Allon Whitbeck
Allon Whitbeck | |
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_(cropped2).jpg) Whitbeck in 2018 | |
| Prime Minister of Noravia | |
| Assumed office March 4, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1984 Rochelle, Noravia |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Children | 2 |
Allon Whitbeck (born August 1, 1984) is a Noravian politician who serves as the 28th Prime Minister of Noravia since 2019, having been reelected in 2023. Elected at the age of 35, the youngest ever Prime Minister, Whitbeck represented his home district in east Rochelle, and had been a successful businessman prior to entering politics. Despite being a widely popular prime minister in his first term, his political career saw a number of personal and work-related controversies and legal proceedings. In 2024, he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal, which was widely reported in national and foreign media. Following his admission, Whitbeck refused to resign despite calls from his own party to do so.
Early life and education
Business career
Political career
MP for Rochelle
Prime Minister
Domestic policy
Foreign policy
Substance abuse scandal
On May 22nd 2024, several social media posts on Owler and FriendSpot alleged that a video existed showing Whitbeck during his 2023 reelection campaign smoking crack cocaine in a private room following a speech he delivered at Hessia Eastern University. Whitbeck denied the claims, despite having admitted to "limited and unharmful" use of drugs during his 2019 campaign. However, police in Rochelle announced they had discovered a video of Whitbeck smoking from a crack pipe in his government-licensed vehicle in January of 2024 and had opened an investigation, and Whitbeck ultimately admitted to using cocaine during a press conference at the parliament offices on May 29th.
"Exactly. Yes I have smoked crack cocaine" Whitbeck stated. "But, no, do I? Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago."
"You didn't ask the correct questions," Whitbeck said to the reporters. "No I'm not an addict and no, I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can't change the past."
The revelations of heavy drug use came days after Whitbeck had been "hammered" in public, appearing heavily drunk at a restaurant with his wife in Rochelle.
As a result of the scandal, many figures in the opposition and Whitbeck's own party called for him to resign, but Whitbeck refused to do so.