Wojdyla family

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Wojdyla
Political family
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Świętosław Wojdyla
Current regionWest Miersa
Place of originWest Miersa
FounderCyril Wojdyla (1842-1923)
Titles
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Estate(s)Wojdyla House, West Żobrodź

The Wojdyla family is a political family that has been prominent in West Miersan politics since West Miersa's independence from Soravia in 1936, having governed the country from 1936 until 1986, and then from 2011 until 2016.

While Cyryl Wojdyla was a low-level bureaucrat, his children became involved in politics, first in Soravian politics, with Świętosław Wojdyla serving as Agricultural Minister under Gabriel Tozulyak during the Great War, and then in West Miersan politics after its independence, with a Wojdyla serving as President continuously from 1936 until 1986, and with every National Assembly containing at least one member from the Wojdyla family.

History

The Wojdyla political family arose from Cyryl Wojdyla, who was a low-level bureaucrat who began working for the governmental authorities of the Miersan Governate from the 1860s onward, with Cyryl's paternal great-grandfather (and earliest known Wojdyla) being a man named Romuald who resided in the present-day voivodeship of Wyżyny, leading most genealogists to suggest the Wojdylas originated in Wyżyny. However, it is not entirely certain if they originated in Wyżyny, as some evidence, plus family traditions, state that they originated around Zieruń, in the present-day voivodeship of Górne Pogórze.

Due to Cyryl's son, Świętosław Wojdyla, being a Soravian cabinet minister during the Great War as the Agricultural Minister, when Miersa faced the Miersan General Strike in 1936, and Miersa's subsequent division under the Godfredson Plan, Świętosław Wojdyla was approached to serve as the leader of the Miersan Sotirian Republic, as he was seen as a safe candidate for Soravia to continue to exert their influence over the region.

Thus, on 3 October, 1936, Świętosław Wojdyla became the first West Miersan president: after Więcesław Pawlicki resigned from his position as Minister-President, Świętosław appointed his older brother, Cezary Wojdyla to serve as Minister-President. This led to a period where a Wojdyla held control of both the Presidency and the Minister-Presidency, with Cezary's successor as Minister-President, and Świętosław's younger brother, Maurycy Wojdyla, becoming President himself in 1946 after Świętosław reached the maximum term limit set in the country's constitution.

Maurycy appointed his twin brother, Tobiasz Wojdyla, to serve as Minister-President, but after Tobiasz's death in 1949, Maurycy appointed a non-Wojdyla, Kacper Niemczyk, to serve as Minister-President until 1951, when he appointed Świętosław's son, Iwon Wojdyla to serve as Minister-President. In 1956, Iwon Wojdyla became President, and although he attempted to reduce Wojdyla control over the country, in 1960, he was forced to appoint his younger brother, Romuald Wojdyla, as Minister-President. The following year, Romuald Wojdyla became President: while in his first term, he appointed two non-Wojdylas to serve as Minister-President, in 1966, he appointed his cousin, Tadeusz Wojdyla to serve as Minister-President.

In 1971, Tadeusz Wojdyla became President. Unlike his two immediate predecessors, he appointed a Wojdyla to serve as Minister-President, his first cousin once removed, and the son of Iwon Wojdyla, Inocenty Wojdyla. He became the first, and so far, only Minister-President to be elected for two terms, being re-elected in 1976. However, with the outbreak of the Miersan War, Inocenty Wojdyla was killed in the initial invasion, and Tadeusz was succeeded by two non-Wojdylas, before in 1985, being succeeded by a Wojdyla, Florentyn Wojdyla.

However, the Wojdyla family and their Miersan National Party lost power the following year to Naprzód: although members of the family continued to be in politics, it would only be in 2011 that Gerard Wojdyla of the Miersan National Party was able to take control of the National Assembly for the first time in 25 years. Due to tensions between Gerard Wojdyla and Tomisław Sobolewski, and the subsequent constitutional crisis, Gerard Wojdyla became President in 2013, while his cousin, Aleksandra Wojdyla became the first woman to be a Minister-President. Gerard Wojdyla lost to Sylwester Wrzesiński in 2016.

Members

This is a list of notable members of the Wojdyla political family from Cyryl Wojdyla onward.

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