Radoslava Yulia
Radoslava Yulia Юлия | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Yulia in 2016 | |
| 4th President of Txotai | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Vice President | Li Tao |
| Preceded by | Vei Sang |
| Director of the Namorese Economic and Cultural Exchange Bureau in Kenyen | |
| In office 25 June 2012 – 20 April 2015 | |
| Procurator-General of Txotai | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 January 2012 | |
| President | Vang Jun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1977 (age 47) Irbet, Txotai |
| Nationality | Namorese |
| Political party | Independent (2006 - present) Democratic Socialist (1995 - 2006) |
| Spouse | Vang Kekin |
| Children | Aleksandra Vang |
| Alma mater | West Namor University |
Radoslava Yulia (Namorese: Юлия tr. Yuliya; Ventzi: 呂丽吖, born October 17, 1977) is the 4th President of the Autonomous Republic of Txotai. A former prosecutor and diplomat, Yulia served as Procurator-General of Txotai during the second term of President Vang Jun and Director of the Namorese Economic and Cultural Exchange Bureau (NECEB) in Kenyen, Nantai from 2012 to 2014. She is the youngest and first ethnic Otekian person to assume the presidency.
Biography
Early life
Yulia was born in Irbet, NFA-administered Txotai, on October 17, 1977. She comes from a family of pro-Namorese loyalists; her grandfather, Mark Yulia, was the mayor of Irbet under the Otekian Self-Administration and fought against Second Republic of Oteki forces in the Txotai War, while her father, Damir, was an official in the postwar military government. Her mother, Zhanna Katyusha, was an elementary school teacher in Irbet.
Because of her familial background, Yulia was not enrolled in the local educational system; instead, she attended a special school for the children of newly-arrived migrants from Namor Proper, where every class was taught in Namorese. Therefore, during her childhood years, Yulia was reported to have spoken better Namorese than Luziycan, which she spoke only at home.
Emerging from secondary school at the top of her class, Yulia left Txotai for Mojing, where she attended West Namor University and joined the Democratic Socialist Party. She graduated in 1999 and returned to Txotai; two years later, she ran as the Liberationist candidate for the Irbet Prefectural Council election in Solomon County and defeated both the Liberationist and Democratic Txotai candidates, becoming the youngest legislator in Txotai.
Yulia served on the Irbet Prefectural Council until 2004, when she resigned to take care of her daughter, Aleksandra, whom she had given birth to that same year.
Procurator-General of Txotai (2007-12)
In 2006, 29-year-old Yulia was appointed Procurator-General of Txotai by President Vang Jun and took office the following year. Vang had promised to build an ethnically diverse government during his reelection campaign; however, the appointment was highly controversial due to Yulia's age and ties to the Vang family — Vang's opponents thought Yulia was too young and inexperienced to be Procurator-General; furthermore, Yulia marriage with Vang Kekin, Vang's son, in 2003 prompted accusations of nepotism, as Yulia was Vang Jun's daughter-in-law.
As Procurator-General, Yulia listed combatting corruption and human rights abuses as her main priorities, in a departure from her predecessors who prioritized tackling separatism and terrorism. During the 2007 Otekian unrest, Yulia tried to convict Jung Vei, the Kannei policeman whose shooting of Feliks Oleg sparked violence in Txotai, with murder, but was unsuccessful. At the same time, her office convicted hundreds of protesters for violating the Regional Security Law's restrictions on public assembly. In an assessment of her response to the unrest, Yulia said she tried her best to deliver "equal justice."
In 2010, she prosecuted Cha Yiven, the mayor of Kintei, for taking millions of ramon in bribes. Cha was sentenced to 10 years in prison, becoming the highest officeholder in Txotai to be convicted since the end of martial law.
Shortly after Vei Sang's election to the presidency, Yulia was replaced by Zen Mon, a Vei appointee, ending her five-year tenure as Procurator-General.
