Karen Lyvon

Karen Bluebray Lyvon (nee Albayer; 7 October 1941 - 21 May 2019) was a Jonathian politician who, affiliated with the Republican Party, served as the 23rd prime minister of Jonathia between 1983 and 1985.
Lyvon was born in 1941 as the fourth child of George and Laura Lyvon. She grew up on a farm outside of Bellfort in Lolland, but later moved to St. Jacob in Miller to study at Miller State University, though her tenure there would be short. In 1966, she joined the National Party. However, she changed her allegiance to the Republican Party after a shake-up of the party's leadership in 1974. She quickly rose the ranks of the party, and eventually became leader of the Republicans in late 1981. In 1983, she would be elected as the 23rd prime minister of Jonathia, with Andrew William as her deputy.
Under Lyvon's leadership, she led the nation through Hurricane Gerald, which wreaked havoc on Jonathia between May and June 1984. Many of her bills and constitutional amendments moved the nation closer to an agreement with Canadia over the South Canadia border dispute. She was also the person responsible for the creation of the Department of Youth, to support children throughout their early childhood. Following her term as prime minister, she was a staunch critic of the poverty levels in several parts of Jonathia. She helped set up the People in Poverty Fund, one of the largest anti-poverty charities in Jonathian history. Ideologically, Lyvon was a centrist.
==Life==
===Early life===
Lyvon was born Karen Bluebray Albayer in a barn on the Albayer farm, somewhere 17km from the outskirts of Bellfort, Lolland, Jonathia. Born under Canadish occupation during the Great War, Karen seemed curious about the Canadish soldiers who marched past her parent's farm. Karen was described as a slow learner, despite her ability to remember alot of her life. She was grief-stricken after her sister Jennifer died of pneumonia at age seven in the year 1949. Karen and Jennifer loved each other dearly, and Karen referenced her and her humour several times.
===High school===
Around the time she was in high school, Lyvon began experiencing depression, due to her growing hyperthymesia. This led to a large divide between her and her parents, who commented that she had "changed over time", and didn't know of her condition.
Sometime in 1956, Karen met Xavier Lyvon, a male student in Lyvon's social studies class. Both found out that their personalities matched; both had a love for history and geography. The two got along extremely well. However, Karen's parents opposed the two being together, seeing that Xavier's father was a heavy drinker. Karen's parents were worried that Xavier was similar, and that she may pass his supposed alcoholism over to Karen and her family, who were staunchly anti-alcohol.
Despite Karen's parents' wishes, the two continued to hang about each other. The two began to fall in love with each other around their final year of school. Three months after graduating from high school, on March 24th, 1959, Xavier proposed to Karen. Karen's mother once again tried preventing this, though her father gave the go-ahead, much to her mother's disbelief. Karen's mother was eventually forced to accept. After marriage, Xavier and Karen moved to St. Jacob, Miller.
=== Politics===
Lyvon entered politics around 1966, at age 24. She originally served on the National Party as Deputy Secretary of Finance, elected for her one and only term in the position in 1967. After a shake-up in the party which saw the resignation of then-leader Dhani Beauchamp in 1974, Lyvon crossed the floor to the Republican Party. She quickly rose through the ranks of the Republican Party due to her charisma and intelligence, which impressed the party's leadership. Eventually, she was elected the party's leader in December of 1981.
Lyvon ran for prime minister in 1983, winning with 52% of the vote, while her party received 66 seats in parliament.
===Prime minister===
===Post-premiership activities===
===Retirement===
Lyvon retired from politics in January 1990. Her reason for retirement was because she was "growing tired of politics", and that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
==Death and funeral ==
On May 19, 2019, Lyvon collapsed and fell unconscious in her Jetzeburg home. She was immediately rushed to NHS Jetzeburg City Hospital, where she kept slipping in and out of unconsciousness. After further research into what was going on, it was later found that Lyvon was suffering from internal bleeding. She would later die two days later, on the 21st. Her last words were said to then-prime minister Jonas Albert, in which she requested him to "protect the nation". Hours later, Lyvon flatlined and died, surrounded by Lyvon's family, friends, and and colleagues. She was 77 years, 7 months, and 14 days (in total, 28,350 days) old.
Lyvon's funeral took place on 30 May 2019, in Bellfort, Lolland. Eulogists at the Lyvon Library ceremony included then-prime minister Albert, former Secretary of State Jonathan March, former Speaker of the House Norman Nixon, Lolland Governor April Cheshire, and the Reverend Joe Mallon. Also in attendance were former prime ministers Harvings, Bush, Harvall, Hammond, Clark, Klanton, Samuels, Alexander, and their spouses.
Karen Lyvon was buried beside what would later be her husband's grave on the grounds of the Lyvon Library. She was survived by her two children, Abigail and Jimmy, and four grandchildren. In keeping with her wishes, her funeral was not a full state funeral, though her body did lie in repose in the Lyvon Library lobby from May 23 to the morning of the funeral service. Mourners waited in line for up to eight hours in chilly, wet weather to pay their respects. At its peak, the line to pass by Lyvon's casket was three miles long with an estimated 142,000 people waiting.
==Mental health==
Ever since birth, Lyvon suffered from hyperthymesia, a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail, the latter condition likely leading to her depression during her teenage years.
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