Kairi Sokk

Kairi Sokk
Sokk in 2018
Leader of Together for Alsland
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 July 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Folkssenaat
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 September 2018
Constituency	Martiland
Personal details
Born	(1977-06-12) 12 June 1977 Yndyk, Alsland
Citizenship	Alsland, Gaullica
Political party	Together for Alsland (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	Green - Alternative Choice (2016–2022) Social Democratic Party (1999-2018)
Spouse	Laurent Séjour (m. 2001)
Alma mater	University of Yndyk College of Euclea

Kairi Eva Kuusk-Sokk (born 12 June 1977), is an Alslandic politician who is the current chairwoman of the Together for Alsland political movement and a Senator from Martiland since 2018. She is Together for Alsland's candidate for Premier ahead of the 2022 Alslandic legislative election.

Sokk was born in Yndyk before and later studied at the College of Euclea in X before moving to Gaullica where she worked as an advisor to the Social Democratic Party on international relations. Sokk entered politics in 2018 when she was placed on the Green - Alternative Choice list in Martiland ahead of the 2018 Alslandic legislative election where she won a seat in the Folkssenaat. She, alongside 4 others, resigned from the Green Party to found their own party after the Greens refused to withdraw from the governing coalition during the SYFA spying scandal. She was selected to be the faction's first chairwoman and was selected to be it's candidate for Premier ahead of the 2022 election.

Early life

Kairi Sokk was born on 12 June 1977 in Yndyk to Eero Sokk and Silja Kuusk-Sokk. Her father was a diplomat whilst her mother was a geologist. Kairi was the second of the couple's 5 children and was their only daughter. The family moved frequently and Kairi spent large amounts of her childhood and teenage years in Rimso where her father was a diplomat at the Alslandic embassy. She also lived in Estmere from when she was 15 until she returned to Alsland to study at the University of Yndyk when she was 18. Sokk studied International Relations at the University of Yndyk before graduating in 1998. She moved to Gaullica in the same year whilst studying in a postgraduate course at the College of Euclea. After graduating in 1999 she worked as an advisor on International and Euclean Affairs for the Gaullican Social Democratic Party (PSD) which she was a member of. During her time in Gaullica she gained dual Alslandic and Gaullican citizenship.

Sokk left Gaullica and returned to Alsland in 2016 where she joined the Green - Alternative Choice party and was able to use her experience working with the PSD to quickly rise through the ranks of the party.

Early political career

Ahead of the 2018 Alslandic legislative election she was placed on the Green Party's list in the Martiland constituency where she won a seat for the party. Most of her votes came from a surge in support from the party amongst suburbs in Rahu. She was sworn in as a Senator shortly afterwards and became a parliamentary adviser to Aadu Kotka. She was placed on the Green Party's list in Martiland ahead of the 2019 Euclean Parliament election where she came close to winning a seat for the party which had doubled it's vote share at the election.

In 2020, she was Sjearp Groeneveld's campaign manager ahead of the 2020 Alslandic presidential election. She was credited for making Groeneveld's candidacy look appealing to large swathes of voters during the election but was criticised by some within the campaign for having much of the media attention placed on herself instead of Groeneveld. Shortly before the election she was replaced as campaign manager over her media attention. Groeneveld went on to narrowly lose the election over a controversy surrounding his Hennish citizenship. She was speculated to have been a potential candidate for the Green Party's candidacy for Premier prior to the 2022 Alslandic legislative election and featured in many of the party's early campaign materials although Groeneveld was selected instead of herself.

Leader of Together for Alsland

Sokk during a radio interview and debate with certain candidates ahead of the 2022 Alslandic legislative election

After the SYFA spying scandal brought down the Cabinet of Alsland she called for the party to immediately withdraw from the coalition which caused a split in the party between factions who supported leaving which were led by Sokk and factions who supported remaining in the coalition which were led by Groeneveld. The party did not withdraw from the coalition which prompted 4 Senators including Sokk to resign from the party and found their own faction, Together for Alsland on 25 July 2022. The Senators agreed to appoint Sokk as their chairwoman and de-facto leader, the group was joined by 2 more Senators and 1 MEP from the Green Party and the Progressive Alliance.

After an extremely positive public reaction to the new splinter faction, Sokk became the party's candidate for Premier and she quickly became one of the favourites to become Premier after the election due to her high approval rating and populist platform. The party was criticised for it's close ties to various technology companies who largely funded it's expensive campaign which helped to boost the party's platform and message. Shortly after the party's founding she was invited to various party candidates debates which was criticised by other candidates.

Personal life

Sokk married Laurent Séjour in 2001 after the pair had met in 1998 whilst Sokk was studying at the College of Euclea. Both were members of the Gaullican Social Democratic Party when the pair lived in Gaullica. They have 3 children together and live in Rahu.

Sokk is fluent in 5 languages: Kirenian, Mescon, Estmerish, Dellish and Gaullican.