Otto Von Oldrich

**Otto Von Oldrich** was an Adorian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the President of Adoria for five uninterrupted terms until his assassination. He belonged to one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Adoria, the Gyldenloves. Considered the greatest leader of all time by most Adorians, he was widely respected for his vision and leadership. However, his assassination was a great tragedy for the country, and his legacy continues to influence Adorian politics to this day.

## History

### Beyond Adoria

After emigrating to Adoria, Otto joined Beyond Adoria, at the time lead by Frederick (Llama) and Attica. Shortly after joining, he was promoted to the Leadership Council. In elections on the 24th of June, he became Deputy Leader of the party, along with Rocky. In the 54th Adorian General Election, due to the departure of their co-Leader Llama, BA forgot to sign up for the elections or agree on a joint list with Liberty Union, something which they had done twice previously. Following the election, the LU gave a seat to Attica, but later removed it when he voted against removing universal healthcare. During this period, BA and LU were involved in talks over merging to form the Liberal Democratic Union, but this was temporarily halted when the BA reformed into the United Centrists of Adoria.

### UCA

Otto remained Deputy Leader as the party transition into the UCA, then united with Liberty Union. Bert, who had just been elected leader of the LU, managed to finalise a merger agreement with Attica, resulting in the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party. The original name, Adorian Torch of Democracy, was rejected by LU members, but most other aspects of the merger proceeded smoothly. After the formation of the LDP, he stood for re-election to Deputy Leader on the 18th of September, but was defeated by Daniel and Lord Fabiaen. Otto joined the Council of Leadership 2 days later without election, as only 7 people signed up.

Otto has served as Speaker of the Assembly twice, both times narrowly defeating SDP speakership candidates Kurt and Tomi.

### Special Interest Groups

On the 7th of July, Otto joined the Progressive Union Front, then lead by Dekks. It aims to promote social progressivism, secularism, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. Following Dekks's departure, Otto became leader of the special interest group on the 3rd of October that year.

Otto also founded the State Consolidation Movement, a SIG aiming to consolidate states into a group of fewer, but more active and effective states, while at the same time safeguarding provincial autonomy. The State Consolidation Bill passed on the 25th of September, but during the following referendums to unite the Greek provinces, only the Synarossian ones passed. Otto has criticised the failure of states to provide democratic choice to their citizens, for example, Mediterraneo missed two elections in a row as only one or no candidates signed up. He authored the State Consolidation Bills 1, 2, & 4, with State Con 4 being authored by MarcZuccIsMyWaifu. This issue mostly ended when the staff removed 3 states on 27th October 2021.

### LDP

Following Bert's second term as leader of the LDP, and a term of Premiership, he designed not to stand for re-election. In the ensuing vote, Otto and SoleSol ran together, winning 70.6% of the vote and both becoming co-leaders on the 14th October. 4 days later, then LDP fell from 35 to 13 seats (AES was not rolled in this election). The LDP entered a government with the SDP & LCP, with Baron as Prime Minister. During this term, Otto was a Justice in the Supreme Court, and so did not serve in any ministerial position. Otto was re-elected to LDP leader on 2nd November, winning with 63.6%. Sole decided not to for leader, but was later appointed Deputy Leader by Otto.

On the same day, the LDP gained massively in the 62nd election, from 13 to 27 seats (AES was rolled in this election). The SDP leadership withdrew from the previous term's coalition, leaving an LDP - LCP coalition with Otto as Prime Minister. During the term, Otto passed a number of environmental executive orders, establishing a legally binding net-zero date (2035), which included emissions within Adoria and those used to make goods bought by Adorians. However, a number of these EOs were not formatted correctly (missing 'Be it hereby enacted'), resulting in Otto having to later attempt to pass them as bills whilst in opposition. During the term, LCP Interior Minister Ronald resigned after suggesting he would lead an investigation into separatist groups, and LDP Industry Minister Lord Fabiaen was fired following Ronald's leak that he had been bribed by by Fabiaen to upvote on of the LDP minister's bills. SoleSol as Minister of Infrastructure passed the majority of the government's EOs that term, including the construction of a tram network in Ador City, and standardised ticketing & prices on public transit.

Following the 63rd Election, the LDP lost 16 seats (AES was not rolled). The LDP enters negotiations with the SDP, but they abruptly withdrew, and instead chose to work with the Lavanda Independence Party and the NLF, now reformed into the Libeccian National Party.

## Journalism

Currently a reporter for the Central Post, lead by Daniel and SoleSol.

## Family

Otto is married to SoleSol, and their children are LastCelebration, Daniel, Gviz, Eddy, Earthly, Noot Noot! , POGfish , and Hyort Gyldenløve.

## Death

Otto was assassinated by an unknown assailant during a public ceremony held to award medals to national heroes. The reason for the assassination is currently unknown, and an investigation to apprehend the assailant is underway.