Gerd

gerd, also known as Gerd or gERD (see gerdism), was a politician, religious figure and served as the first Mayor of Coolistan and as Prime Minister of the First and Second Cool Server Republic. He was the founder and leader of the UGDP and formerly its equivalent during the Second Civil War. 
== Political Career ==
=== First Term (1 December 2023 - 31 December 2023) ===
He became Prime Minister after the 2023 Cool Server general election, in which he would run against The Don and many others, and would end up winning 55 out of the 100 seats in the Parliament. When he would then proceed to take power, there would be questions thrown around by The Don regarding election fraud in the 2023 election, of which no evidence was presented. After the election he created the United gerdist Democratic Party (UGDP).
gerd's term would consist of him first hiring Cabinet ministers, of which he would hire his Deputy Prime Minister in a coalition deal with the NSCSWP. He would also hire Mr Afton, Prussiaforever and Den. With this, Mr Afton would become the most powerful, and according to many, the most important minister, as he would attempt to fight The Don's propaganda campaign. Along with this, gerd would also create the first Constitution of the Cool Server Republic, and would also make The Foreign Act, of which he would ban all foreign members from voting in elections, as Billy I of Shitterdwellen had done so in the 2023 Elections. These actions, among others, would go on to cause The Cool Server Civil War, where The Don's supporters rose up against gerd's government.
gerd would meet the end of his term following the 2023 Cool Server coup d'état, where the NSCSWP under his Deputy SadScotsman would march into the capital gerdistan and would, with the help of the monarch, Biden I of the Cool Server, oust gerd and replace him with a NSCSWP government under Scot.
=== January Snap Election and Exit From Politics ===
On the 2nd of January 2024, after the January 2024 Snap Election gerd would officially dissolve the UGDP, stating that gerdism and democracy had failed and that the people had chosen autocracy. On January 13th however he would then undissolve the UGDP, and would begin the Second Cool Server Civil War.
=== Second Civil War + Second Term (17 February 2024 - 1 March 2024) ===
After a breakthrough in the northern front, the Second Cool Server Republic, led by gerd, collapsed, and the remaining southern territory joined the UPL. gerd managed to expend the last of his resources fleeing into Liberelia and is now wanted in Liberelia and The Cool Server Reich prior to its surrender. Despite this, on February 16th the Cool Server Reich would surrender to the UGDP and others, known as the Anti-reich coalition, upon the Cool Junta's formation and the Second Republic landing back in the mainland in Operation Man the Ships. 
He would go on to run in the February 2024 election, where he would secure the role as Prime Minister for a second term. While originally in a coalition with the DPP, it eventually dissolved after the DPP left it on 23 February 2024. Instead, Taft of the Taff Workers' Party joined the government as Deputy PM, creating a new coalition.
=== Backbench Career (1 March 2024 - 20 March 2024) ===
In the March 2024 general election, gerd won the most seats, winning 22/100, however he would fail to form a coalition, due to the Tafland Worker's Party not wanting to work with the DPP, of whom the UGDP had already agreed to work with. This lead to The Don forming a new coalition with multiple parties, forming the First Don Ministry and kicking gerd out of government. In response to his loss, he would work with the United Pug League Party and the Tafland Worker's Party, and would form the "Grand Opposition Coalition".
=== Third Term (1 April 2024 - 15 April 2024) ===
In the April Cool Server general election, gerd would win 42/100 Seats, and would end up forming a coalition with the CDP and the BL, meaning the Fourth gerdist Ministry has 82/100 seats. He would strike a deal with both of these parties, that would state that he would be Prime Minister for the first 1/2 of the term, then OscarEMN would be PM for the second half. This made Oscar the PM possessing the smallest number of seats in Parliament since The Don on 20 March 2024.
gerd was a major player in the eventual Impeachment of OscarEMN which led to the April snap election and the UGDP creating a coalition with the CDP, leading to gerd becoming Deputy PM.
=== Fourth term and coma ===
gerd was part of Biden III's third caretaker cabinet until the first and second May general elections were called, leading to another TWP-UGDP coalition and gerd being declared PM yet again. On 2 May 2024, Taft accidentally drugged gerd, putting him into a coma. During his coma, GarthJack assumed leadership of the UGDP as Deputy Party Leader. Shortly before gerd awakening, Taft was impeached, leading to another snap election and the creation of the PSRP-BL-UPLP coalition, the first one to exclude the UGDP since the March general election.
=== Retirement and Mayor of Coolistan ===
After awakening, gerd announced his retirement from politics, buying a villa in Coolistan and hiring Jon as a servant and caretaker. Upon the creation of Coolistan as a state, he ran in the mayoral election, managing to get 4/9 seats in the assembly and winning the overall election, being elected as Mayor of Coolistan.
During his term as Mayor, he passed several bills, including the creation of a police force, a bus service, the construction of a metro and the creation of an employment centre. Sometime during the month of May, in the middle of his term as mayor, he was diagnosed with cancer. On 2 June 2024 he passed away, a couple of days after announcing his condition. His death was a leading cause for the division of the UGDP and Third Cool Server Civil War.
=== gerdism ===
gerd was the religious head of most of gerdism, including traditional gerdism and gerdistantism, representing their god as a mortal personification. Though gerd has used this for political and religious reasoning, many now make a distinction between "gerd the man and gerd the idea"as said by Mr Afton during one of his election speeches. 
gerd is the leader of the UGO, the worlds largest gerdist organization. His party, the UGDP, believes in traditional religious gerdist values.
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