Malina Krause

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

**Malina Maria Krause** (born 14 December 1979) is a Helvarian-Velkanian politician and restauranteur who served as Minister of Industry and Commerce from 2012 to 2016. A Green-Agrarian, she has also served in the Stádlink since 2008.

Born in Munbach, Malina graduated from Munbach Cathedral School in 1999, and afterwards moved to Naríthjábæk to attend the University of Velkania as an international student. After graduating with a degree in business administration in 2002, Malina opened a Helvarian restaurant in Akuhólmur named Krauser, which she continues to own and operate with her husband. Malina was elected to the Stádlink for the Green-Agararians in the 2008 election, representing the Northern Velkania constituency. Malina was later appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce by Síf María Vílhelmsdætr for her first cabinet in 2012, but left the position after the coalition between the Liberal-Democrats and Green-Agrarians collapsed in 2016.

A prominent member of the Green-Agrarian Party, Malina has been theorized as a future Green-Agrarian party leader.

## Early life and education

Malina was born on 14 December 1979 in Munbach to parents Arnold (born 1949) and Caterina Krause (née *Munbacher*; born 1952). Her father is a quantum physics professor at the University of Munbach, while her mother owns and operates a private daycare in Munbach. Malina was raised in Inner Munbach. She is the eldest of three daughters; her younger sisters include Thea, born  (1982-05-08) 8 May 1982 (age 41), and Helene, born  (1985-07-01) 1 July 1985 (age 38).

Malina began her education in 1986, attending a local public primary school in Inner Munbach. She graduated from primary school in 1992, beginning intermediate school, which she graduated from in 1996. Afterwards, Krause enrolled in Munbach Cathedral School, where she studied a social sciences program and graduated in 1999. Despite receiving acceptance to the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Munbach, Malina enrolled in the Faculty of Business at the University of Velkania as an international student.

Malina graduated with a degree in business administration in 2002, and afterwards opened the Helvarian cuisine restaurant Krauser in Akuhólmur, receiving a loan from her parents to open it. The restaurant proved to be successful, with its proceeds being both her and her husband's primary source of income.

## Political career

### Political beginnings

In Helvaria, Malina was a supporter of the Progressive Party, and registered with them upon turning 18. After settling in the Velkanian Isles, Malina registered with the Green-Agrarian Party and became politically active.

In 2008, Malina applied to stand as a candidate in the 2008 election in the Northern Velkania constituency of the Stádlink. She went on to be elected, and has been reelected in 2012 and 2016.

### Minister of Industry and Commerce

After the Liberal-Democrats won the 2012 election and Síf María Vílhelmsdætr secured a coalition agreement with the Green-Agrarian Party, it was announced by Síf María that she would be nominating Malina for the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce in her first cabinet. Ragnhildur IV formally appointed Malina as Minister of Industry and Commerce on 1 December 2012. The Liberal-Democrats won a majority of seats in the 2016 election, leading to the dissolution of the coalition government in favor of a single-party government of the Liberal-Democrats. Because of this, Malina lost her ministerial position and entered the opposition.

## Personal life

After coming to the Velkanian Isles as an international student in 1999, Malina began a relationship with Velkanian classmate Davíd Karl Gústafsson. They became engaged upon graduating in 2002, and married the following year. Malina and Davíd Karl run the Krauser restaurant together. Through her marriage, Malina became a Velkanian citizen in 2006, and now holds dual citizenship to the Velkanian Isles and Helvaria.

Malina and Davíd Karl have two daughters together: Flóra, born  (2006-06-10) 10 June 2006 (age 17), and Klara, born  (2010-07-02) 2 July 2010 (age 13). The children were raised bilingually in Velkanian and Helvarian, while Malina also speaks Forsish and English. The family resides in Naríthjábæk.