Jonas Albert

Jonas Albert (born 30 November 1997, age ) is a Jonathian politician and internet personality affiliated with the Liberal Party who served as the 37th prime minister of Jonathia between 2017 and 2023. They also served as the member of parliament for St. Gelta. Born and raised in Gelta City, they joined the Liberal Party in 2016 as the MP for St. Gelta after the resignation of Vincent Drander. After being elected the party leader in late 2016, they helped the Liberals win the 2017, 2019, and 2021 elections. Prior to pursuing a political career, Jonas was an active content creator on the video-sharing internet website Streame.
Jonas was born to a Canadish immigrant father, and a St. Geltan mother. Jonas took great pride in their Geltan roots, even going to several local celebrations. They became well known at their school for being quite successful in social studies, and took up an interest to learn various topics at a young age. Debuting in the political scene in March of 2016, Jonas emerged as a vocal supporter of international peace, and the right to free speech and living. They often condemned the actions of dictatorial nations, most notably Fortland, which was ruled between 2016 and 2022 by their brother Jayden Albert. Though Jonas condemned some of Fortland's actions during his reign, they opposed economic action against them.
Early on into their first tenure as prime minister, Jonas oversaw the response to the MV Washington hijacking. During their premiership, Jonas constantly criticised traditional gender roles, an opinion that influenced their later . Jonas has seen through several world events, including three civil wars; one in Albia and two in Canadia. During the political situation in Commolacia, Jonas unsuccessfully called for economic boycotts. Their response to the COVID-19 pandemic has largely been effective for the most part, though the measures they placed have waned with the outbreak of the Delta variant in Jonathia. Jonas left office in 2023, after three terms, with a particularly moderate approval rating.
Although the mainstream media views Jonas as a social democrat with a tough grip on the government, Jonas views himself as more of a centrist, taking sides only if they feel the need to. When surveyed using The Political Compass, Jonas stands in the libertarian left. Jonas was the head of the Liberal Party between late 2016 and 2023. Jonas is not married, nor is there any public knowledge about their dating life. Jonas is the first openly LGBT person to hold the position of prime minister, coming out as bisexual while holding the office of prime minister in 2017. They are also the second bisexual member of parliament in Jonathia, after Alexa Roberts. Jonas's sexual orientation and romantic status, coupled with their exuberant support for LGBT rights, have made them a controversial person in Jonathian politics whom is criticised and praised by different sides of the political scale.
Jonas is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
==Life==
===Early life (1997 - 2007)===
Jonas was born to a Jonathian mother and a Canadish father at Mayflower Hospital in Gelta City, St. Geltawww.jbc.co.jn/news/national/03-22-19-prime-minister-reveals-his-backstory-in-new-book JBC News, 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.. Their mother and father had met while their mother was on holiday in Canadia. Together, they moved to Gelta City in 1994. Raised in a home in the suburb of Frallings Point, they became remembered by the locals as the "paint kid" as many people from their area noticed and commented about their skill in visual arts. Jonas was oblivious to that their father was from Canadia until 2011, when after some research and DNA testing, they found their father to have emigrated from Guillard City, in the Canadish region of Guilland.
From a young age, Jonas was very eager to learn. However, when they first entered primary school, their willingness to learn and create dipped at a great and steep pace, affecting their grades. While neither their parents or the school they went to could confirm any reason, Jonas has suggested that a "sudden switch from free learning to 6 hours of the same things" is likely the reason.
In 2005, Jonas made an attempt to hike the entirety of the Geltforta, a large redwood forest between the cities of Gelta City and Wilbird. Starting on October 6th, that year, Jonas would only make it 45km away from Gelta City, before deciding to turn back due to a lack of money to purchase essentials such as food. In 2006, their brother Jayden escaped via an opening in the border to Fortland. Jonas did make an attempt to stop Jayden, but failed spectacularly after Jayden reportedly kicked Jonas in the stomach. Jayden would later go on to become the leader of the fledgling statehttps://www.p1.co.jn-pa/news/882592924 P1 News, 10 January 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2021. between the years of 2016 and 2022. Both individuals have acknowledged their relation.
Sometime between their fourth and eighth years in school, both primary and intermediate, Jonas created a comic series called "Jonas Cat", a comic book about the character of the same name; a crude drawing of Jonas in a cat-styled costume. Few copies remain in existence, while some are likely either destroyed or lost. Jonas Cat is not the only creation Jonas has made; they have made other pieces of literature, cartoons, videos, and stories, the amount of which is unknown.
