly of the Amathian Council Republic from 1946 until her death in 1956. She was born as the daughter of Alvar Rüütel, Baron of Klavan, a Kirenian noble, and his Amathian wife, Maria Alexandra de Fleva. Her parents moved to Arciluco relatively quickly after her birth, where she spent most of her childhood alongside other scions of the Amathian aristocracy, but her family's fortunes dwindled due her father's poor business decisions and increasing issues with alcoholism. Unaccustomed to the simple life which they now had to live, Rutel made contact with the concept of councilism in her teenage years, having already developed a liking for philosophy. She became acquainted with other young figures of the leftist intelligentsia in Arciluco, and joins councilist groups, but is discovered by the Amathian royal secret police and arrested. Released because of her aristocratic heritage, she flees into exile, firstly in Gaullica and then in Kirenia, where she joins the Kirenian Section of the Workers International and is disinherited by her family. Shocked by the effects of the Great Collapse, she abandons her more intellectual affairs and becomes a party cadre, helping organize strikes. From that position, she witnessed the April Revolution and the establishment of the Kirenian Council Republic. In the subsequent years, she continued her activities as a political thinker and philosopher, with a particular focus on the issues faced by councilism in traditionally religious countries such as Amathia and Soravia.
In the early 1920's, she takes part in the -th Workers International and is elected as the representative of the other Amathian councilists in exile. She successfully lobbies for Kirenian support and makes contact with various leftist movements within Amathia, offering them her leadership and support. During the Great War, she makes the surprising choice of asking to join the councilist guerrila group sent to Amathia, and witnesses the partisan uprisings and the Amathian Civil War. Following the conclusion of the conflict, she is unanimously elected as the First Secretary of the Amathian Section, and from that position she cooperates with the other factions in the establishment of the Amathian Council Republic.