Jeanne Pierre
Jeanne Thea Pierre | |
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| 6th Federal Prime Minister of Lapérouse | |
| Les élus du peuple | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Appointed by | His Majesty Olav I; Advised by the Election Committee |
| Monarch | His Majesty Olav I |
| Preceded by | Judith Ardouin |
| Parliamentary group | Springtime |
| Minister of Children, Elderly and Families | |
| In office 2014 - 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Judith Ardouin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1992 Keratila, Dragefjord |
| Political party | Frakanic: Parti Royal Des Travailleurs (2016 - 2024)
Frakanic: Sauvageon Renouvelé (2024 - ) |
| Spouse | Aurélia Pierre |
| Children | Charlotte |
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| Awards | Army Overseas Service Ribbon |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Self Defense Force |
| Years of service | 6 |
| Rank | Corporal |
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Jeanne Thea Pierre (born December 18, 1992) is an Côtois politician who is the 6th and current prime minister of the Federation of the Southern Coast since 2018 and leader of the Springtime faction of the Royal Workers' Party. She served under Federal Prime Minister of Lapérouse Judith Ardouin as Minister of Children, Elderly and Families from 2014 to 2018 to some controversy. She has been a member of the People's Federal Royal Parliament since 2012. She is the first ethnically Akuan FPM, though Pierre defines herself as a cultural/secular Akuanist rather than religious one. Making her the second FPM, that was generally considered to be considered to be non-atheist and the first FPM to be considered special needs due to Duval Syndrome. Duval Syndrome being a hereditary medical condition that causes one to maintain a angry expression and tone of voice.
Jeanne was born in Keratila, Dragefjord and was later adopted by family in Heransby, Dragefjord. She served in the Socialist Self Defense Forces while attending University in Dragefjord, servicing a six year contract from 2010 to 2016. Which included the time she spent as minister for Children, Elderly and Families, where she left in the middle of a cabinet meeting to join her brigade during a civil unrest event in Dragefjord in 2013. It being one of her first public events of notoriety, with members of the media, both online and traditional citing her as a 'true' person of action to where the technocrats in office fail to be. She once again was caught in public eye, after she was spotted bring out a cooler full of water bottles to the royal guards during a visit from Olav I to the parliament in the heat wave of 2014. Jeanne defeated incumbent prime minister Judith Ardouin in the 2018 Redress Election. Pierre being the youngest prime minister to be sworn in, and the first secular Akuanist.
Pierre's first year, focused heavily on economy reform, massively cutting several government agencies, adding further restrictions to welfare services and Federation introduction into the Ymirland Civil War. Pierre reformed special needs services in education and welfare, while cutting budgets for services dedicated towards addiction counseling. In addition to reforms to welfare, she massively reduced government spending through loosening and/or removing regulations on a plethora of industries. She focused on expanding the Côtoise economy, including being the driving force for Together Lapérouse! and increasing agricultural related industry subsidies.
Pierre's passion project and cornerstone of her foreign policy, the Red Crown Economic Union and the Together Lapérouse!
Early Life
Jeanne Thea Pierre born December 18, 1992, at Laerdal's Hospital in Keratila, Dragefjord to a teenage couple. She was raised by her biological parents for the first five years of her life, until Child and Elderly Protective Service perform a wellness check at the home. After a tip provided by the biological grandma as well notification from the local school district that Jeanne hasn't been enrolled into the kindergarten nor Pre-K. She was found malnourished, unclean, wearing unfitting clothes and having poor language skills, as well other signs of child neglect.
Her biological parents was charged with child neglect on several accounts and Jeanne was placed into a foster home. She was quickly adopted by Anette Pierre and Snri Ånv Pierre after a three months in a foster home. She has three older brothers. Her adoptive mother, Anette was a Akuanist farmer and her father Snri, is a Duarist who was a veteran of the Federal Military and was apart of the marines, losing the use of his legs in the service. Notably, both of her parents was of different ethnicity, species and faith from each other. In addition, the overall faith and demographics Dragefjord being different from what she grew up in.
Jeanne was placed into special needs education due to her poor language and social skills in her early education years. She met her future wife Aurélia early on in life during her schooling, with pictures of them as children being leaked to the press of them sitting next to each other at recess and at free period. They became romantically involved in middle school, and married soon after they both graduated from high school.
Family and Personal Life
In a 2017 interview, Pierre spoke about her family describing them as a micro-International Forum. Having a heavily diversified family, with all of her family members being of different species, ethnicities and even faith than each other. Going on to detail, about how at the dining table it felt like every part of the Federation was represented, taking a seat and having meal together. Her father, Snri is a Duarist Tiefling, her mother, Anette being a kemonomimi Akuanist, oldest brother Gaston a Orc Akronist, older brother Kjartan a Norgsveltian-Elf Ulvriktru and Tor a Ursine atheist. In her interview, she expressed they was very loving and accepting of each other despite being so different. She was the youngest child and the youngest one the family have adopted. In 2010, she married her childhood sweetheart, Aurélia. They moved to Keratila, Dragefjord to attend university together, and Jeanne signed up to the Socialist Self Defense Forces on a six year contract from 2010 to 2016 initially being assigned as a Sapient Resources and Morale Specialist due to her ethnic background as a Akuanist, later being reassigned as combat arms after winning a discrimination case against the SDF.
