Verlhanz Rothgerus

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Photo taken at the State Funeral of Prince Thadeus in 2017
23rd Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia
In office 2 March 1998 – 4 May 2005
Monarch	Lambertus VII
Preceded by	Ramsay Logrin
Succeeded by	Walter Johannes
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 30 March 1987 – 4 May 2005
Preceded by	Donald Kreitser
Succeeded by	Carrolan Flantarnoret
Member of Parliament for Banaslow, Fort Jubrayn
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 1956
Preceded by	Lambert Benn
Succeeded by	Samminel Muebell
Majority	124,602 (56.5%)
Personal details
Born	Verlhanz Benjamin Rothgerus (1920-11-26) 26 November 1920 Aegis, Staynes, Great Morstaybishlia
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Mary Yune (m. 1942-2015)
Residence	Oxlo House
Alma mater	Jubrayn University, Fort Jubrayn
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Verlhanz Benjamin Rothgerus (born 26 November 1920) is a Staynish politician and former Labour Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia from 1998 to 2005. As Father of the House, he has served as MP for Fort Jubrayn for his entire political career from 1956, the longest ever, and became the first 90-year old, and 100-year old MP to represent constituents to Kalmington. Rothgerus was Leader of the Opposition from 1987 until 1998, the longest in Morstaybishlian history.

Rothgerus beat Labour veteran Charles Mason-Smith at the 1987 Labour leadership election to replace former Prime Minister Donald Krietser. As opposed to Mason-Smith, Rothgerus had no government experience, yet won a comfortable majority over Mason-Smith, who was too 'soft-left' for the party.

Rothgerus celebrated his 100th birthday on 26 November 2020 and is the oldest ever living Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia, as well as being decorated as the longest continually serving Member of Parliament in the nations history for a period of

Early life and political career

Verlhanz Benjamin Rothgerus was born in Aegis, Staynes (now Valeria), to Kéyan-born mother Jocelyne Durand and father Vernon Rothgerus. Along with his older sister and parents, Verlhanz moved to Fort Jubrayn in 1926 at the age of 6. Verlhanz attended Jubrayn University and studied mathematics, which he dropped in his second year. After a year away he re-started his University life and got a Doctoral in politics. He moved away to Jersia City at the age of 25 but was unsuccessful in starting any such political career. He moved back to Fort Jubrayn two years later. During the 1953 General Election he campaigned for MP for Banaslow, Fort Jubrayn but lost out by three thousand votes. He campaigned again in the 1956 General Election and won the seat with a 56.5% majority. Verlhanz was unopposed as he became the Labour Party leader in 1987 and won the 1998 General Election with a 34 seat majority. He lost the 2005 General Election to Walter Johannes and stepped down from Labour Leader the same day.

Marriage and descendants

Verlhanz married Mary Yune in 1947 at the age of 27 in the Cathedral of Lights in Besowene. Him and Mary had their only child, Verlhanz Rothgerus Jr at 30 and 24. In 1956, during his first year as MP for Fort Jubrayn, him and his wife had a large argument, and Mary Yune left him with their four year old child to Sani Bursil, but returned a year later. The two renewed their wedding vowels on New Years Day in 2000.

Verlhanz Rothgerus Jr had two children with his fiancé Rose Visteue, Lord Rothgerus and Prince Rothgerus in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Lord Rothgerus, with permission from her father Lambertus VII got engaged to Princess Rosamund in late 2012 but died in a car accident the following year. They had planned to marry in Syllester Abbey in late 2013.