Julian Wieselbraun

Julian Wieselbraun
President of the Federal Republic of Axmanie
In office 1 July 2015 – 1 July 2019
Vice President	Konrad Schuester
Preceded by	Gennaro De Sanctis
Ministerpräsident of Martzglaas
In office 12 August 2003 – 12 August 2013
Preceded by	Wolfgang Hartz
Succeeded by	Michael Kertschmeyer
Senator of Martzglaas
In office 1989–2001
Preceded by	Olaf Daisler
Succeeded by	Ernst Klebert
Regional Leader of the KP in Martzglaas
In office January 1984 – March 2013
Bezirksvertreter to the Landtag of Matzglaas
In office 1981–1985
Personal details
Born	Julian Wilhelm Armnius Wieselbraun 7/3/1950 (age 69) Uetersen‎,Martzglass
Political party	Konservative Partei
Spouse	Akademie der Politikwissenschaften von Kiergelensburg
Children	5
Residence	Kiergelensburg
Alma mater	Akademie der Politikwissenschaften von Kiergelensburg
Profession	Politician

Julian Wilhelm Wieselbraun, born 7 July 1950 is a Axmaniean politician serving as President of the Federal Republic of Axmanie since 2015.

Wieselbraun was born and raised in Martzglaas, after finishing his classical studies he went to the Otto Lindmann Militärschule (Otto Lindmann Military School), then afterwards he went to the Akademie der Politikwissenschaften von Kiergelensburg. He met his wife Brunhilde De Jong during his last year at the "APK" and married her in 1977. After his studies he went back to Martzglaas and became involved in politics. In 1978 he joined the KP and became one of the most preeminent members of the party in the Lander.

In 1984 he was nominated regional head of the party, later that year he was elected to the the landtag of Martzglaas. In 1989 he was elected to the Bundesrat. After the end of his two terms in 2001 he decided to return to regional politics and in 2003 he was elected Ministerpräsident of Martzglaas.

In 2012 following terrible results of the KP in the federal parliamentary elections he decided to comeback in national politics. In 2013 after the end of his term as Ministerpräsident of Martzglaas he submitted his candidacy for the the KP primaries. Following an hard fought campaign he was nominated as the KP candidate for the presidential elections.

He won the presidential elections on 1 June 2015 in a landslide with 66,1% of the vote in the second round. At 65 years old, he became one of the oldest president of Axmaniean history. He and his binomial Konrad Schuester were inducted respectively president and vice-president on 1 July 2015. On the June 2016 parliamentary elections, the KP won a majority in the Bundestag, the first time in 12 years.

Early years

Julian Wilhelm Arminius Wieselbraun was born on 7 March 1950 at the Heilige Maria hospital in Uetersen‎,Martzglass. He is the son of Ernst Heydrich Wieselbraun the famous commander of the 10th Panzerdivision during the second Axmano-Visargian war and of Greta Kurz an housewife. During most of his youth, he was raised by his mother mainly because of the different assignment of his father at the Visargian border. He was sent to the Pension Albert Raeder considered to be one of the most elitist private school in Axmanie. Afterwards he went to the Graf von Herspel military school, thus avoiding the draft. Five years later, he left with the title of "Junger Marschall der Akademie" due to his exceptional commanding capabilities. Although he seemed destined to a military career thanks to his father's famous name, he decided instead to engage in politics. He joined the Akademie der Politikwissenschaften von Kiergelensburg, were he met his future wife Brunhilde, in 1974. But, he left 3 years later after having punched a teacher in the face.

Early political career

Rising figure of the KP

After leaving the "APK", he went back to his home lander, Martzglaas and joined the KP, the conservative party of Axmanie. He became politically active in 1978 by participating in his first fundraising for the party. The next year he became Bezirksführer of the party for the district of Haßau. Later that year, he made his first speech at the regional congress of the KP, were he made a strong impression on the public.

Bezirksvertreter of Martzglaas

During the 1981 lander parliamentary elections, he was elected to the landtag for the district of Haßau with 54% of the votes. During his term, he was a vocal critic of then Ministerpräsident Richard Hoess. Once elected, Wieselbraun drafted a law that would privatize the lander highway company. He sponsored bill that would reduce income tax on low-earners, increased cuts on welfare allowances and reduced childcare subsidies. In 1983 he opposed a bill that would mandate the landeskriminalamt (state criminal office) to videotape homicide interrogations. During his term he gained the nickname of "Eisen Wieselbraun" (Iron wieselbraun) for his rough and direct style of politics. In 1987 he won a second term with this time more than 60% of the casted votes. He led the push to impeach Ministerpräsident Horst Träger following the evil goods scandal. The same year, he drafted the controversial "Alle tragen" (All carry) law which allowed any legal gun owner to carry a weapon in the enclosure of a school. In 1989, following his election to the the Bundestag, he resigned as Bezirksvertreter of Martzglaas.

1989 Bundestag Elections

In May 1987, Wieselbraun commissioned a poll to assess his prospects in a 1989 Bundestag race. He created a campaign committee, began raising funds, and lined up political media consultant Ulf Rainer by August 1987. Wieselbraun formally announced his candidacy in January 1988. Wieselbraun was an early opponent of the Michael Von Rumfeld administration's 1988 official peace negociations with Visargia. On October 2, 1987, the day President Von Rumfeld and the Volksvertretung agreed on the joint resolution officially launching the peace negotiations, Wieaselbraun addressed the first high-profile Kalstadt anti-agreement rally, and spoke out against the settlements. He addressed another anti-agreement rally in March 1988 and told the crowd that "The upcoming settlement was an insult to the brave Axmaniean soldiers that died during the conflict".

Decisions by Konservative Partei incumbent Peter kalls and his Sozialdemokratische Partei predecessor Karoline Braun to not participate in the election resulted in wide-open SDP and KP primary contests involving 11 candidates. In the March 1989 primary election, Wieselbraun won in an unexpected landslide—which overnight made him a rising star within the Konservative Partei and started speculations about a presidential future, and led to the reissue of his memoir, Träume meines Vaters (Dreams of my father). In July 1989, Wieselbraun delivered the keynote address at the 1989 KP National Convention, seen by 7.5 million viewers. His speech was well received and elevated his status within the Konservative Partei.

Wieselbraun's expected opponent in the general election, Social Democrat primary winner Pietro Kertsch, withdrew from the race in June 1989. Six weeks later, Albert Kranz accepted the Social Democrat nomination to replace Kertsch. In the November 1989 general election, Wieselbraun won with 70% of the vote.