Helmut Þurisassun
Helmut Þurisassun | |
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| 15th Thingspeaker of Azmara | |
| In office 29 September 2005 – 19 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Eleina Helmutsdohter |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Aansgaarssun |
| President of The Radicals | |
| In office 20 January 2003 – 19 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Aleks Hermanssun |
| Succeeded by | Maþeis Maþeissun |
| Secretary of State for Education and Research | |
| In office 12 September 1997 – 18 October 2002 | |
| Member of the Folksmot | |
| In office 19 September 1987 – 19 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | Aalmsted |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 March 1961 Wucing, Ostlaak, Azmara |
| Died | 19 December 2007 (aged 46) Stefansburg, Aalmsted, Azmara |
| Cause of death | Car accident |
| Political party | The Radicals |
| Domestic partner | Kaþliin Eryksdohter |
| Alma mater | University of Aalmsted (LMW) Wucing College (Ma.) |
Helmut Þurisassun (18 March 1961 — 19 December 2007) was an Azmaran Radical politician who served as the country's Thingspeaker between 2005 and his death in 2007 who also served as a Member of the Folksmot for the Province of Ostlaak from 1987 to his death.
The youngest member of the 1987 intake, Þurisassun would gain a reputation for outspokenness and oratory skills in the chamber with a focus on issues such as cost of living and education, and would ultimately serve as Education Secretary between 1997 to 2002 under the governments of Herman Jonssun and Jorś Mâþijassun. After his party left government following the 2002 election, Þurisassun would successfully bid for the party's leadership and would emerge as a staunch critic of the Workers' Party-Gold Flame coalition, ultimately bringing his party to its second-best ever result in the 2005 election.
Þurisassun would become Thingspeaker at the head of a coalition with the Centre and Green parties, which would soon find itself responsible for managing Azmara's response to the 2005 Recession in which the country would adopt a demand-side response, implementing a significant reflationary fiscal stimulus package alongside financial sector reform. Þurisassun's government is also credited with educational reform and the establishment of a nuclear-free zone in Azmara.
Considered one of Azmara's most effective modern Thingspeakers, Þurisassun's tenure was ended prematurely by his death on the 19th December 2007 in a car accident. Succeeded by his deputy and Centre Party leader Stefan Aansgaarsun, Þurisassun received a state funeral on 4th January 2008 attended by many Euclean heads of state and government.
Early life and education
Þurisassun was born at Wucing Hospital on the 18th March 1961 into an affluent Azmaran family - his father, Þurisas Helmutssun, was a professor at Wucing College specialising in Azmaran literature while his mother Maarija was a housewife. He was educated at Lorens Johanssun Ândeskul and at Nord-Wucing Gymnasium, before moving to Aalmsted in 1979 to study at the University of Aalmsted's Mikel Hankssun School of Government. Þurisassun was heavily involved in student politics, having served as the Treasurer of Aalmsted University Young Radicals and as President of Aalmsted University Debating Club.
Þurisassun would graduate with a Liisens âb Maanwisenśip in 1982 and would return to Wucing, studying for a master's in politics and economics which he would receive in 1984, after which he would work for the Ostlaak division of The Radicals as a campaign staffer.