Ásvör Ludwig

*This is a Velkanian name. The last name is a family name, but this person should be referred to by the given name* Ásvör*.*

**Ásvör Francesca Ludwig** (born 2 November 1965) is a Velkanian politician and lawyer who has served as Minister of Industry and Commerce since 2016. A Liberal-Democrat, Ásvör has additionally served as a member of the Stádlink since 2012.

Born to a Helvarian father and Regian mother in the Velkanian Isles, Ásvör spent most of her youth in the Velkanian Isles until returning to Regia in 1980, following her parents' divorce. Settling in Bocciatuli with her mother, she graduated from Liceo Scuolastico di Gennaro Filippi in 1985, subsequently moving to Helvaria and receiving her law degree from the University of Munbach in 1991. Ásvör returned to the Velkanian Isles shortly afterwards, where she began working as a corporate attorney. She received her master's degree in corporate law from the University of Velkania in 1995. Ásvör was elected to the Stádlink for the Liberal-Democrats in the 2012 election, representing the Central Velkania constituency. Following the 2016 election, Ásvör was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce by Síf María Vílhelmsdætr for her second cabinet.

## Early life and education

Ásvör was born on 2 November 1965 in Hrafnáthórpur as the only child of parents Rudolph Ludwig (born 1930) and Antonia Vizzolini (born 1932). Both of her parents are geologists who were residing in the Velkanian Isles for scientific studies on Velkanian rock formations; her father is a Helvarian from Munbach, while her mother is a Regian from Bocciatuli. She was given a Velkanian first name by her parents in appreciation of their adoptive country. Ásvör was raised bilingually in Helvarian and Regian, not learning Velkanian until beginning school.

### Education and law career

Ásvör began her education in 1972, attending a local public primary school in Hrafnáthórpur. When she was 14 in 1980, her parents separated and later divorced. After their separation, Ásvör moved with her mother to her mother's hometown of Bocciatuli, where she continued her education. She soon enrolled in the Liceo Scuolastico di Gennaro Filippi, and later graduated in 1985. After finishing high school, Ásvör moved to her father's hometown of Munbach to live with him. There, she enrolled in the Anna Schültzbacher Institute of Law at the University of Munbach, graduating with a law degree in 1991.

After completing her law degree, Ásvör returned to the Velkanian Isles and settled in Naríthjábæk. In the Velkanian Isles, she began working as a corporate attorney, later earning a master's degree in corporate law from the University of Velkania in 1995. In 2002, Ásvör founded her own law firm, Ásvör Ludwig LLP, where she practiced corporate law.

## Political career

### Political beginnings

After returning to the Velkanian Isles in 1991, Ásvör registered as a member of the Liberal-Democratic Party, citing her socially liberal and economically conservative beliefs. She supported the administration of Brigitta Magnúsdætr, but actively campaigned against Katrín Björk Maríusdætr during the 1993 snap election.

In 2012, Ásvör applied to stand as a candidate in the 2012 election in the Central Velkania constituency of the Stádlink. She went on to be elected, and has been reelected in 2016.

### Minister of Industry and Commerce

After the Liberal-Democrats won the 2016 election with an outright majority and ended their coalition with the Green-Agrarian Party, it was announced by Síf María Vílhelmsdætr that she would be nominating Ásvör for the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce in her second cabinet, since the previous minister Malina Krause was a member of the Green-Agrarians. Ragnhildur IV formally appointed Ásvör as Minister of Industry and Commerce on 1 December 2012.

## Personal life

Ásvör began a relationship with Velkanian business executive Eyríkur Dýri Línbergsson in 1991, shortly after moving to Naríthjábæk. They became engaged after a year of dating, and later married in 1993. Ásvör and Eyríkur Dýri have three children together: Adalbjört, born  (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 27), Gloría María, born  (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 24), and Jón Hendrik, born  (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 19). The family resides in the Fjallassandur district of Naríthjábæk.

Ásvör holds citizenship to three countries: the Velkanian Isles, Regia, and Helvaria; she was born a citizen of Regia and Helvaria, and became a Velkanian citizen along with her parents in 1970. She also is fluent in Velkanian, Regian, Helvarian, Forsish, and English.