Ravel Backström
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The Honorable Ravel Backström | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ravel Backström, 2011 | |
| The Premier of Blostland | |
| In office 2021–2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ravel Backström 29 October 1986 Nyköping, Blostland |
| Citizenship | Blostlandic |
| Nationality | Blostlander |
| Political party | The Poppy Party |
| Spouse | Emil Backström |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of RR |
Ravel Backström (born 29 October 1986) is a Blostlandic politician and current Primer of Blostland since 2021. She has also been the current leader of the Poppy Party since December 2019. And has been a member of the Riksdag since March 2010, representing her home province of Torskplats. She has served previously as Minister for Ocean and Fishing Welfare from 2012 to 2015, and as Vice Premier of Blostland from 2016 to 2019.
Backström would be elected leader of the Poppy Party in 2019 after the aging Theo Hagerström had stepped down after serving the party for 60 years. Under Backström the party would take a more
Early Life
Born October 29th 1992 in Nyöping the capital of Torskplats province, Backström comes from a lowborn family with her lineage going back generations in the region, as young as 8 Backström would skip much of her traditional education to work with her father and mother in fishing. It is recorded by those around her at the time that she did not live by conventional standards for women, some even considered her a Salmon Girl, Backström would later go on to explain in a 2020 interview that pressure from others forced her to adopt more feminine features later in her life. At 18 Backström would join Vallmo, the start of her interest in politics and her future political career.
Backström would admit in the same 2020 interview that she was mute for much of her early life, though she overcame her muteness as she got older she spoke vividly on her struggle with connecting to others and stated that she only improved by speaking to deaf children through sign language, something Backström described as “Entirely liberating to an isolated child”.
Time In The National Fishers Union
While enrolled at Raudrena University in 2005 Backström would work as a representative and consultant for the Blostlandic National Fishers Union, her experience in the industry and study in environmental science would serve her well and she’d gain a reputation as a reliable advocate for the environment and labor. Backström was vital in two landmark cases to pass regulations on the overfishing of endangered species of fish and reptiles, “NFU vs Blostland” and the “Province of Torskplats vs Blostland”, this environmentalism would continue into her Ministership and Premiership
Member of Parliament
In 2008 Backström graduated from Raudrena University with a bachelors in History and Environmental Science, she would take her credibility from the fishers union into local politics. In 2009 Backstrom would run as a candidate for the Riksdag in Torskplats province, easily winning and becoming a popular local leader in the region.
Minister for Ocean and Fishing Welfare
Backström would serve as a representative for Torskplats for four years before in 2012 becoming the Minister for Ocean and Fishing Welfare under the Hammarström regime, Backström would be launched into celebrity status as her work in the Ministry would stun opponents in both theNational Liberals and Greens this popularity would win her a closer relationship with the next Premier Hagerström who would appreciate her aggressive approach to leadership.