Vön Kurt Zvanzon

**Vön Kurt Zvanzon** is the Member of Volksvertretung for Glockenblumenwiese and was the Liberal Candidate for the 1936 Presidential Election.

## Vön Kurt Zvanzon

### Occupation

MV for Glockenblumenwiese, 1936 - PresentPresidential Nominee, 1936 - Present

## Early Life

### Childhood

Vön Kurt Zvanzon was born on 26th October 1895 in the small town of Neunitz to his mother, Ethel Zvanzon, and his father, Johan Zvanzon.

He grew up in quite an affluent family; his mother worked in the city of Goernitz as a university lecturer teaching Physics while his father ran a small artisan bakery in the town centre. Vön attended the local school until the age of sixteen, where he became vividly interested in politics and philosophy at a time of global economic recession and tremendous national instability.

Throughout his early life, he regularly worked shifts in his father's bakery to save up for his education and often went on day trips with his mother exploring the big city; those are the memories he now treasures deeply and often reflects upon in his speeches.

## Political Career

### Moving to the city of Valon

In 1912, when he was seventeen, he left his small childhood town to voyage into the prosperous urban metropolises of Valon in Sarmont, where he began studying political science for his diploma at the University of Amsterdam.

### Influence of Liberal philosophy

During that fond time, he became incredibly politically active and was swayed by the philosophy of liberalism that was based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. He had long since rejected the growing movement for communist revolution as an inherently flawed populist ideology forged by a privileged few to divisively control the masses.

### Early Policy work

After leaving university with a first in his diploma for Political Science in 1918, Zvanson began working for the Valon Economics Institute as a Senior Policy Advisor and left four years later in 1922. After becoming increasingly involved in the Liberal Party, he was employed as Head Policy Researcher and Speechwriter later that year after showing a talent for words and drafting legislation.

### Election into the Volksvertretung

Vön left six years later, after he was chosen as a candidate for the constituency of Glockenblumenwiese and successfully won his seat as a newly elected member of the Volksvertretung in 1928.

### Presidential Run

#### Early Campaign

In 1936, he was nominated by the Liberal Party as a candidate for the Presidency. Zvanson's presidential run was defined by his party's straightforward campaign of "don't rock the boat", advocating for liberal legislative reforms that would create liberty, stability and prosperity. During his campaign, he had overseen the highest Liberal Party polling since the 1928 presidential election, with his vote share reaching an estimated peak of 47% in February.

#### Presidential Debate

However, with the rise of new independent candidate, Gorden Braunbusch, and the newly nominated National Party candidate, Florian Ostmann, his popularity declined to a neck-and-neck 31% before the debate later that evening. While polls confirmed that Zvanzon shined the least in the debate, his significant closing remarks left him as memorable candidate and still potentially the potential favourite to win the Presidency.

> "My dear people of Roessen, Today is a turning point for our country.
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> It will be a decision put to the people of whether we choose to reject fear and hatred and instead embrace the values of integrity, decency and compassion. We must secure Roessenn's position as a strong as a beacon of hope for the rest of the world, demonstrating that the kinship of the human spirit will always triumph over all that seeks to divide us and tear our nation apart from within. As your president, I will steer our country forward and not lose sight of the principles that this country was built upon. Under my leadership, we will not rock the boat. We will keep our ship steadfast and keep our eyes vigilantly on the choppy waters ahead of us, guided by the enduring belief in liberty, stability and prosperity. I will hope to unify the country, restore community to the people and back the trust in government through careful wise decision making. I will be a president for all Roessischs, whether that be young or old, poor or affluent. We are all citizens of one republic. And it is with my pleasure that I hope to serve all of you. And work together towards the common good for a more prosperous Roessen.
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> Gott segne die Republik. Good night."
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> Vön Kurt Zvanzon, 1936 Presidential Debate

#### Election Results

In an exceptionally tight election of 48.8% to 51.2%, independent candidate Gorden Johann Braunbusch was elected the new President of the Roessen Republic, despite Zvanzon winning the first round of the election results. While the position had been greatly favoured for Herr Zvanzon, reports suggested that the debate was how Herr Zvanzon's second round vote came just shy of Herr Braunbusch's 51.2% majority. After Vön Zvanzon conceded the election, the Liberal Party released a statement congratulating the new president on his victory, saying that while "*it was a tight race between him and Herr Vön Zvanzon, but he won out fair and square."*

## Political Positions

### Ideology

Zvanzon favoures ruthless pragmatism and sensible legislative reforms to solve the problems of the common man. He is a well-known progressive centrist who passionately has advocated for individual rights, constitutional democracy, secularism, freedom of expression, labour rights and free-market economics.