She married her wife Aurélia in 29 March 2011, having been dating since childhood. Moving in together at the couple's dorms, at the university’s grounds. Besides her enlistment and education, she volunteered her time in Peninsula United, Côtois Pioneers and for 'Big Sibling' programs. Big Sibling mostly acting as a older figure for young children, to read to them, get them involved in sports, and attend important events for the child when the parents are unable too. She was big sibling to two children, both of which was special needs by request of Jeanne herself. Her wife volunteered along side with Jeanne in the Big Sibling program, and they shared in responsibilities. Occasionally babysitting the children in their dorm. The pair of them receiving award from Big Sibling program for their work.
After graduating, Jeanne being voted into office and being selected for the ministry position. They moved to République C.D, living in the Rivière Salée district a government housing micro-district. She still attended various Peninsula United events, and her wife began her work as a pre-k teacher. Together they hosted and pushed for special need reforms for the youth during the period. The two of them was frequently spotted at a local cat cafe, and begin known for it to the degree that news reporters would be waiting for them in the morning. Despite news reporters attempting to ask questions to Jeanne during this time, the owner of the cafe would chase reporters out of the building. The news calling her 'Chevalier à Balai' or Broom knight for her use of a broom to push reporters out of the cafe.
In December 2023, their child Charlotte was born. Herself and wife going through a reverse IVF medical operation. Aurélia being one to carry the child.
Ethnic Background
Jeanne has a complex history with her ethnic background due her being adopted into a multicultural/multi-ethnic background at a very young age. Due to her early child abuse, she had several issues with her educational and cultural development. Due to her closeness to her adoptive mother, she more aligned with her ethnic group of Ny'Zéakife despite not conforming to all of the ethnic customs nor being a kemonomimi she was nevertheless generally accepted by the Ny'Zéakife as per adoption customs. She stated she aligned more with her mother's ethnic group than her fathers due her adoptive father ethnic group being less accepting of adoption into the group than the her mother's ethnic group. While she more or less aligns more to the Ny'Zéakife ethnic group, she often refers herself to Côtois as a ethnicity rather than a Ny'Zéakian. Aligning more with her nationality, than ethnic group outright.
Biological Family
Jeanne Pierre refuses to answer questions about her biological parents, with few expectations of her only giving short answers. According to a investigation by Red Dove into her biological family, while many of the legal records have been sealed away due to Children Privy Act. The Investigation was able to uncover the name of the biological parents but wasn't allowed to publish their names for the legal reasons. According to the investigation, her biological father was in prison for domestic assault and drug possession with the intent to sell, though no other news agency was able to prove the same claims.
Adoptive Family
Jeanne refers to her adoptive family as her true family, stating they are the ones who raised her like a daughter, rather than a scorn dog like her biological parents did. She was adopted by the Pierres' at the age of five. Her mother, Anette is a rancher in Dragefjord and her father Snri was a marine. Snri, being injured in the line of duty, before Jeanne was adopted. Him having to required use a wheelchair, which Pierre cited before in a speech about the lack of disability accessibility in public areas and government offices. Her brother Kjartan moved to Norgsveldet in a unknown time, greatly upsetting her when she was still at a young age.
Education
Jeanne attending her primary and secondary school, in her hometown of Heransby along with Aurélia. She required special education and language assistance, which she described in her adult years as critical to her development. Describing the special ed teacher, Quentin Sørensen as one of the most kindest people she ever met, who made the best of what little funding and attention he possibly could. Going further to say the whole department as severely underfunded and under appreciated, and one of her first acts as Minister of Children, Elderly and Families was to increase the pressure on the education minister to further the budget for special needs children and providing subsidies to parents of special needs children. Jeanne was part of Côtois Pioneers, a student organization built around community events, camping, leadership and fitness. When she reached high school, she joined the young adult wing of Royal Workers' Party, and assist in Côtois Pioneers fitness programs to primary and secondary schools as a assistant. Later in university, volunteering her time to take a leading role in the training films hosted by Côtois Pioneers to be used in education and provide university students work credits. The films taught how to stay safe during sports and exercising. Fitness being a core part of her upbring, and a driver of several of her policies both as a minister and as a FPM.
Jeanne and Aurélia both attend the regional level university of Dragefjord, where Jeanne achieved bachelor in Sociology. She received few scholarships for her university, however she stilled opted to perform the labor segment of her degree through the SDF. She volunteered in Peninsula United and as a staffer for Dragefjordian Petite Prime Minister Kari Bratvold. She has commented that Peninsula United helped further her political career, more than being a staffer had and gave her a more hands-on learning experience with politicking. During her time at university in Dragefjord, she and Aurélia both had issues with discrimination due to their same-sex relationship. However once Jeanne placed a small garden Akuan shrine arch outside of their spousal accommodations, the discrimination they faced soon stopped. Jeanne has been cited speaking about her and her wife's discrimination as, "Less of someone being outright hateful, but treated us different than the other residents in spousal accommodations. Though once I placed our little shrine arch in the garden, it stopped right away. Then they stopped treating us so weirdly, and started treating us like Akuanists. Well except our neighbor, but Uncle Ragnar scared him straight."
