We have three major leaders, with the President, of course, being the most important.
For information about Crawnaft's federal political system: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=29648&p=1268280&hilit=Crawnaft#p1268280
President John Bakeson
Liberal Party
Assumed Office: February 1, 2009
Born: March 20, 1967 (43 years old)
Race: White Crawnaftian
Hair: Brown
Eye: Brown
Spouse: Ellen Bakeson (b. September 6, 1970)
Parents: Ann Bakeson (b. July 3, 1939) and Charles Bakeson (b. April 2, 1938, deceased)
Siblings: None
Children: Robert (Age 12), Ellen (Age 10), Satomi (Age 5)
Speaker of the Assembly
Christine Ellen Murray (First female speaker, first gay speaker, and youngest ever speaker)
Liberal Party (Presides over a current Liberal Majority of 184 Seats out of 320)
Assumed Office: January 3, 2005
Born: April 15, 1968 (42 years old)
Race: White Crawnaftian
Hair: Brown
Eye: Blue
Spouse: Janet Deverre Murray (B. June 1, 1965)
Parents: Jack and Sarah Murray
Siblings: 4, two of whom are also politicians in Murray's home province of LeSerre
Children: Bik Murray (6)
(Ellen Murray is now outgoing, and will be replaced by Speaker-Elect Terry Weld, a moderate member of the Conservative Party, which made major gains in the last election and will form a coalition with the far-right Republican Party to take control of the Assembly for the first time in twenty years. He will preside over 142 Conservatives, 22 Republicans (164 thin right majority) vs. 143 liberals, 13 socialists.)
Senate Majority Leader
Eleanor Monit
Liberal Party (Presides over a Liberal-Socialist coalition of 35 liberals and 10 socialists vs. 30 Conservatives and 5 Republicans. Will preside, come January, over a 32 Liberal, 9 socialist majority vs. 35 conservatives and 4 Republicans. First black majority leader, second female majority leader.)
Assumed Office: January 3, 2007
Born: February 3, 1964 (46 years old)
Race: Black Crawnaftian
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Spouse: Michael Monit, a prominent businessman, b. April 2, 1960
Parents: Hattie and Tom James.
Siblings: 3.
Children: Sasha (19) and Sandra (16) Monit.
This picture was taken in 2003, when Belki was still in the military. No, we still don't know why that pipe wrench has blood on it.
