Josselin Corne

Josselin Corne
Governor of Titania
In office 12 September 2018 – 4 September 2022
Preceded by	Leed Walker
Succeeded by	Henry Parmelin
Personal details
Born	(1968-01-29) 29 January 1968 Aurelia, Titania, Zamastan
Political party	Green Liberal Party
Children	2

Josselin Corne is a Zamastanian politician and broadcaster who served as the Governor of Titania, having been elected in 2018 against incumbent Leed Walker and losing his third reelection bid to Henry Parmelin in 2022. After studying for a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the University of Titania, Corne was employed at a local station of ZNN East in 1991 and later entered local politics as a member of the Green Liberal Party. He was elected mayor of Aurelia in 2000, and was later elected to represent Titania's 11th district in Congressional Hall in 2008.

On August 18th, 2022, Corne was shot and seriously wounded during a campaign stop in Torport for his reelection bid. One of Corne's security guards was killed. The would-be assassin, a man named Geard Beuled, was a self-proclaimed Mayottean nationalist.

Governor

Assassination attempt

See also: Attempted assassination of Josselin Corne

On Thursday, August 18th 2022, Corne arrived at a campaign stop in the city of Torport as he was bidding for reelection to a second term as governor against BCP candidate Henry Parmelin. As Corne was delivering a speech in front of a steel factory, a man with a handgun approached the stage and opened fire, striking the governor in the lower chest and left arm according to officials. A security officer on Corne's detail, James Kabe, was also shot and killed, pronounced dead at the scene with a wound to the head. The would-be assassin was detained by officers as Corne was rushed away and driven to Torport General Hospital, where he was induced into emergency surgery. Authorities identified the shooter as Geard Beuled, a self-proclaimed Mayottean nationalist who traveled across the border from the Mayottean town of Torrelav to the campaign stop.

Corne's injuries, while critical, were not life threatening. The shooter was less than five meters away from the governor when the gunfire rang out, and witness reports indicated that a total of four shots were fired - two hit the governor, one hit the unnamed security officer, and another missed. A spokesman for Corne stated that the governor is responsive and thanked responders for their efforts in detaining the perpetrator. "The governor wishes to convey his heartfelt condolences to the officer who lost his life today, and wishes to thank all other security detail present," the statement said.

A manifesto posted on Beuled's social media only an hour before the shooting was similar to that of other nationalist groups who have harbored anti-federal sentiments in violent ways. Beuled cites Mayottean President Thomas Bonhomme as having "given [him] this mission to redeem our identity by removing federal apologists like Josselin Corne." Beuled also states in the manifesto that he "wishes for the return of the Holy Empire," a suspected aluding to the ongoing political crisis engulfing south central Euronia with the anticipated Drambenburgian annexation of Chaesia and the political quagmire surrounding the results of the Blaorian election.

President Atticus Moreau spoke to governor Corne via a telephone call, releasing a statement saying that his "heart and prayers are with governor Corne and his family during this difficult time, and I wish him a full and speedy recovery so he can get back to campaigning and governing." Moreau also condemned the attack and others like it, saying "sympathy towards ideologies do not endorse violence and terrorism to achieve their goals. As such, I call on those who believe in the cause of Mayottean national identity to deny these extremists any ground. When a noble pursuit is tarnished with violence, it is no longer noble."