Military Service
Jeanne joined the SDF in 2010 while in university, passing the Military Vocational Aptitude Test (MVAT) with average scores. Due her Akuan ethnicity she was considered to be ineligible for combat roles despite her insistence otherwise. While serving in the SDF, she made frequent attempts to change her job within the military and kept insisting she was not a absolutist non-violent like most Akuanists are and believed in self-defense of the state. Despite this, she was repeatedly denied transfer to infantry. After filing a lawsuit with help of a Akuan Veterans group, she filed a discrimination lawsuit against the SDF in 2011, the court case ending in 2012. The defense making the argument that soldiers in combat roles wouldn't trust a ethnically Akuanist in their unit, pointing at various stereotypes that soldiers in combat roles tended to believe about Akuanist however the court ruled in favor of Jeanne and issuing a fine to the SDF. After which, she was assigned to infantry role. In a later interview in 2017, she said enjoyed her service however when she transferred to infantry she was often bullied for having Duval Syndrome, and being an Akuanist in the infantry.
Being transferred into the infantry, she was primary assigned to the rear guard away from direct danger during civil unrest events. Often in guard duty around the hospital or emergency centers during such events, with Jeanne suggesting in a later interview and later confirmed by a SDF senior official. That she was assigned there due to the stereotype of Akuanists being naturally comforting and kind hearted, believing that Jeanne would transfer again into a nurse role rather than staying in the infantry after seeing it. She didn't transfer and kept her role in the infantry, despite bullying. Throughout her several complain and reports of being bullied, only three out of fifteen of the recorded events was acted on. Jeanne stating in a interview, she wasn't sure how many reports she filed but she knew at some of them 'got lost' in transition to SR.
Minister of Children, Elderly and Families
In 2014, Jeanne Pierre was selected by Judith Ardouin, and with assistance from Peninsula United became the Minister of Children, Elderly and Families within a few days after becoming a parliamentarian. According to select reports produced by the Red Dove Media, it is alleged Judith Ardouin was under extremely heavy political pressure of Peninsula United to place Jeanne Pierre into a minister position regardless of her inexperience in parliament. It was allegedly decided to place Pierre the before mention minister position due to her Akuan ethnicity and educational background. During her time as a minister, she became extremely popular in traditional and social media for several events, such as leaving during a meeting during a civil unrest event. On top of her popularity from time as a minister, she was already previously famous beforehand for her time in the military and being captured by Hiridists in Nyveldet.
As the Minister of Children, Elderly and Families she placed heavy focus on special needs students and adults. She organized funding and reform for special needs students, previously students that required special need services had to apply themselves rather than the school system doing automatically. Pierre ruled that it was the duty of the state rather than the parents, to have their children be given special needs services. The automatic enrollment into special services for at-need students, resulted in a large increase special need students being able to receive needed services. Another sweeping change being allowing special needs students, to have additional time during testing periods. Her focus on special needs reformed resulted in heavy push back from technocratic elements of Ardouin ministry.
Redress Election (2018)
Collectivization; Not Nationalization
Jeanne Pierre's slogan 'Collectivization; Not-Nationalization' reflected her primary promise to reduce regulations and privatize numerous government companies. Changing the state companies to Cooperatives or Rochefort firms, on a decision by decision bases. Pierre during the Redress Election was considered to be the further Rochefortist-economic out of all the candidates, including the Rochefort faction's own candidate put forth into the election. Pierre citing several state-owned companies, the largest being a Entreprise d'investissement Central Lapérouse (Codexian: Central Lapérouse Investment Firm) and was a frequent target of hers during rallies. One of her most recognizable speeches being at Batkong, reflecting her slogan.
ECL is nothing but a money sink, begging for government bailouts after they get over their head. When our factory workers, our farmers, our office workers have their savings wiped by bad investment. The Government tells them its their fault, that they should have only invested in what they could have risked in the first place but when it comes to companies owned by the state. They take our money, money out of your hands and your children's hands to give it to the suited thieves paid by the state! If the government wants incentive public good in our companies, then we can do it through taxation not through a bunch of children of the establishment in their salaried positions. We're better than that! We demand better than that! We don't need government handing out our tax dollars to pet projects to the little princess of the technocratic establishment. We have better tools to promote growth in our country! ECL has no incentive for public good or profitability because princesses know the government will bail them out! Any sane, honest socialist would demand the leaches to be thrown out of the Government's barn and forced to find its own feeding grounds to be profitable. Collectivization; Not Nationalization! We're not going to pay for their losses when private investment cooperatives and Rochefort firms can do it better and without stealing from the citizens!