Gwen Ranol

**Svetlana "Gwen" Ranol**, better known simply as **Gwen Ranol**, (April 20, 1975 - ) was a Loxenian politician and diplomat who served as the 16th President of Loxenia between November 3, 2018 and May 14, 2020, as well as being the 7th Vice President of Loxenia between May 14, 2020 and August 10, 2020. Ranol also served as Minister of Defence between August 10, 2010 and November 3, 2018 under the presidencies of Dune Salov and Ryan Jones, and was the only member of either president's cabinet to survive the Loxenian Civil War. Ranol also briefly served as the deputy to General Secretary Stanford Newman of the Shanghai Pact in 2035. From April 2036 until June 2038, Gwen Ranol served as the Commissioner of the Shanghai Pact Administrative Zone in Africa.

First elected in 2002, Gwen Ranol served as an independent senator for the constituency of Donbas within parliament, allying with the Liberal-Republican bloc to try to pass broader spending packages for the military and other social aspects. In the run-up to the 2010 Presidential Election, Ranol joined the National Coalition of Loxenia and was granted the position of Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President Dune Salov, becoming a key leader in the Loxenian Civil War. In June 2018, Ranol was one of the signatories of the Kiev Peace Accords which saw the Libirachi Imperial Army withdraw from the civil war conflict. In November 2018, the Black Eagles terrorist group led a violent uprising in the capital of Kiev which saw the presidential palace stormed by rioters, with President Ryan Jones and Vice President Dune Salov both being executed by terrorist elements within the protests on November 2, 2018; Gwen Ranol organised the evacuation of remaining government ministers from Kiev to Lviv where the remnants of the toppled regime began to gather; joined by Speaker of the Loxenian Senate Lloyd Jones in his acting capacity as president, Ranol was formally designated as President of Loxenia on November 3, 2018 by the leadership of the National Coalition.

Upon taking office as President of Loxenia, Gwen Ranol launched her campaign against the rebellious provinces which had formed the Loxchen Oblast, allying with Loxenian General Jax Esposita to coordinate a unified approach to eradicate the rebel group Black Eagles in the process. As the civil war progressed, the armed strength of the provisional government was able to re-establish it's security and military dominance across most of the western reaches of Loxenia; in November 2019, the Libirachi occupied zone of Loxenia was transferred into the hands of the provisional government and by March 2020, the Provisional Government had managed to secure a corridor through the north of the Loxchen Oblast which connected both halves of Loxenia, recapturing the capital city of Kiev in the process. With the nation beginning to become re-united under the Provisional Government, Ranol officially tendered her resignation as President of Loxenia on April 20, 2020 and was replaced by senator Alex Glyn on May 14, 2020. Ranol would briefly serve as Vice President under Glyn's administration until the formation of the Federal Republic of Loxenia on August 10, 2020.

Gwen Ranol returned to active Loxenian politics after the 2023 Loxenian Coup d'état as a member in the National Coalition in-exile, before serving as an ambassador to the Fox Dynasty from 2025 until 2031, when Ranol was present at the formal proclamation of Alex Glyn as president of Loxenia once more. Under the new Glyn administration, Gwen Ranol served as an envoy to the Eurasian Union of States as part of the regime's permanent mission to the EUS. In 2035 following the merging of the EUS into the new Shanghai Pact, Ranol became the deputy to Secretary General Stanford Newman and served briefly from January until November 2035 in the role. Under the tenure of Geena Kulmuni, Ranol became the Commissioner of the Shanghai Pact Administrative Zone in Africa (SPAZA) in April 2036 following the signing of the Shanghai Pact.

## History

First elected in 2002, Gwen Ranol served as an independent senator for the constituency of Donbas within parliament, allying with the Liberal-Republican bloc to try to pass broader spending packages for the military and other social aspects; in 2008 following the banking crisis, Ranol was part of a delegation of Loxenian senators to visit the Libirachi Empire to try to secure international backing for Loxenia's economic recovery, although the delegation was recalled after President Suzana Capentov passed a bill to end freedom of movement to the Libirachi regime.

In the run-up to the 2010 Presidential Election, Ranol joined the National Coalition of Loxenia and was granted the position of Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President Dune Salov; as protests against the government began to subside following the election, Ranol was instead tasked with attempting to quell the rise of the Black Eagles terrorist group, using increasingly violent measures to supress the group. On June 14, 2011, the Libirachi Empire invaded the eastern portion of Loxenia and the nation began to fall into civil war as the Black Eagles used the opportunity to gain territory. As the conflict began to escalate even further, Gwen Ranol was responsible for authorising the military strike which killed Black Eagle leader Lor San-Teccia in 2014. In June 2018, Ranol was one of the signatories of the Kiev Peace Accords which saw the Libirachi Imperial Army withdraw from the civil war conflict. However, the Libirachi withdrawal coincided with a wider drive by the Black Eagles to take the conflict to the heart of the nation and in November 2018, the BA led a violent uprising in the capital of Kiev which saw the presidential palace stormed by rioters, with President Ryan Jones and Vice President Dune Salov both being executed by terrorist elements within the protests on November 2, 2018, whilst trying to flee from the capital.

Now left without leadership, Gwen Ranol organised the evacuation of remaining government ministers from Kiev to Lviv where the remnants of the toppled regime began to gather; joined by Speaker of the Loxenian Senate Lloyd Jones in his acting capacity as president, Ranol began to formulate a new Provisional Government to take over leadership of the nation and was formally designated as President of Loxenia on November 3, 2018 by the leadership of the National Coalition.

## Presidency

 Deputy

Upon taking office as President of Loxenia, Gwen Ranol launched her campaign against the rebellious provinces which had formed the Loxchen Oblast, allying with Loxenian General Jax Esposita to coordinate a unified approach to eradicate the rebel group Black Eagles in the process. Following diplomatic missions led by Minister of Defence Lloyd Jones, the new Loxenian Provisional Government received financial and political backing from the Imperial Republic of Libirachi, with Libirachi president Nathan Jackson keen to end insurgent activity along the Libirachi boarder. At the same time, the new provisional government benefited from receiving international recognition as the legitimate regime of Loxenia; despite this, the nation remained under harsh economic embargo from it's northern neighbour of Belarus.

As the civil war progressed, the armed strength of the provisional government was able to re-establish it's security and military dominance across most of the western reaches of Loxenia; in November 2019 following the formation of the Fox Dynasty in the Libirachi Empire, the Libirachi occupied zone of Loxenia was transferred into the hands of the provisional government and by March 2020, the Provisional Government had managed to secure a corridor through the north of the Loxchen Oblast which connected both halves of Loxenia, recapturing the capital city of Kiev in the process.

With the nation beginning to become re-united under the Provisional Government, Ranol officially tendered her resignation as President of Loxenia on April 20, 2020 and led the process of allowing a successor to be selected by the National Coalition, which ultimately chose senator Alex Glyn to take office on May 14, 2020, when power was transferred between the two presidents. Ranol would briefly serve as Vice President under Glyn's administration until the formation of the Federal Republic of Loxenia on August 10, 2020.