Anatoly Seknov

*"У цей день і вік, уряд не може обмежити права народу." - Anatoly Seknov after being elected Chancellor of Ispirium.*

**Anatoly Seknov** is an **Ispirian** politician and businessman, and the current **Kralj of Ispirium.**

After the death of his father, Viktor Seknov in 2039, Anatoly inherited his assets and became the owner and CEO of Seknov Advanced Weaponry, a company which makes computer and weapon technology this has lead him to his current net worth of ₴271.63 Billion ($10 Billion).

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## 8th Kralj of Ispirium (2048 - 2054)

 ### Preceded by

 Halvar Smak

## 26th Chancellor of Ispirium

 ### Vice Chancellor

 Yuri Gorbochov

 ### Preceded by

 Halvar Smak

## Personal Details

 ### Born

 May 4, 2013 (Kyiv, Ispirium)

 ### Political party

 Conservative

 ### Spouse

 Cynthia Seknov

 ### Children

 Taras Seknov

 ### Parents

 * Viktor Seknov (Father - Deceased)
* Jane Seknov (Mother)

 ### Religion

 Christianity

## Military Service

 ### Branch

 All-Star Ispirium

 ### Years of service

 2033 - 2039

 ### Rank

 Lieutenant

 ### Unit

 A-SI Charlie

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## Early Life

Anatoly Seknov was born on May 4, 2013, to Viktor and Martha Seknov. His father, Viktor, was the CEO of Seknov Advanced Weaponry, and worked directly with the government making large weapons. His mother, Martha, was a surgeon at the Ministry of Health Hospital outside of Kyiv, Ispirium.

At the age of 18, Anatoly Graduated from Kyiv Advanced Education Academy in Kyiv, Ispirium.

## Ispirian Navy

After Anatoly graduated from high school at the age of 18, Anatoly enlisted in the Ispirian Armed Forces and left his family in Kyiv to go to Boot Camp in Odessa.

After boot camp and learning at the academy, Anatoly was stationed in Bosniain 2033, and served there for three years. In 2036, Anatoly was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the Ispirian Army, and was selected to be part of All-Star Ispirium. After a year of training, Anatoly was stationed in Italyto carry out special operations. At this time, Anatoly also married Cynthia Thompson, who later gave birth to their son, Taras Seknov.

In 2039, at the rank of Lieutenant. Anatoly left the Army after his father, Viktor Seknov, died, and he took over Seknov Advanced Weaponry as CEO.

## 2040 Election for Chancellor

On April 17th, 2040, Anatoly announced his candidacy for the Conservative Party nomination for Chancellor of Ispirium. The main Conservative he was running against was James Smirnov, a known conservative public speaker. For the whole 6 months of the fight for the Conservative Nomination, Anatoly clearly stated his goals of ending corruption in the Supreme People's Assembly, and strengthening the military and securing the Ispirian borders.

Anatoly was constantly attacked by other politicians due to his lack of political experience, as he never held political office before.

On August 20th, 2040, only nine days before the Conservative National Convention, Anatoly announced his Vice Chancellor running mate, Yuri Gorbochov, a Conservative Representative in the Supreme People's Assembly.

On August 29th, 2040, the Conservative Party chose Anatoly Seknov for their nominee for the Chancellor election, and he ran against Independent candidate Frantz Rose.

The general election lasted 3 months, and it was a hard battle between the two front-running candidates. On November 1st, 2040, the main ballot took place, and at 11:00 PM when the ballots closed, Anatoly Seknov was declared winner and inaugurated on November 5th, 2040 after a celebration parade.

### First Chancellor Term

In his first term, Anatoly created many jobs and allowed the creation of many small businesses. The Ispirian Hryvnia also went up in value during his tax & Ministry of Finance reform. Anatoly also put fourth a bill which is responsible for the creation of the Ispirian Military Police, which helped strengthen the Military and kept soldiers in check. His Vice Chancellor, Yuri Gorbochov, helped strengthen relations with the United European Federation, and the Republic of Caledonia.

## 2044 Chancellor Re-Election

Anatoly sought re-election for Chancellor in 2044, and went up against Communist Party candidate, Dimitri Rascalov, and Liberal candidate Alek Henrikson.

Anatoly fought for the same principals the Conservatives believed in, and promised to continue his work on improving Republia for every single person.

Anatoly Seknov won the election by a landslide, having 76% of the vote.

