Amal Alamuddin

**Amal Ramzi Alamuddin** (February 3, 1995 -) was a Persian barrister, legal theorist, businesswoman, and politician who held numerous political offices under the third republic of Persia. Among these offices, Alamuddin served as prime minister from August 26, 2039 to December 16, 2039, and thrice as leader of the opposition in the periods November 2035 to September 2038, May to June 2039, and December 2039 onwards. Alamuddin was also a member of the National People's Congress of Persia from November 2029 onwards and was general secretary of the Progressive Party from May 27, 2039 onwards.

Born in February 1995 during the period of Bovido Hassian occupation, Alamuddin and her family fled Persia in 1997 for the United Kingdom, where she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in jurisprudence in 2013, followed by a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from New York University School of Law in 2016. She was admitted to the bar in New York in 2022, and called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2020. For most of her legal career, Alamuddin specialised as an international barrister on issues of human rights, genocide, and repression, representing several notable cases before the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. In November 2029, Alamuddin was elected as a member of the National People's Congress of Persia for the Progressive Party and shifted away from her legal career to become a full-time politician. From 2030 to 2033, Alamuddin served as Secretary of State for Justice, followed by a tenure as Secretary of State for Defence from 2033 to 2035. After the 2035 election, Alamuddin became the leader of the opposition as a proxy of *de-facto* opposition leader Geena Kulmuni, before assuming leadership of the party in May 2039. In June 2039, Alamuddin led the Progressive party into a grand coalition government and became prime minister in August 2039,

## History

### Childhood and Early Life

Amal Ramzi Alamuddin was born on February 3, 1995 in Aden, during the period of Bovido Hassian occupation of the Arabian peninsula. Her first name is derived from أمل, *ʾamal* in Arabic, meaning "hope". In 1997 during the height of Bovido Hassian repression in the region, Alamuddin's family fled the country by escaping on a boat in the Gulf of Aden before travelling along the Red Sea and taking refuge in Egypt. After saving enough money to travel to Europe, Alamuddin once again relocated, this time to Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, where she would remain for the rest of her childhood. Amal attended Dr Challoner's High School, a girls' grammar school located in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, prior to university. She then studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she received an exhibition grant and the Shrigley Award. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in jurisprudence in 2013. The following year she entered New York University School of Law to study for the Master of Laws (LL.M) degree. She received the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award for excellence in entertainment law. While at NYU she worked for one semester in the office of Sonia Sotomayor, then a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and NYU Law faculty member. She completed a judicial clerkship at the International Court of Justice in 2014, serving under Judge Vladlen S. Vereshchetin from Avalonia, Judge Nabil Elaraby from Egypt, and ad hoc Judge Sir Franklin Berman from the United Kingdom. In 2008, Alamuddin's elder sister Raina married American businessman Alexander Turpin, and would go on to become first lady of the United States of America after her husband won the 2028 presidential election.

### Legal Career

Following her graduation in law in 2016, Amal Alamuddin was called to the bar in England and Wales in 2020 and the bar in New York in 2022. She also practised at international courts in The Hague, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. As an international barrister, Alamuddin specialised in representing victims of repression, genocide, and human rights violations; Alamuddin also represented former members of the government of Morra in 2024 after a military coup toppled the democratic government. Alamuddin regularly represented journalists and famously led the international counsel team acting for Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, who was cleared of a series of legal charges that could lead to about 100 years in prison. Alamuddin also previously represented Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters journalists from the Fox Dynasty who were sentenced to seven years in prison by the government for reporting on crimes committed against Rohingyas by the armed forces. They were released in May 2029.

## Political Career

### Backbench tenure

After a private meeting with Persian president Geena Kulmuni in 2026, Amal Alamuddin returned to Aden for the first time since the 1990s and took up a job as a special advisor on human rights to the Kulmuni administration alongside her legal career. In August 2029, Alamuddin was nominated as a congressional candidate by the governing Progressive Party and in November 2029, she won election as the representative for Aden.

### Cabinet career

On November 17, 2029, Alamuddin was appointed as deputy minister for justice and prosecution, before being appointed as the Secretary of State for Justice on January 1, 2030 by President Kulmuni. During her tenure as justice secretary, Alamuddin sought to reform sentencing procedure in order to allow prisoners greater access to relatives and friends prior to their sentencing and published a series of letters which advocated for more lenient prison sentences, both on humanitarian and logistical grounds. President Kulmuni's appointment of Alamuddin as justice secretary greatly raised public opinion of the government, largely due to Alamuddin's already existing popularity. Following the outbreak of war with the Bovido Imperium in September 2033, Alamuddin signed a ministerial decree allowing military courts to be formed to prosecute civilians in breach of national security orders. On November 30, 2033, prime minister Emanuel Parra and several other senior figures were killed in a bombing attack in Nupersia, prompting a major government reshuffle; Alamuddin was appointed to the office of Secretary of State for Defence on the same day and was granted access to the national security council. Alamuddin's closeness with President Geena Kulmuni allowed her access to major decision making processes and in December 2033, Alamuddin signed off the Christmas Attacks against the Bovido Imperium; whilst the attacks failed to destroy the Bovido government, the panic and disorder caused amongst Bovido leadership wrongfooted the Bovido armed forces for the rest of the war. During the defence against Operation Avestor, Amal Alamuddin frequently travelled to the frontlines to meet with Persian soldiers, and helped establish the Shanghai Pact in late 2034.

Following the resignation of prime minister Muhammed Abdulla during the 2034-35 constitutional crisis led to speculation that Amal Alamuddin may have been appointed as prime minister, but the coup d'état attempt in March 2035 ceased the speculation after Alamuddin failed to keep the Persian armed forces loyal to the government. After the formation of a grand coalition between the governing Progressive Party and the opposition Union for Persia in late March 2035, Alamuddin was retained as defence secretary under prime minister Hassen Ahmed. Ahmed's UfP would go on to win the November 2035 presidential election, and Alamuddin was removed from office following Ahmed's inauguration as president on November 17, 2035.

## Premierships

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