Alastar Brigman

**Alastar Keynan Brigman** (April 7, 1975 - *sometime in* 2026) was a Libirachi politician and statesman who served as the Minister of Defence between 2010 and 2023 under the successive presidencies of Nathan Jackson, Laura Fox, Xi Jimping and Damien Salamander, before being removed from office in an early re-shuffle of the Damien Salamander I Cabinet in February 2023. Brigman would later become incarcerated following a governmental purge and declassified documents released in 2047 showed that Alastar Brigman was executed in prison in 2026, following the Wahngso Crisis.

Born under the premiership of Jacob Zuma, Alastar Brigman entered politics in 2000 as an independent congressman within the Libirachi National Congress, formally part of the united front political grouping, although privately criticising the government. With the revival of the Revolutionary party in 2008 under the leadership of activist Nathan Jackson, Brigman was the first member of congress to defect to the organisation. Now as the most senior elected member of the party, Alastar Brigman became the deputy secretary of the Revolutionary party and *de-facto* deputy to Jackson as the party led protests and riots against the rule of President Zuma. In the January 2010 National Congress elections, Brigman lost his seat in the congress but continued to serve as Jackson's deputy.

Following the unexpected decision by President Zuma to hold a democratic presidential election, Nathan Jackson and the Revolutionary party won a sizeable majority of the vote and were thrust into power, with Jackson taking office as president on April 17, 2010. In August 2010, Brigman won re-election to the National Congress. Under the Jackson administration, Alastar Brigman was appointed as Minister of Defence and remained as deputy to President Jackson. At the same time, Brigman was appointed as the chair of the Libirachi Democratic Transitional Council with Almac Docu as deputy. Defence Minister Brigman also spearheaded attempted reforms to the Libirachi Imperial Army, overseeing the creation of the role of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, which inadvertently unified the armed forces behind one leader. This would return to plague the Jackson administration, which became locked into a power-struggle against the armed forces led by Supreme Commander Kanan Garel. Alongside his position within the ministry of defence, Alastar Brigman was appointed as Director General of Imperial Intelligence and headed the organisation between 2010 and 2014, when he was replaced in the role by veteran intelligence agent Darrius Tarquin.

After years of power struggle, the Libirachi Imperial Army launched a coup d'état in 2019 to overthrow President Jackson after he attempted to diminish the power of the armed forces. During the coup, the self-proclaimed Imperial State Council under the leadership of Supreme Commander Garel arrested and detained all members of the Jackson cabinet in order to prevent them from trying to stop the coup. On September 25, 2019 following the death of President Jackson, Alastar Brigman and the rest of the cabinet joined with the coup forces, and on September 27 were reinstated as cabinet members under the presidency of Laura Fox. Brigman was present at the coronation of Laura Fox as empress after the Assent Bill (2019) was passed. In the Hunt for the Hǔnluàn, Brigman was responsible for overall oversight of the Imperial Army's involvement in hunting down the terrorist group.

During the Has Wars, Alastar Brigman continued his service as Minister of Defence and helped lead the armed forces in their numerous victories; with the deaths of Supreme Commander Kanan Garel and Grand Moff Alan Wieker, Brigman became increasingly powerful in the army. In 2022, Brigman was part of the Libirachi Shadow Council which selected Penny Fox to become regent following the assassination of Laura Fox. In 2023, following the appointment of Damien Salamander, Brigman was dismissed from office and arrested on allegations of corruption. Following the Wahngso Crisis in 2026, Alastar Brigman was executed.