Alexander Pechtold

Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 518AER) is a Darparian politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party. Pechtold co-founded the activist movement D66 in 566AER alongside likeminded young intellectuals to actively hold the state legislature to account on issues of direct democracy, accountability and transparency. In 570AER, he reformed the movement into a political party to run for office in the Darparian House of Commons.
== Early life ==
Pechtold was born on 16 December 518AER in Delft, Darpartryo. Pechtold and his elder brother Roland grew up in the vollage of Rhoon. He went to a Lyceum in Brussels. He then studied journalism, history and sociology at the Brussels University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree.
== Politics ==
=== Activism ===
Democrats 66, as a movement, was founded on 14 October 566AER by 44 people. Its founders were described as homines novi, althought 25 of the 44 had previously been members of a political partty. The initiators were Alexander Pechtold and Hans van Mierlo, a fellow journalist from the General Darparian Mail and Hans Gruijters, a municipal councillor in Corrintrin. The movement had campaigned against a variety of issues involving the Darparian Government, however, it wasn't until the scandal involving the Chief of Staff and the Military Reform Act of 570AER that the movement gained state prominence and recognition. The subsequent veto of the Military Reform Act 570AER by the Imperial Office led to protests spearheaded by D66, putting them at the forefront of Darparian politics among it's liberal base and youth. 
=== Formation of the Party ===
With Pechtold and his movement being at the zenith of their popularity, Pechtold seized the chance and launched Democrats 66 as a state party in early 571AER. Pechtold signed up D66 to contest all 300 seats in the House of Commons for the 571AER State Elections.
Category:The Imperial Constitution