Houbêrt Louxhî

Houbêrt Louxhî Premier
Official portrait of Louxhî, 2021
Premier of Auzance
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July, 2018
Prime Minister	Thereze Astruc Catrene Burnot
Preceded by	Vinçant Wiyåme
Prime Minister of Auzance
In office 22 April, 2013 – 12 July, 2016
Premier	Vinçant Wiyåme
Preceded by	Tchåle Raxhon
Succeeded by	Edouard Marcour
Personal details
Born	Houbêrt Luk Louxhî (1969-04-15) April 15, 1969 Ercalvey, Auzance
Citizenship	Autuzian
Political party	All-Councilist Union (1988-)
Spouse	Madjene Kertinmont (m. 1994)

Houbêrt Louxhî (born 15 April, 1969) is an Autuzian politician and economist who has served as Premier of Auzance since 16 July, 2018. Louxhî also served as Prime Minister of Auzance from 2013 to 2016. Identifying as a progressive councilist, he has been associated with economically reformist and socially progressive views during his premierships.

Louxhî was born in Ercalvey in 1969, to a relatively well-off suburban parents. He studied Economics at the Republican University of Cestiène, graduating with a first in 1990. During his final year in university, Louxhî joined the All-Councilist Union and began to actively participate; his dissertation was on the legacy of the Labour government's economic reforms of the 1970s.

The political liberalisation of the 1970s and 1980s saw a new generation of progressive modernising politicians enter the fray for the first time in Autuzian independent history; Louxhî was one of this "New Generation" of politicians, entering the political scene as a Minister for the Tchambe in 1992, coinciding with the first defeat of the All-Councilist Union following the move to a multi-party state. Louxhî was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet of serving as a Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs for twelve months until the election of 1996. Louxhî reprised a Cabinet role, this time as Minister for Education, in 2004.

Louxhî's term as Prime Minister was marked by a shift in All-Councilist policy towards the progressive wing of Autuzian politics, rather than Euclean politics, embracing measures such as the universal basic income and safe-use centres for drug misuse. He resigned as parliamentary leader after losses in the 2016 general election.

Louxhî was elected Premier in July 2018, defeating the incumbent Premier Vinçant Wiyåme in a primary, in a shock defeat to the establishment centre of the All-Councilist Union. His premiership has been marked by a shift towards improving relations with the Euclean Community, a move away from the obstructionism of the Wiyåme chancellery, and a relatively bipartisan approach to his relationship with the governing party and his own party in the legislature in order to foster compromise. Supporters praise his ability to forge legislative and diplomatic agreements, while critics find his electoral history mixed and movements of the All-Councilists' agenda compromising towards the social democratic movement in Auzance. Bolstered partially the All-Councilist Union's reconsolidation of the legislature during Louxhî's premiership, Louxhî has been relatively popular as Premier.

Early life

Houbêrt Luk Louxhî was born on 15 April, 1969, to a well-off urban family - his mother worked as a psychologist, while his father was a party official in the National party. Louxhî performed well in his rounds of exams; his Firsts were all but one the highest marks possible, and in his Seconds, he attained three 1s and one 2 (whereby 1 is the highest mark, down to 9 as the lowest, and 0 as ungradeable). Louxhî then left home to go to the Republican University of Cestiène to study economics. Louxhî became involved in the All-Councilist Union branch in the University, and graduated in 1980, having studied the effects of the ongoing All-Councilist ministries in the 1970s as his dissertation.