Edwyrd Jaal
Edwyrd Jaal | |
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| Chancellor of the United Kingdom of Ottonia | |
| In office 2010–2022 | |
| Monarch | Rodrik I |
| Deputy | Junius Durkhaem |
| Succeeded by | Joerg Kleiner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwyrd Honorius Rikard Jaal 25 November 1963 Yaelburg |
| Nationality | South Ottonian |
| Political party | Ottonian Restoration Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
His Excellency the Honorable Lord Edwyrd Jaal (born Edwyrd Honorius Jaal on November 25th, 1963) is a South Ottonian politician and the former Chancellor of South Ottonia, having held office from August 12th, 2010 until his resignation in August 2022 following the March Crisis. Jaal has been the leader of the Ottonian Restoration Party, de jure since 2006 and de facto since 2001, and is believed to also have ties to the Golden Lances.
Jaal is a member of the aristocratic Jaal family, a family that has been influential in Ottonian politics dating back to the Ottonian Wars of Unification. He is also, through his mother, Koryn of Onneria, a member of a junior branch of the princely House of Heligsburg.
Unfortunately for his legacy, Jaal is also closely associated with a pattern of austerity measures enacted by the South Ottonian Senate over the past two decades, as well as with the heavy-handed response to a series of strikes and protests that spiraled into a general revolt, known as the March Crisis, that required brutal repression to suppress. Jaal, under threat of removal and expulsion from his position, resigned as Chancellor in August of 2022, although he has been permitted to retain his seat in the Royal Senate of Ottonia.