Nickolaus von Hopfer
Nickolaus von Hopfer | |
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| Prince of Dohány | |
| 3rd & 5th Prime Minister of Polonge | |
| In office 9 March 2081 – 9 March 2085 | |
| Monarch | Maria Christina |
| Preceded by | Rigmora Géza |
| Succeeded by | Kosta Coanda |
| In office 1 April 2076 – 4 March 2080 | |
| Monarch | Josephine (2076-2077) Maria Anna (2077–2080) |
| Preceded by | Julianne Münze |
| Succeeded by | Rigmora Géza |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office 9 March 2085 | |
| Monarch | Maria Christina |
| Prime Minister | Kosta Coanda |
| Preceded by | Kosta Coanda |
| Foreign Minister of Polonge | |
| In office 1 October 2072 – 13 March 2074 | |
| Monarch | Josephine |
| Preceded by | Claus Ullmer |
| Succeeded by | Marko Warburg |
| 11th Ambassador to Genes | |
| In office 13 March 2074 – 1 April 2076 | |
| Monarch | Josephine |
| Preceded by | Ägidius Rudolf Weinmann, Prince of Kuzuj |
| Succeeded by | Pia Margot Ezgerl, Duchess of Rotherburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 19, 2051 (age 39) Koblenz, Principality of Tréves, Polonge |
| Nationality | Polongain |
| Parent(s) | Franz Georg Karl, Graf von Rosenblatt-Hopfer Gräfin Beatrix von Friedeberg |
| Relatives | Theophilus von Hopfer (Uncle) |
| Education | University of Strasbourg, University of Mainz |
Nickolaus von Hopfer (born September 19, 2051) also known as the Prince of Dohány is the 3rd and 5th, as well as the current Prime Minister of Polonge. As of 2082 he is the youngest serving head of government in the world. He is also one of only two openly LGBT government leaders currently. He first entered politics at a young age using his familial connections, becoming Foreign Minister in 2072 at the age of just 21 and served as the Ambassador to Gênes, where he swiftly befriended the ruling Dynasty of Valois. He was recalled to Polonge following his uncle, General Theophilus von Hopfer was involved in an failed attempt to overthrow the then Empress, Maria Anna of Polonge. Instead of being punished, Maria Anna noticed his diplomatic skills and he became Prime Minister in 2076.
Hopfer did well as prime minister, preventing a Russen invasion of Polonge following negotiations with Paul II of Poland. Hopfer became a moderate Progressive, ushering many of the groundbreaking reforms and policies of Maria Anna. He was in large part responsible for the stripping of the power of princes in Polonge, the drafting of the new constitution and the formation of the new National Assembly. Hopfer’s popularity however started to drop in 2079 following the Seidanese War being loss. Hopfer had strongly opposed the increasingly militaristic path of Maria Anna in private but had agreed along with it in public. As support for the war dropped, Hopfer was made a scape goat for its failure by Maria Anna, who’d grown tired of his attempts to hold back her progressive vision and was replace by the more radical and militant Rigmora Géza in 2080.
Following the end of his first term as prime minister, Hopfer retreated from politics to oversee his family estate. He criticized Géza privately for her reactionary and aggressive policies, though reframed from making his concerns publicly known. Hopfer however would return unexpectedly to power following Maria Anna’s abdication in March of 2081 and was replaced by the young Maria Christina of Polonge. Maria Christina originally had no wish to put Hopfer in power, seeing him as a relic of her mother’s unpopular reign, but was convinced by her husband Matthieu I and others to make her her new prime minister. Hopfer’s second term has been a more successful, negotiating several advantageous treaties with Polonge’s neighbors and becoming seen as the balancing force between the Progressives and the Traditionalists.