Allard Baas
Allard Hectorzoon Baas (born 1 May, 1972) is a Midonian economist and politician, serving as the first Prime Minister of the Imperial Vistari Confederation, as well as leading the Royal Conservative Party of Vistaraland.
The Most Loyal and Just Allard Baas IPR | |
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 Baas in March 2020 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of the Imperial Vistari Conderation | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2020 | |
| Monarch | Marium I |
| Deputy Speaker | Adelbert Wilhelmzoon, Count of Adelisia |
| Preceded by | Himself (As First Minister] |
| First Minister of the Vistari Interim Government | |
| In office 2 December 2020 – 25 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Degrellezoon, Grand Duke of Aisera (As Acting Imperial Advisory Chairman) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (As Prime Minister] |
| Leader of the Royal Conservative Party | |
| Assumed office December 1st, 2020 | |
| Deputy Leader | Wolter Kerker |
| Preceded by | Prince Hendrik, Duke of Korsland (Honourary) |
| Deputy Leader of the Royal Conservative Party | |
| In office June 9th, 2015 – December 1st, 2020 | |
| Leader | Daniel Aalpol Prince Hendrik, Duke of Korsland (Honourary) |
| Preceded by | Pieter Hauvel |
| Succeeded by | Wolter Kerker |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office November 18th, 2017 – September 21st, 2020 | |
| Chairman of the IAC | Frederick Geritzoon, Grand Duke of Haliban Anton Degrellezoon, Grand Duke of Aisera (acting) |
| Preceded by | Pieter Hauvel |
| Succeeded by | Alwin Hake |
| Imperial Parliamentary Representative | |
| Assumed office December 16th, 2020 | |
| Constituency | West Middenland |
| Representative-Advisor of Commerce | |
| In office November 18th, 2006 – December 3rd, 2020 | |
| Constituency | West Middenland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Allard Hectorzoon Baas 1 May 1972 Doribos, Duchy of West Middenland, Ducal Federation of Vistaraland |
| Citizenship | Vistarian |
| Nationality |  West Middenland  Vistaraland |
| Political party | Royal Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Midonian Milbaist Party, Loyalist Reformist Group |
| Spouse | Erika Wever (m. 1998) |
| Residence | Verian District, City of Vierbak, Archduchy of Vierbak, Vistaraland |
| Alma mater | Ostfjord University, Ostfjord |
| Website | LoyaliteitEnHervorming.dfv |
After a successful career as a financial consultant, Baas ran for election as a member of the Midonian Milbaist Party, a minor political party proposing the reunification of West and Oost Middenland under Sander, Duke of West Middenalnd. This party, like Baas, took influences from Royalistic Populism, and Baas soon became a key advocate for this ideology after being elected as a Representative of Commerce. The MMP soon became absorbed into the much larger Royal Conservative Party, which gave Baas a chance to make connections with others of similar values, joining the Loyalist Reformist Group in 2008 to lobby for the electoral reform to bring the federal system closer to the more democratic local councils of Milba and his home of West Middenland. This faction grew to prominence in the Royal Conservative Party as Prince Hendrik, Duke of Korsland entered politics, who endorsed the reforms pushed by the LRG - having introduced these elected councils to Korsland in 2015.
In that year, with Prince Hendrik's endorsement, Baas became Deputy Leader of the Royal Conservative Party, becoming a notable figure in the rightist dominated Imperial Advisory Council, making allies of many Libertarian Party members who supported his democratic reforms and more lenient social policy, seeing him rise to the position of Minister of Finance in the Gerit Ministry, before being removed in the 2020 Cabinet Purge that came after Libertarian and Loyalist figures in the Cabinet, including Baas, became critical of the Degrelle Ministry that formed under a state of emergency after the assassination of Incumbent IAC Chairman Frederick Geritzoon, Grand Duke of Haliban.
Baas was summoned to Milba to serve as part of the Second Constitutional Convention of Vistaraland, and was granted the role of First Minister of the Interim Government of Vistaraland and Head of the Royal Conservative Party in December, followed by his election to become the first Prime Minister of the Imperial Vistari Confederation on the 26th of December.