===High school (2007 - 2015)===
After graduating from intermediate school in 2011, Jonas moved on to Carnings College in West Frallings. They was reportedly one of the best at social studies, although their mathematics grades slumped by a short margin. Jonas also began experiencing stress as a result of depression, constant anger spurts due to their parents, and overall problems with school. This largely faded after Jonas left their parents' house.Since 2007, Jonas has been a notable observer of several provincial holidays in their home province of St. Gelta. One of their most notable dates where this occurred was December 23, 2011, where several torches fell down due to a sharp breeze. Jonas assisted in the attempt to hold up the torches. In reaction to the discovery of their Canadish ancestry, Jonas and their family went to Guilland, a region in Canadia, for a week-long vacation around September 2011. Noticeably, Jonas preferred to wear a skirt to cultural events instead of the standard pants which were the gender norm in St. Gelta for yearsAnderson, Patricia (June 16, 2017). "PM Albert crossdresses at public event". Jonathian Mail. Retrieved February 2, 2022.. This, among other actions, gave some indications of Jonas's LGBT status at the time. LGBT actions were largely accepted in St. Gelta at the time, though debate regarding them still occurred in other Jonathian provinces.
According to several documents and Jonas's biographyAlbert, Jonas (2019). Life as a Jonas. Retrieved 2 February 2022, it became evident in high school that Jonas had an admiration for former prime minister Karen Lyvon, because of her willingness to work with Canadish people, and her personality in tough situations. It's likely this had an effect on their behaviour towards politics and the Jonathian government.
===Early political career and Liberal MP for St. Gelta (2015 - 2017)===
After pulling out of high school early in 2015 due to mental stress, Jonas turned their eyes towards politics, and decided to run for some form of political office in their province, even though he'd decided not to go to university, for unknown reasons. They had considered running for the County 11 seat as an independent MP, although after the resignation of Vincent Drander, then MP for the whole province itself, Jonas placed their candidacy for the seat. The Liberals showed some concern regarding their age; they were only 17. However, Jonas pointed out that no laws existed nationwide preventing youth state leaders, or for that matter, youth leaders in general, allowing them to take part in the race. After winning the race by the smallest of margins, Jonas turned their sights to the leadership of the party. After surviving the first round of votes, Jonas reached the final four of the 2016 Liberal leadership election, where they won against fellows MPs Bill Samuels, Karen Lietzen, and Aliyah Williams.
Jonas would later choose Lily Danyon as the Liberal's candidate for deputy prime minister. Danyon accepted the position primarily because most other Liberal MPs refused the position.
===Prime minister of Jonathia (2017 - present)===
In a tense 2017 election, Jonas battled incumbent Republican prime minister Andrew Harvings for the prime minister rolewww.nbc.com/news/jonathia/2017-01-06-21-48/albert-and-liberals-win-in-landslide NBC News, 6 January 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021.. Winning by a small margin, Jonas became the first man of Canadish descent to be elected as prime minister of Jonathia. They was praised by Jonathia for their aspects of change, while the international community, as did the party two years back, place concern over their age. Jonas is the 15th Liberal prime minister; the youngest Liberal to hold office and the youngest prime minister overall.
One of Jonas's first legislations was to allow free travel between Jonathia and Canadia, ending the Jon-Can Roadblock after 51 yearsBrook, Thaddaeus (March 20, 2017). "Jonathia and Canadia agree to remove border wall after 70 years". The Jonathia Herald. Retrieved February 2, 2022.. As well as this, they were quite vocal about the wall between Jonathia's Lolland province, and Canadia's South Canadia region dating back to the Great War. After some back and forth, they finally managed to organise a conference with their prime minister, Mark Gänston. The pair finally met on July 6, 2017, at the Hanton Hotel in Jumanji, Canadia, where a final agreement was made to remove the wall. After sections of the wall located in Lynskip were removed, the wall was destroyed in it's entirety in November 2020 to much applause.
On the 24th of March, 2019, following Donald Trump's nomination as leader of the Republican Party, Trump sent out several messages on the social media platform Chatspacewww.chatspace.com/RealDonaldTrump/status/11924852195006 Chatspace, 24 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021., and made claims that Jonas was being "canophobic" despite their heritage, and said that Jonas had "made a racist joke on Canadia". A day after this claim was made, Jonas came out and said the joke was about Canadia's new policies on neutrality; the joke welcoming Canadia to the "club of neutrality", and asking the nation if it likes to rig bridges with explosives.
Jonas ran for prime minister a third time in 2021, this time winning by a large majority, while their rival, the Republicans, headed by Trump, were relegated to a third party position, swapping with the National Party. In February of 2022, Jonas's brother, Jayden Albert, the High Chancellor of Fortland, was deposed. When questioned about this, Jonas said they "[weren't] surprised, but still concerned for their safety."
