Gorden Johann Braunbusch

**Gorden Johann Braunbusch** is the incumbent President of the Roessen Republic. He was formerly the Member of the Volksvertretung for Reisestadt in the Rote Koalition, before his whip was removed and he helped form a new party, the Sozialdemokratische Partei Roessen (SDPR).

## Gorden Johann Braunbusch

### Affiliation

Rote Koalition (1926-1936)Independent (1936)

Sozialdemokratische Partei Roessen (1936-Present)

### Occupation

MV for Reisestadt, 1926-1936President of the Roessen Republic, 1936-Present

## Early Life

### Growing up in Boulles

Born on February 3rd, 1872, Braunbusch was gifted a relatively middle class background. He went to a private school in Boulles - and would train to enter the financial sector. However, Braunbusch had never fit in well, and had long held deeply left-wing views. After serving as a bank clerk, at the age of just 19 - in 1891 - Braunbusch emigrated to the United States.

## Career

### Journalism

Gorden lived in Concord, New Hampshire for the next twelve years, and would eventually rise to be their chief editor of a local paper. Over time, he rose the world of journalism; in 1904, he became the main editor of a national paper. He made a lot of money during this period; and Gorden Braunbusch (something he routinely anglicised to “George Bush”) became a household name in the States. However, by 1907, Braunbusch felt the desire to change.

### Dean of the University of Copenhagen

At his office, Braunbusch met Sara Nachson, a Danish national who was briefly abroad in the States. In what can only be described as a whirlwind romance, Braunbusch would emigrate to Copenhagen with her. Ever the intellectual, it wouldn’t be long before he found himself lecturing at the University of Copenhagen - and became the dean in 1911.

### Fleeing conscription

Once the Great War broke out, Braunbusch fled to nearby Sweden to dodge any chance of involvement claims to have stayed put teaching - and once Roessen was granted independence by Versailles, he and his family - by now with two children - returned to his home country, and moved to the city of Boulles.

### Ambassador to the United States

He was asked by President Schrek to serve as the Ambassador to the United States in 1919 - something he accepted.

### Election into the Volksvertretung

His main political breakthrough, however, came in 1926 when Braunbusch was selected as the candidate for the Reisestadt constituency, and took a seat in Parliament.

### Presidential Campaign

#### Dropping out of the race

In 1936, Braunbusch was nominated by his former party, the Rote Koalition, as a candidate for the Presidency. However, for reasons that remained unclear at the time, he dropped out of the race during his initial campaign despite being close second in the race behind by only two percent.

#### Return as an Independent candidate

Braunbusch soon after gave a speech outside his home to a large crowd of supporters and press, explaining how he supposedly feared that his old age would "would limit the appeal of my beliefs in the eyes of the electorate" and "his party could select equally talented individuals with fewer replaced teeth." However, after his party's decision to instead nominate the far-left Bolshevist candidate, Herr Lionsonn, Gorden felt motivated to stand again as an independent out of "fear that his own party may not be the right one to command our country". Braunbusch publicly denounced Lionsonn, saying that "he has the political experience of a Burmese trapeze artist, and the diplomacy of a trod-on puff adder."

### Election to the Presidency

Nationalistische candidate Florian Ostmann had done enough to break down the Liberale vote, which gave Braunbusch the opportunity to bounce back. Campaigning in heavy Rote Koalition areas, Braunbusch garnered initial support by surpassing Lionsonn and Ostmann, ending neck-and-neck with Vön Kurt Zvanzon before the debate. During the Presidential debate, Braunbusch shined as the most charismatic candidate.

In the final result, Braunbusch passed the first round with 30.1% of the vote, and was elected in the second round with a slim majority of 51.2% to Zvanzon's 48.8%.

## President of the Roessen Republic

### The Braunbusch Administration, 1936-1940

Braunbusch entered the Presidency at a time of great global distress; Germany was making moves in Europe and had subtly referenced intentions of re-annexing Roessen. At first, he struggled to assemble a Kabinett, first inviting Zvanzon to the Kabinett but being turned down over disagreements of domestic policy. He appointed Reginmund Gault, a close friend and political advisor to the position of Chancellor.

The first of Braunbusch's main foreign policies was the boycotting of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, citing Germany's imperialist ambitions and his concerns for the wellbeing of Roessisch athletes. While the move was highly supported politically, it caused concern in Roessen's allies, specifically Britain, over Roessen potentially antagonising Germany, while provoking outrage from Roessen's athletes, specifically Leonhard Schoff, a Roessisch sprinter set to race against the American prodigy Jesse Owens and the rival German athletes to prove Roessisch sporting might.

## Political Positions

### Ideology

Braunbusch is considered moderate; fairly conservative socially, but believing in constitutional and welfare reforms. Many see him as a leap away from the precious RK candidates for the presidency - indeed, Braunbusch refused to publicly endorse the RK’s rabidly left wing candidate in 1928. Only time will tell whether the country sees GJB as a safe alternative.