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'''Yuliya Dmitrova Surkova ''' ([[Volkian language|Volkian]]: Юлия Дмитрова Суркова; born September 16, 1970) is a Volkian lawyer and politician who is serving as the current [[president of Volkia|President of the Volkian Federative Republic]], holding the office since January 11, 2017. She was the [[Ministry of Justice (Ozyoretsk)|Minister of Justice]] of [[Ozyoretsk Oblast|Ozyoretsk]] from 2002 to 2009, and a [[Federal Council|Federal Councilor]] from Ozyoretsk from 2009 to 2017.
Surkova graduated from [[Ozyoretsk Federal University]] and [[Ilyushin University|Ilyushin University School of Law]]. She worked for five years as a criminal prosecutor in the Zuyevka District Attorney's Office and three years as a prosecutor in the [[Volkian Federal Attorney|Federal Attorney's Office]] in Volkgoroda, before being elected Ozyoretsk minister of justice in 2001, replacing Vadim Ikanov. Reelected in 2005, she resigned from her position in order to take her seat in the [[Federal Council]] following her victory in the 2008 elections. Surkova served almost two full terms as a Federal Councilor before winning her party's nomination for the [[2016 Volkian presidential election]].
Surkova won 52.71% of the vote in the third round of voting and became the first woman to hold the office of the presidency, as well as becoming the youngest person to hold the office. In the [[2020 Volkian presidential election|2020 presidential election]] Surkova was elected to a second term with 51.28% of the vote following the third round of counting.
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Surkova was admitted to the Ozyoretsk Oblast Bar in 1994 and began work as a criminal prosecutor in the Zuyevka District Attorney's Financial Integrity Unit that same year. After two years she transferred to the Major Violators Unit and began trying gang and firearm related cases, as well as homicides. During her time with Major Violators she successfully tried several high profile capital murder cases, including the Kholodreka serial killer case.
Surkova came under fire in 1999 when it was found exonerating evidence had not been disclosed to the defense attorney of a man sentenced to death for the killing of his girlfriend in 1997. Surkova denied any involvement and was found to not be responsible following an internal investigation by the Zuyevka DA's Office. The lead prosecutor on the case was suspended without pay. The man accused had his sentence was overturned by the Ozyoretsk Supreme Court and the Zuyevka DA's Office declined to retry him, paying out an undisclosed settlement after
After five years with the Zuyevka DA, Surkova joined the Federal Attorney's Office in Volkgoroda and continued her work as a prosecutor for another three years, mostly focusing on fraud cases.
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=== Elections ===
After Federal Councilor Anton Bychkov announced he would not seek a third term, Surkova announced her candidacy February 9, 2008. Bychkov endorsed Surkova as his successor after her victory in the primary election. Surkova was initially asked by [[Social Democratic Union]] party leaders to run for [[Governor (Volkia)|governor]] of Ozyoretsk Oblast, but she declined. She was one of four candidates for the seat, which was largely considered to be a safe Social Democratic seat. Surkova was also endorsed by then-President [[Artyom Avilov]], Federal Council Majority Leader Semyon Okhlopkov, and Social Democratic Union leadership at the time. Surkova won the election with 62.16% of the votes in the second round
=== Legislation ===
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