Tahlia Kerenka

Comrade Tahlia Kërenka was a notable politician from Halcyon in the 250s Collapse Era. She was once the leader of the socialist Evaniks (Worker's Party) and the Prime Minister of Halcyon for two terms from 246-252 C, then later the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of Halcyon.
== Life ==
Tahlia was born in Halcyon on the island of Lukari, and grew up in the Fairbank district (part of the textile zone known as The Mills). Her parents were working-class milliners (hat makers). She was a youth political activist and joined the Evaniks, the Halcyon Worker's Party, in her twenties. She rose through the ranks with her likeable charm and her moderate social-democratic views that appeased both the left and right wing voters. When she was elected Prime Minister in 246, she did so promising to combat food shortages, which won her the position in a landslide against Rufus Argile, former Minister of the Interior. Tahlia was an outspoken socialist, which did anger a lot of the right-wing voters in Halcyon, but one couldn't deny the social change she championed under the final throes of Fascist Halcyon. At some point, she secretly joined the Lionhearts, the communist revolutionaries, where she became acquaintances with Tamerlane and Vertika Lantsov. Tahlia appointed Lantsov as Minister of the Peasant Collectives to install another secret communist in Parliament.
=== Revolution and Communist Era ===
Upon the day of the Winter Revolution, Tahlia and her fellow ministers took refuge in the throne room of the Palace of Mirrors. However, they were secretly in on it, and after the arrival of the communist revolutionaries, she and the others turned on King Copper, marched them out, and executed them. After the six-week civil war, Tamerlane appointed Tahlia as General Secretary of the Halcyian Communist Party, one of the highest ranks of Commissars. She was in charge of the day-to-day running of the state and all of its administrative functions, second in command only to Premier Tamerlane.
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