Kaspar Vahl
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Kaspar Vahl  | |
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| Chancellor of Vierzland | |
| Assumed office 16 February 2012 | |
| Deputy | Paul Bachmeier |
| Preceded by | Benedikt Kantner |
| Chairman of the National Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 6 July 2010 | |
| Deputy | Adrian Wentz Tilman Kohl Paul Bachmeier |
| Preceded by | Torben Hansch |
| Deputy Chairman of the NDP | |
| In office 12 January 2007 – 6 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Oskar Rehberg |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Wentz |
| Member of the Federal Assembly from Hauvel's 1st district | |
| Assumed office 15 February 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Lehmkuhl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kaspar Franz Vahl 29 March 1958 Heglitz, Hauvel, Vierz Empire |
| Political party | Independent (1988–1992) United Republicans (1992–2000) National Democratic Party (2000–present) |
| Spouse | Kathrin Vahl (1983–present) |
| Alma mater | Konstantin Imperial University of Adtrüs |
| Awards | Black Cross First Class Imperial Cross First Class Heart of Steel |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Vierz Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial Vierz Army |
| Years of service | 1976-1983 |
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| Battles/wars | Luepolan War |
Kaspar Franz Vahl (born 29 March 1958) is a Vierz politician who has been serving as the Chancellor of Vierzland since 2012, and chairman of the National Democratic Party since 2010. He is also the current representative of Hauvel's 1st district in the Federal Assembly, a position he was elected to in 1992.
Vahl was born in Heglitz, a suburb of Adtrüs, in 1958 to a middle-class family. In 1976, he was conscripted into the Imperial Vierz Army, where he later saw combat in the Luepolan War. He was honorably discharged from the army in 1983, after which he studied law at the Konstantin Imperial University of Adtrüs. He graduated in 1989, and began practicing civil law. After the collapse of the Vierz Empire, Vahl joined the United Republicans, and was successfully elected representative for Hauvel's 1st district in the 1992 elections at the age of 34. Vahl left the United Republicans during the Higmon Affair, joining the newly-formed National Democratic Party. He became deputy chairman of the NDP in 2007, rising to become chairman in 2010. He lead his party to a victory in the 2012 elections, in which the NDP secured a majority of seats. In February 2012, Vahl was inaugurated as Chancellor.
Domestically, Vahl implemented an expansion of the national pension system, increased funding to the agricultural and industrial ministries, and lowered national interest rates to combat economic stagnation and inflation. He also lowered the national value-added tax and increased governmental revenues from the state-owned petroleum company VzÖl. Internationally, Vahl ordered the movement of Vierzland's sole carrier battle group to West Oridia and suspended the country's participation in the Community of Patyrian States' full membership accession program, drawing criticism from abroad. He has gradually reoriented Vierz foreign policy in favour of Aemperya and Bhasar, a strategy unofficially termed Ostpolitik.
Vahl was reelected Chancellor after the 2017 elections, in which the NDP lost its majority but formed a coalition government with the Christian Social Party. He has stated his intention to run for a third and final term in the 2022 elections.