Vren Dens
The Honourable Vren Dens | |
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| Education Minister of Vyvland | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Gusdaav Klerenbugt |
| In office 6 December 2003 – 2 July 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Umbrekt Kyen |
| Succeeded by | Enrig Semens |
| Prime Minister of Vyvland | |
| In office 3 November 2009 – 22 November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Minke Selengborg |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Blymont |
| Justice Minister | |
| In office 3 November 1996 – 30 April 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Vraanc Grefs |
| Succeeded by | Keera Wocen |
| Wetaan for Nencia, WS | |
| Assumed office 26 October 1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 250px 28 May 1960 (age 53) Gru, Nencia, Wesel, South Vyvland |
| Died | 250px |
| Resting place | 250px |
| Nationality | Vyvlander |
| Political party | Liberal |
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| Alma mater | Collegium Lorencis |
Vren Dens (pronounced /vɾen denz/) is a former Prime Minister of Vyvland, and the eighth person to hold the office, between 2009 and 2013. She is currently the Education Minister in Gyneld Welelmsen's National Commission, and the wetaan for the constituency of Nencia in Wesel province.
Early life
Dens was born to a family of five, of which she was the second-youngest, in the town of Gru, which lies just outside the former border town of Nencia in what was then South Vyvland. Her mother and father worked in a local wool mill. Her father managed to persuade the authorities to let his daughter enroll at a local school at age 5, despite the rule that non-party-members' children could not enter school until age 7. As such, she was one of the brightest in her classes at school, and earned the Girls' Educational Honour Medal in her tenth year, progressing to achieve some of the highest marks in her class upon school graduation.
The medal enabled girls to enter higher education at a few institutions across the South, and Dens opted to study in nearby Lorence, at what was then known as the Lorence National Institution of Education and Betterment, better known by its current, and then previous, name, the Collegium Lorencis. Here she earned a middling degree, and went back to Nencia to work as a factory supervisor. During this time, she witnessed first-hand the anti-nationalist speech by noted resistance leader Umbrekt Balajeer in Nencia's town square, the same place where the partition agreement (Nencia Accords) was signed 50 years previously. This was seen as one of the main catalysts for the overthrow of the Southern govrenment.
Career
After spending more years working in the factory, Dens decided to enter politics in 1985, winning Nencia's nomination for Liberal Party candidacy, and then winning the seat, in 1986. This made her the fourth-youngest wetaan in Parliament at the time, at age 26. Since then, she has represented Nencia unbroken, winning every election.
In the 2009 election, the Liberals gained the largest number of seats, beating a precarious Socialist-Green-Communist coalition led by Minke Selengborg. Due to their victory, by custom, the party was allowed to pick the Prime Minister. Dens was their top candidate, and she was sworn in by the then-President Sofia Beket on the 3rd of November that year. Her approval ratings as Prime Minister were middling, with many criticising her inaction upon various issues, but others at the same time admiring her measured approach.
In the 2013 general election, the Liberal vote collapsed, leading to her ousting from the office of Prime Minister and replacement by Kurt Blymont. However, the Liberals went on to form part of a coalition government, in which Dens was appointed to her former role of Education Minister. As of 2015 she continues to serve in this position.