Clas Markussen

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The Right Honourable
Clas Markuson
MP
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Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
20 May 2019
PresidentMichel Fallow
Preceded byNiamh Cooper
Leader of the Green Party
Assumed office
20 May 2019
DeputyTBA
Preceded byNiamh Cooper
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
10 October 2018 – 20 May 2019
LeaderNiamh Cooper
Preceded byBernard Valls
Succeeded byErica Öberg
Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities
In office
10 May 2018 – 18 August 2018
PresidentKen Turin
Niamh Cooper(Acting)
Preceded byLilly Carson (Devolution and Constitutional Reform)
Succeeded byLucan Saint-Meyer
Deputy Leader of the Green Party
In office
1 December 2016 – 20 May 2019
LeaderNiamh Cooper
Preceded byNiamh Cooper
Albert H. Montpelier
Succeeded byTBA
Member of Parliament for
Perdrix et Saint-Marine
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byLiliana Surdu
Majority14,591 (23.4%)
Director of Communications for the Leader of Opposition
In office
15 September 2005 – 10 May 2010
LeaderJean Oak
Preceded byMichel Vilod
Succeeded bySeumas Milne
Personal details
Born (1973-04-03) 3 April 1973 (age 50)
Perdrix, Osea, Ordennya
Political partyLPV (2010 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (Before 2010)
Domestic partnerAisling Lavigne
Alma materOsea State University

Clas Markuson (born April 4 1973) is an Ordennyan politician and journalist. He is currently serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, and Member of Parliament for Perdrix et Saint Marine. A former Cabinet Minister, he held positions in the 2015-2018 Coalition of Socialists & Democrats/Green Party coalition cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and later as Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities. An Independent before 2010, he served as Director of Communications to former Labour Party leader Jean Oak, while he was Leader of the Opposition. He resigned from this position shortly after the 2010 election, joining the Green Party, becoming the Director of Strategy for the overall Green Party, and is credited as the architect of their 2015 election campaign, where the Greens tripled their seat count and vote share. Markuson himself was elected as an MP in the 2015 election, and was appointed to the cabinet alongside a number of his Green Party colleagues. He stood for election to the Deputy Leadership of the Green Party, after Niamh Cooper and Albert H. Montpelier both resigned to contest the Party leadership. As Markuson was the only candidate in the election, he won 173,991 to 4,822 votes to re-open nominations. As Deputy Leader, he continued his role as Director of Strategy for the Green Party during the 2018 snap election campaign, and, alongside the manifesto and campaign led by Niamh Cooper, is credited with the Greens reaching first place in an election for the first time in its history. In 2019, he was elected Leader of the Green Party, and took office as Leader of the Opposition.