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'''Walter Thadeus Johannes''' (born 23 April 1971) is a [[Staynes|Staynish]] former [[wikipedia:Politician|politician]] who served as the 24th [[Prime Ministers of Great Morstaybishlia|Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia]] from 2005 to 2019 and [[Leader of the Conservatives (MBE)|Leader of the Principles]] from 2004 to 2019. Johannes has been the Chairman of the [[Auroran Stock Exchange]] since 2020. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Monneharrigon from 1997 to 2020. Johannes identified as a [[wikipedia:Liberal conservatism|liberal conservative]], and is only the second prime minister in Morstaybishlian history to serve over ten years, alongside [[Ian Crowcasa]].
Johannes was born in 1971 and raised in Monneharrigon. He attended Monneharo Bridge University before enlisting in the air force during the [[Meremaa Civil War]]. He would later graduate university and establish a successful financial holdings company, and in 1996 found employment as a specialist advisor to the Home Secretary Verhmar Feligon, and later as a specialist advisor to Prime Minister [[
His premiership began with inheriting a near decade long recession that started in 1996. He was known for [[State of Morstaybishlia|defeating the State of Morstaybishlia]], his austerity measures which aimed at reducing the deficit in government finances, reforms in policing and crime in the Crime and Policing Act 2008, the [[Bishlan|Bishlan Tunnel]], and creating [[Threat Relay and Incident Demand of Extreme National Turmoil|TRIDENT]]. Johannes oversaw the Acts of Union 2016, which formally integrated [[
Though his economic policies saw a decline in short-term [[Wikipedia:Gross domestic product|GDP]], saw life expectancy stop growing and even begin to fall in some parts of what is today [[Valeria]], saw the carbon cuts and affordable housing targets missed, saw family [[Wikipedia:Disposable and discretionary income|disposable incomes]] fall, among many others; Johannes saw an unprecidented rise in employment, oversaw many geopolitical changes in Aurora and the world, and is widely seen as Aurora's most influential politician of the century so far.
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==Political career==
In 1992, Johannes resumed his university studies at Monneharo Bridge University. He graduated in 1996 with a Masters in politics and international relations. He moved into a one bedroom apartment in his home city of Monneharrigon and established a successful financial holdings company. Already a member of the [[Principles of Democracy Party|Principles Party]], he was appointed as a junior specialist advisor to the Secretary of State for the Home Department Verhmar Feligon. In 1997 he became a specialist advisor to Prime Minister [[Arzhel Dillow]]. In the run up to the [[1998 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|1998 general election]], Johannes indicated he was running for the new Monneharrigon constituency and
[[Image:Walter Johannes.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Walter Johannes in 2006]]
Johannes beat his rival, [[Civic Party (MBE)|Civic]] Freya Libden in the [[1998 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|1998 General Election]] with a 3/4 majority vote. He became Shadow Secretary of State for Morstaybishlia in 2000, Shadow Home Secretary in early 2001 and Chairman of the Principles in late 2001. He dropped Shadow Secretary of State in 2003 and Shadow Home Secretary in 2004. He became the Leader of the Principles after the retirement of Samminel Herinchaw. He went on to win the [[2005 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|2005 General Election]] in a landslide 476 seat victory, succeeding [[Progress Party (MBE)|Progress]] Leader [[Verlhanz Rothgerus]]; and became the youngest person to hold the office Prime Minister ever (age 33), beating [[Orson Klarass]] (age 35) who had held the record for 87 years since the position was established. He went on to win the [[2012 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|General Election]], albeit losing 84 seats.
===Meetings with Arran Samsey and Union with
''See: [[Great Morstaybishlia#Acts of Union|Acts of Union of Great Morstaybishlia and
===Auroran-Cerenerian War===
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