### Second Chancellor Term

Anatoly's second term was a continuation of his first term's goals. He strived to expand the middle class, and bring people out of poverty. During his second term, the poverty rate went down 5%, and more jobs were created for people.

## 2048 Chancellor Re-Election

Anatoly announced that he would run for a third Chancellor term on January 1st, 2048, and went up against Independent James Slav.

During this election, Anatoly set new goals. He wanted to end communism worldwide, and invade Obrelazky to change their leadership and overthrow their communist government.

On October 8th, 2048, Kralj of Ispirium Halvar Smak was assassinated by Jeff Sessions in Kyiv, and the election was cancelled as Anatoly took the position of Kralj later that day.

## Kralj of Ispirium (2048 - 2054)

Anatoly Seknov took the oath of office for the position of Kralj on October 8th, 2048, at the age of 35, following the assassination of former Kralj Halvar Smak.

### 2048 - 2050

During his first two years as Kralj, Seknov began work on heavy government reform, that included the party system, Vherknova Rada, and the Military. The reform went well, and after only his first year, he stabilized the corrupt unstable government that Halvar Smak left behind.

Another big improvement he brought on was relations with the Free Polish Republic. Under the Smak ruling, there was little to no relations with any bordering countries. In 2049, Seknov began talks with Polish leader Jan Pawelski, that lead to an official alliance being created in 2050. This soon lead to become a very close relation, leading to starting their own currency and joint-military pact.

## 2050 - Present

During his next years as Kralj, Seknov pushed for more military and technology advancement funding, this majorly helped the military and infrastructure of Ispirium. With his Chancellor, Yuri Gorbochov, Seknov worked with the SPA to give more to the people, lowering tax rates and changing the constitution to better fit with the modern society.

#### UEF & Karoria

After his first two years as Kralj,, Seknov's approval rate in Ispirium rose to 80%, and he was known to some as the best Kralj Ispirium has ever had. Despite this, Seknov did not stop there. Seknov continued his great work by establishing a relation with the United Karorian States, and freeing the people of the UEF from their corrupt, communist-like government, this later lead to the invasion of the UEF and admission of Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia into the Ispirian Federation.

These relations went bad shortly after though, after finding out of a major plot by Karoria to overthrow the Ispirian Government, Ispirium aided the USSR in their war with Karoria, eventually leading to the United Karorian States, and the admission of Austria, and parts of Greenland into the Ispirian Federation.

## Political Beliefs

Anatoly is a hard-right conservative, with some of his beliefs being center-right aswell. He was voted as Chairman of the Conservative Party of Ispirium in 2044, following his Chancellor win.

### Foreign Policy

Seknov has a wide variety of foreign policy ideals. One of his big foreign policy achievements is the creation of the International Protection Agency (IPA), which is a multi-national coalition made with Ispirium, Caledonia, Impor, and Poland. The coalition was solely created to fight terrorism, domestic and foreign. This came at a time where pro-Karorian and EXTOL terrorism was on the rise in Europe and Asia.

Seknov is also responsible for strengthening relations with Poland, and Impor. This lead to better trade between foreign countries, and brought in money from Ispirian exports.

### Economy

During his 2051 yearly summary speech, Seknov said he has been working hard to lower tax rates for low income homes, and do a one-time small tax increase for wealthy individuals. This is exactly what he did, bringing in a 5% tax decrease for families making less than 22,500 zloty annually, and brought a one-time 2% tax for individuals making more than 430,000 zloty annually.

Another big thing be brought in was the new currency, the Polish-Ispirian Zloty, which the Verkhovna Rada passed. His reasoning behind the currency combination between Poland and Ispirium was due to the closeness of the two countries and the large span of Europe they control.

### Civil Rights

Anatoly Seknov believes racial discrimination is a hate crime, and believes people deserve rights no matter what skin color they are.

Seknov has come under heavy fire from the 'LGBTQ' community though, as he has stated many times in interviews that he is strongly against same-sex marriage, same-sex couples and transgenders. Though he has made no push in the Verkhovna Rada to ban or restrict any of these things.

## Religion

Anatoly Seknov is a non-denominational Christian. During his childhood and teenage years, he was baptized and confirmed in St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv. During his years in the military, he was not able to go to church, and practiced his religion on his own. In an interview done in 2040, Seknov said that he is no longer Eastern Orthodox and identifies as a non-denominational christian.