Director of NECEB Kenyen (2012-15)
In June 2012, Yulia was appointed Director of the Namorese Economic and Cultural Exchange Bureau (NECEB) in Kenyen by President-General Fu Wen. As the Namorese government's chief representative in Luziycan-administered Nantai, Yulia met regularly with Luziycan and local Nantainese officials.
In Kenyen, Yulia promoted trade between mainland Namor and Nantai and encouraged Nantainese people to "look eastward" by visiting mainland Namor more often. Comparing Nantai to her native Txotai, Yulia said mainland Namorese, Nantainese, and Luziycans should work together to turn Nantai from a "third rail of politics to a new rail of peace in Borea."
In an interview with the National Enquirer, Yulia spoke out against denying Nantainese people a role in resolving the Nantai Question, but criticized Luziycan "ignorance" of how the dispute began in the first place.
It would be unjust to ignore the role of Nantai's Namorese in a question that certainly impacts them, just as it would be unjust to force 500 million Namorese to legitimize a flagrant act of aggression by an imperialist power and the suffering that came with it. The Luziycan caricature of us as irrational irredentists not only denies our well-grounded attachment to our territory but the justice we have long demanded as well.
Yulia praised the Namo-Luziycan agreement on October 7, 2014 to designate Nantai as "Namorese territory under Luziycan administration" as "the most accurate representation of Nantai's status in our time," claiming the designation strengthens the legal basis for Nantai's eventual reunification with the mainland. Controversially, she encouraged all candidates in the Namorese presidential election to support the agreement despite concerns that it constituted a de facto acceptance of Luziycan rule. The Popular Front accused Yulia of taking sides in the election, to which Yulia responded that she had no intention of favoring one candidate or party over another.
Return to Txotai politics (2015-16)
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In 2015, Yulia returned to Txotai, where she established Txotai Tomorrow, a think tank dedicated to issues related to Txotai and the future of interethnic relations. Though she decided to remain nonpartisan, saying "none of the parties has a completely correct outlook for the region's future," she appeared in events hosted by the Liberationists, Democratic Socialists, and Democratic Txotai parties, a move that was widely seen as an attempt to garner support for a presidential run in 2016.
Yulia became critical of President Vei Sang after the latter entered talks with the Otekian National Coalition (ONC), an Otekian exile group that had renounced support for Otekian independence. Though she supported talks with exiles, she called Vei's opposition to talks with separatist organizations "disappointing," saying "the whole point of talking with exiles is to encourage them to work within the frameworks of Namorese and Txotai law; otherwise, what is there to talk about?" Later, Yulia clarified that she did not favor entering talks with violent separatists.
According to an October 2015 Txotai Sibo poll, Yulia was ranked one of the most popular challengers to Vei Sang in the 2016 presidential election alongside Song Chaoge, mayor of Kusef, Li Guktzang, governor of Miassa Prefecture, and Mitya Pavel, governor of Kovdor.
Presidential campaign
Yulia officially announced her bid for the presidency in August 2016. Txotai Tomorrow, the name of her think tank, became the slogan of her campaign. In her manifesto, Yulia promised to "put Txotai first," criticizing what she saw as a tendency by local politicians to regard Txotai as a "peripheral territory." She also pledged to promote economic growth, turn Txotai into the most environmentally-friendly region in Namor, crack down on corruption, and bring about interethnic reconciliation. Observers described Yulia's campaign as "centrist," noting her appeal to both pro-establishment and localist figures and calls for moderate change.
Despite her support for talks with non-violent Otekian separatists, Yulia did not take a clear position on separatism during her campaign, besides asserting that Txotai's status as an autonomous republic of Namor is an "indisputable fact." She did, however, hint at ending the regional state of emergency announced in 1992 if "separatism is no longer an issue."
Yulia won the endorsement of Democratic Txotai and the Democratic Socialists. Since polls predicted that both parties combined would control more than half of all seats in the Regional Council, Yulia was projected to win the election. Indeed, Yulia received a majority of electoral votes in the newly-elected Regional Council, becoming the first challenger in Txotai to defeat an incumbent in a presidential election.