Klōs Grubinchina

**Klōs Grubinchina** (17 November 1982 – 24 May 2015) was the middle child and only son of President of Zakharia Dalla Grubinchina and Aleks Forsdet.

He was considered by many to be Grubinchina's future successor after her death, but was assassinated on 24 May 2015 while giving a speech in Xan by a Belarian nationalist. His assassination became one of the most high-profile stories in Zakharian media history, and the perpetrator, Savkal Budahishvili, was put to death in December 2016. Following his assassination, his mother enacted several policies against the Belarian people deemed to be discriminatory.

## Life and career

### Early life

Grubinchina was born on 17 November 1982 in Malikana, Zakharia to Dalla Grubinchina, the daughter of President of Zakharia Erik Grubinchina and her husband Aleks Forsdet. He has an older sister, Klara, and a younger sister, Kristina. When he was a year old, his maternal grandfather died and his mother became president.

After his mother's election, he and his family moved to the Zakharian Presidential Palace. He was educated at a private Zakharian Orthodox Christian school for boys, and graduated in 2001. After graduating from high school, he attended Grubinchina University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2005. He earned his master's degree in political science from Grubinchina University in 2007.

### Career

After graduating with his master's degree, Grubinchina began working in the office of his mother, and as one of her top political aids, along with his elder sister. Grubinchina was largely considered to be getting groomed by his mother to become president after her death. While no members of the family have ever confirmed or denied this fact, he stated in a speech in 2012, that he'd "be honored to serve Zakharia when the time comes". Politically, he has described himself as an "independent" and "capitalist".

### Death

In spring 2015, Grubinchina and the rest of his family were traveling around Zakharia campaigning for the 2015 Zakharian presidential election. They arrived in Xan on 24 May 2015, for a political rally. Grubinchina opened the rally with a speech. About two minutes into the speech, he was shot in the head by a sniper on the rooftop of a nearby building. He was declared dead on the scene.

His funeral was held on 30 May in Malikana. It consisted of a private ceremony for family and friends, in addition to a large public ceremony held later in the day, where hundreds of thousands of Zakharians showed up to pay their respects. It was also broadcast on live television, and Zakharian television stations were banned from broadcasting other programs while it was going on. President Grubinchina declared 24 May to 31 May to be a national week of mourning in Zakharia.

#### Response

Following his death, a mass manhunt was held to find the perpetrator. His mother interrupted all public television and radio broadcasts in Zakharia to inform the Zakharian public that they'd be prosecuted if they withhold information from the police. On 31 May, the perpetrator, Savkal Budahishvili, a Belarian nationalist, was arrested for the murder of Klōs Grubinchina. He was sentenced to death, and was executed by firing squad on 20 December 2016. Following his execution, President Grubinchina stated, "Today is a happy day for Zakharia. A day of justice and retribution".

After the discovery that a Belarian nationalist was responsible for the murder, President Grubinchina enacted several discriminatory policies against the Belarian community. Some of these include a "Belarian tax", where ethnic Belarians are forced to pay a tax on traditional Zakharian products, she removed hate crimes against Belarians from the national hate crime registry, and banned the use of the Belarian language in public schools, even ethnically Belarian schools.

## Personal life

Grubinchina was married to Zakharian television host, Anastasija Forchanskija, from 2007 until his death in 2015. They had two children together; Adrijana, born in 2009, and Klōs Jr., born in 2012. The family resided in Malikana and identified themselves as "dedicated Zakharian Orthodox Christians".