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Simon Smeleres | |
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| President of Yedviro | |
| In office 2024 1997-2009 | |
| Yedviro Hetmoscar Branch President | |
| In office 1991-1997 2021-2024 | |
| Mayor of Hirzent-Maria | |
| In office 2015–2020 | |
| Mervoret of Drevstran | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1947 Drevstran |
| Political party | Yedviro |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2014-2021) |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Simon David Maridates Smeleres is a Drevstranese politician born the 18th of August 1947 in the village of Hirzent-Maria. He is part of the Smeleres political dynasty: his father is Mirkulash Smeleres, a respected Yedviro party official and realtor and his mother Amaryllis Philaioui, daughter of Maridates Philaioui, a Mesogeian expatriate gemstones trader who lived in Angrast. Through his father, he is a relative of the Siranko family, which trace its roots back to both Velerian and Lushyod nobility. Lawyer by trade, he got into politics early on, joining the Youth-Section of Nepserot at the age of 16, and then became a party member at 20 but left to join the newly formed Yedviro in 1976. He served as party official, branch president, mayor of Hirzent-Maria, Delegate to the Parliament, Governor, before becoming President of Yedviro and ultimately Mervoret.
His 2009 campaign was cut short by the accusations of corruption and treason while serving as Mervoret brought against him by Mïgrai Bharamut. While he was found non-guilty on treason, the bad press brought by the trial and his condemnation for corruption while in office led to his destitution by the Yedviro Party which ultimately took away his card. He returned to politics in 2015 as an Independent, running for the Mayorship of his birthplace. His successful comeback and rekindled popularity has allowed him to rejoin Yedviro, ultimately returning to the position of President with the mission of winning the 2024 General Elections.
Early Life
Simon Smeleres was born on the 18th of August 1947 at the St-Jon Bazimilion Hospital in Petrograve to [Mirkulash Smeleres]] and Smeleres, born Philaioui. The Smeleres are a cadet branch of the wider Siranko family and arrived in Hetmoscar, the northernmost region of Drevstran on the border with Arazija, when the formation of the Triple-Crown when garrison towns were created on the border due to the risk of troubles from Ludvosiya spilling over. His grandfather, David Smeleres had been Magistrate of Petrograve and supported Prince Farza of Kaposlovar and his Golden Columns during the Drevstranese Civil War before serving as Deputy of Hetmoscar in the First Republic. His father Mirkulash inherited his father' position within the upper society of Petrograve. But the Smeleres would end up drawing the ire of Vernesto Skolad. David and his children, including Mirkulash, were arrested and imprisoned. David Smeleres would die in jail in 1949. Mirkulash and the rest of the family would only be freed in 1953 after the Black Streets Days and the creation of the Second Republic. He would be one of Nepserot first adherent in the north and represent the party in his region.
His maternal grandfather, Maridates Philaioui, had moved from Mesogeia to Drevstran as a representative for his family' diamond, gemstone, and jewelries trade. He possibly chose to settle permanently in Angrast due to his Aletheic faith which has often been victim of persecutions in Mesogeia. In the end, he became a fixture of the capital' upper society. His daughter, Smeleres, would meet Mirkulash Smeleres during a reception and the two married in 1946, 10 months before their first son birth. Amaryllis was arrested alongside her husband but was allowed to return in house arrest to take care of their underaged child.
In 1965, Simon Smeleres integrated the prestigious Saint Julian University in Angrast, in its Legal Studies Cursus. At 23 years old, in 1970, he passed his bar examination and became an associated lawyer at Mount-Peregrin Legal Counseling back in Petrograve, a firm partly owned by one of Mirkulash known friend. He served as a lawyer until 1976, when events would precipitate his political career.
Political ascension
Deputation
The electoral failures of 1974 pushed Nepserot' inner divisions to the forefront, notably the critics against Sargaï Bharamut turned into outright hostility. In the end, the party split up in three, with Priatselvo and Baratsag parties going their own way before merging, alongside other fringe political forces, into a new party in 1976: Yedviro.
Simon Smeleres had followed the dissidents and joined Priatselvo and ultimately took his card at Yedviro. The relative lack of manpower allowed Simon to gain the support of the party as he ran for the Mayorship of Petrograve, where he remained a local figurehead of the Party from 1980 to 1990.