Despite good polling numbers in their final months in office, Jonas quietly decided not to seek reelection and pulled out of the 2023 Liberal primaries. Jonas departed office on February 21st, 2023, and was succeeded by Lily Danyon.
===Post-premiership ===
Following their departure from office, Jonas returned to Gelta City permanently and announced they were "taking a break for some time". Soon after, they returned to Streame, publishing their first video on the site since 2020 on April 24th, 2023"Former PM Jonas Albert returns to Streame following three-year gap of uploads", 24-7, 24 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023..
==Political career==
Jonas was elected to office in 2017, becoming Jonathia's youngest prime minister at the age of 19, which concerned the government, and eventually led to the 2019 Prime Minister Act. Their young age earned them the nickname "the child", which became a running gag within the government and amongst their ministerswww.chatspace.com/andrewharvpm/602811591 Chatspace 12 July 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021..
Jonas has been among the most popular and unpopular prime ministers in Jonathian history, having received the highest recorded approval ratings upon election, but one of the lowest such ratings during the Delta outbreak. They finished their tenure as prime minister with polling roughly centred around 50%.
==Personal life==
Jonas has one brother, Jayden Albert, who was between 2016 and 2022 the High Chancellor of Fortland. Jonas's father, George Albert, is a journalist for The Jonathia Herald. Many of George's articles regarding Jonas have been criticised as reportedly being slightly biased.
Jonas has had a well-known presence on social media. They once had an active account on the video-sharing platform Streame, where they would upload poorly-made animations using both TCA Office Slides and TCA Office Artist. Following their entry into politics, the channel became less active, though it's last video was uploaded on April 24th, 2023. Despite this, the channel, named "JVTA", has amassed around seven million subscribers as of 2022.
===Sexuality===
Jonas has been very open about their sexuality. Jonas is bisexual, making them the first LGBT person to hold the title of prime minister of Jonathia. Jonas is not married at this time, nor have they made any comments about their dating life. Jonas has expressed strong support for LGBT rights.
Over their political campaign, Jonas has expressed disgust towards traditional gender roles. They have presented several bills to parliament in attempts to allow non-binary genders recognition under Jonathian law, an act which passed in June of 2021. Jonas has also, in protest of gender roles, worn a dress to multiple public eventsKelly, Meghan (September 18, 2018). "Jonas Albert defies gender norms set by parliament years ago". JBC News. Retrieved February 2, 2022., defying the government dress code as they had with their casual attire, which they have worn to most parliament sessions"Jonas Albert at 21: defying dress codes, making history, and downright breaking the norm" ABC, 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.. Jonas wearing a dress has been a source of controversy across the political spectrum, though Jonas's actions have been supported by most LGBT groups across the world. Jonas has been seen wearing a suit at official events twice, both of which were in 2017 - during their victory speech after winning the 2017 election, and during their first inauguration.
On April 15th, 2023, Jonas came out as non-binary"Jonas Albert comes out as non-binary", JBC News, 6 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023..
==Media career==
===Bibliography===
Jonas has written three books during their life. Jonas's first book, Jonathia: Friend, Foe, and Neutrality (2016), was on the Jonathian Herald bestseller list for fourty-one weeks.
Book title 	Description 	Released
Jonathia: Friend, Foe, and Neutrality	Jonas's book released during their campaign, outlining Jonathia's relationships with the outside world, and how they can be made better.	21 October 2016
Life as a Jonas 	A biography recapping several moments in their life. 	20 March 2019
Three Years In 	A recap of Jonathian politics during Jonas's first three years, between 2017 and 2020. 	8 January 2020
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role
2019	Gump & Co.	Themselves
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2012	The Blue Man	Themselves	Cameo
==Quotes==
*"Lemon" (Jonas's reply when asked how their tax plan will interact with other laws. They was reportedly daydreaming. 17 April 2017)
*"No need to be so bossy, Mr. Speaker." (Jonas's response to Republican leader Donald Trump, who was making claims Jonas "broke the law in some way". 9 May 2020)
*"He's giving birth." (Jonas accidentally used the wrong gender term in 2020 when talking about a 3D diagram of a pregnant woman they saw while at a high school in Lolland. October 2020)
==See also==
*George Albert
*Jayden Albert
*2017 Jonathian general election
*2019 Jonathian general election
*2021 Jonathian general election
*Prime minister of Jonathia
**List of prime ministers of Jonathia
*Government of Jonathia
*Social media use by Jonas Albert
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