Llorens
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Assumed office 14 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Atealia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 14 December 2019 – 14 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice Secretary | None Kavagrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Argentigrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Greylyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 July – 14 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Obiristan Franckley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Atealia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | South Miruva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd Chief Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 30 September – 31 December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | New Prague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Auven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | Llorens 6 May 2016 (8 years, 1 month) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Llo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nation page | Link |
Llorens (founded 6 May 2016) is a retired Assemblian politician who has been a co-founder since 2018. He served as the 2nd Chief Justice in 2016, and as the 4th Secretary in 2017 and 2019-20.
He is a member of the 'second generation' of Assemblians who founded in the early days of the region, entering The Leftist Assembly less than four months after it was created. Llorens founded one of only a few political parties that existed under that system before its collapse - the Socialist Union. Following this, his proposed model of an independent one-branch General Assembly government was adopted, which remained in place until December 2017.
Llorens entered the political scene in September 2016, defeating Losinia by just one vote to become Chief Justice. It was at this time that he gained a reputation as a prolific legislator - still holding the record for the most bills and amendments passed of any nation - including the removal of discrimination exemptions, the creation of by-elections, and the establishment of a formal legislative process. In later years, he would also overhaul the Constitution and Code of Laws numerous times, abolish the regional military, and expand the size of government through the separation of powers.
Following a stint as Prime Minister under Secretary Cedoria, he again faced off against his rival Losinia for Secretary in the March 2016 general election, this time losing by one vote. A critic of the Losinia administration throughout the April Crisis, he later went on to serve two consecutive terms as Secretary - the first 'Assemblian native' in the role - in June and September 2017. During his term, Llorens organised the first quarterly census and the first Culture Competitions. In April 2017, Llorens also founded a new social Discord server for the region, which he was head administrator of until his resignation in January 2021.
In 2018, Llorens served in a variety of executive, legislative, and judicial portfolios, most notably one term as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Secretary Kavagrad where he established the ambassador program. He also became the first-ever prosecution in a court case - Tobostan v. Llorens (2018) - in September, in which he was successful. Later in the year, he semi-retired from Assemblian politics to focus on NationStates Today, an interregional NationStates newspaper, where he served twice as Chief Executive Officer.
He returned to Assemblian politics in late 2019 before opting to run for a third term as Secretary in December 2019, where he faced a new rival, Greylyn. The issue of the civil service that emerged from this election came to dominated the political scene for several election cycles, with Llorens firmly opposed to the idea. Despite winning in a landslide, a rematch in March 2020 saw him win by an unexpectedly close one vote. During his third and fourth terms as Secretary - the longest anyone has ever served in the role - he established the Revolutionary Support Exchange (RoSE) program and introduced a new regional roleplay.
Llorens retired again from regional politics after the conclusion of their term in June 2020, and now continues to manage the regional wiki and occasionally contributes to legislative discussions.
Political career
Entry into politics
September 2016 election
Legislative reform
Prime Minister
December 2016 election
March 2017 election
First period as Secretary
June 2017 election
September 2017 election
Return to politics
Second period as Secretary
December 2019 election
March 2020 election
Fun facts
- Llorens is the only nation to have served four terms as Secretary.
Quotes
- "We need a candidate who has been here consistently, not just one who is 'experienced'."
- "You mistaken experience simply as holding these positions. That isn't experience. [...] You were basically never, throughout the past six months that I have worked with you in the GA, active in GA discussion and have consistently had long periods of inactivity during the term."
- "I intend to be a fierce critic of the new Losinia regime..."
- "I believe an efficient Cabinet is one that is made up of Ministers with clearly defined duties within a specific area of regional life."
- "The accusation that somehow I was out-of-line for trying to convey my stance on whether there should be an election nomination poll, of all things, strikes me as ludicrous."
- "An increasingly vocal minority has sought to belittle those with different perspectives and construct a narrative that their worldview is superior to others and the ultimate goal of any ‘good’ leftist. This is toxic, and each word to this effect slowly unravels the fragile fibre of our community."
Notes
- ↑ While he was technically 'Minister of Archives', he was responsible for the wiki rather than the newspaper. Hence, he did not co-serve with Minister of Media VegemiteIsGross, but rather inherited the former title of his role for a different purpose.
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