Oswald Fischer

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**Oswald Edmund Fischer** (2017-2108) was a British Politician who served as the seventh Premier of Neo-Europe from 2079 until his electoral defeat in 2090. A staunch Wolfgangite and loyal member on the right of the Optimatium Party, his relationship deteriorated with the new Emperor Franz.

### Affiliation

Optimatium Party (2054-2101)Neo-European Union of Fascists (2101-2106)Independent (2106-2108; his death)

## Early Life

Fischer was born in Canterbury on 23 June 2017, to Caroline (Nee Johnson) (1984-2076) and Montgomery Fischer (1979-2069). His paternal grandfather was German, hence his surname.

He had two brothers and a sister. Fischer's upbringing was rather upper class, due to the riches of his parents.

Having graduated from Cambridge University in 2039 with a degree in Law, the 2040s saw him pursue the carrier of a judge, eventually ascending to one of Neo-Europe's top Federal Courts in 2056 as a junior judge.

## Carrier in Politics

Having had an interest in Politics since being a teenager, he joined the Optimatium Party in 2054 as a requirement for becoming a Junior Judge, due to Wolfgang's One Party Period. Fortunately, he shared much ideologically with the Optimatium Party.

In 2060 he entered the Commons of Neo-Europe as one of South-East England's Deputies aged 43. Due to that, he put his law carrier on hold. Prior to this he was tipped at joining Neo-Europe's Supreme Court.

## As Premier

Fischer inherited a relatively stable Neo-Europe from his predecessor, although the state party had began to fracture by the time he entered office.

## Post-Premiership

Despite the electoral defeat of the Optimatium Party in 2090, Fischer retained his Commons seat, and he would remain a Deputy all the way up to his death. There, Fischer continued to debate against the current Social-Democratic government, who he saw as misguided and over-ambitous. In a Commons speech from 2101, he stated:

> "The Social Democrats have no idea how to run the country. They are like children being given a new playset; overwhelmed, over-eager and frankly lacking the knowledge to operate it. In the short time since they were elected, we have seen the dismantling of so much of our shared cultural pride. It sickens me. I would like my country back! The Optimatium Party has lost its way, and had done so before I took power. It is just as much their fault than it is the likes of Ricci's and His Royal Highness."
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The speech prompted an invitation by Ernesto De Soulzar, leader of the Neo-European Union of Fascists, for him to join the party. After a while, Fischer accepted and officially defected to the party in September 2101. Despite the efforts of many, Fischer still retained his seat in the Commons, even increasing his majority in 2105. However, others by this point saw him as nothing more than a crazed old man wishing to remain relevant in a changing nation. However, in 2106, following disagreements with De Soulzar's direction of the party following a crippling defeat in the recent Commons election, Fischer decided to abandon the party and sat as an independent for the rest of his tenure. In his later days, Fischer spoke of creating a new party, or taking back control of the Optimatium Party. Evidently, these plans did not come into fruition.

## Personal Life

Fischer married fellow Briton **Agatha Osborne** (2021-2119) in 2046 after three years together. They had four children together: Edmund (2047-2128), Liliana (2049-2147), Pauline (2052-2137) and Joseph (2057-2135). Liliana became a National Party Deputy in 2095 and was Shadow Minister of Education from 2099 to 2108, and Home Secretary from 2111 to 2119. She resigned from the Commons in 2130. Edmund was an entrepreneur and contributed to Neo-Europe's Space Progamme.

He was a private practitioner of non-denominational Christianity, after leaving the Church of England in 2047. He called organised religion "Damaging to society," though remaining personally spiritual.

Reflecting his environmentalist policies of the 2180s, he became a vegetarian in 2182, remaining such until his death.

### Death

Oswald Fischer would die in 2108 at the age of 91 following an aneurysm while at his summer home in Normandy. He died in the company of his wife and two youngest children. Condolences were sent from across the country, including statements by

## Legacy

Being seen as the final Premier before true democracy, Fischer has been remembered as the end of the first period of Neo-European history.

A minor ideology, first within the declining Optimatium and later in the various Fascist parties was *Fischerism,* a particular, moderate form of Fascism that advocated for certain state institutions, the forceful preservation of culture and its most defining feature of environmentalism.