Anna Phu

*This name uses Velkanian naming customs, although the last name is a family name. This person should be properly referred to by the given name* Anna.

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**Anna Phu** (born **Phû Gơi Bắk**; 7 November 1985) is a Velkanian politician who has served as a member of the Orthing since 2018. She is a member of the Reform Party. Anna is the first person of full Helonesian descent and first Dravadinist to be elected to parliament in the Velkanian Isles.

Born in Ma Ta Ku City, Anna moved to the Velkanian Isles with her family at the age of four, settling in Narísandur. She attended Narísandur Junior College, graduating in 2006, and afterwards moved to Orgland to enroll in Foxford University, graduating with her law degree in 2012. Anna subsequently returned to the Velkanian Isles, receiving a master's degree in law from the University of Narísandur in 2013. Afterwards, she began her career in law, working at a private law firm where she specialized in corporate litigation. Anna began her political career in 2018, after she was elected to the Orthing for the Reform Party in the 2018 election.

## Early life and education

Anna was born on 7 November 1985 in Ma Ta Ku City to parents Phû Gú On (born 1954) and Ðão Fắ Lin (born 1960). Her father is an academic, scholar of political science, and political dissident, while her mother is a homemaker. Anna is the eldest of three children and only daughter; her younger brothers are Filip, born  (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 36), and Anton, born  (1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 33). In 1990, when Anna was four years old, the family fled Esman and moved to the Velkanian Isles as political refugees, due to concern's for her father's safety as an opposition activist. They settled in the Hnífsgerði neighborhood of Narísandur, and her father became a professor of political science at the University of Narísandur. Shortly after arriving, her family gave her the name Anna due to expected difficulties with Velkanians pronouncing her birth name Gơi Bắk; her parents legally changed her name to Anna in 1991.

Upon moving to the Velkanian Isles, Anna spoke no Velkanian, but began speaking the language fluently after enrolling in a preschool shortly after her family's arrival in the country. Anna began her education in 1992, attending a local, public primary school in Hnífsgerði, where she was a high academic achiever. She has recalled suffering from racism in her youth due to her ethnic background, and had little friends at the time due to it. She graduated from primary school in 2002, afterwards enrolling in Narísandur Junior College where she studied a business and law program, graduating in 2006. Anna subsequently moved to Orgland to enroll in Foxford University, graduating with her law degree in 2012. She then returned to the Velkanian Isles, receiving her master's degree in law from the University of Narísandur in 2013.

## Law career

After graduating with her master's degree in 2013, Anna was hired as a junior associate at the law firm Elvios Law. During her time at the firm, she practiced corporate law and specialized in corporate litigation. She became an associate in 2014, and later a partner in 2017.

Anna left her career in law in 2018, after beginning her political career.

## Political career

### Member of parliament

Anna began her political career in 2018, after she was included on the electoral list of the Reform Party for the 2018 election. Prior to this, she had described herself as being apathetic to politics, but registered with the party in 2015, following its creation by Ásleif Guðlín Erlendardattir.

Ultimately, Anna was elected to the Orthing, taking her seat on 13 March 2018. Upon her election, she broke a number of records in Velkanian politics due to her background; she became the second person of Helonesian descent and the first of full Helonesian descent, the first Esmanese person, first Helonesian immigrant, and first Dravadinist to serve in parliament.

## Personal life

Anna began a relationship with Velkanian lawyer Daníel Rafn Gaukarson in 2012, after they had both began master's programs together at the University of Narísandur. They became engaged in 2015, and later married in 2017. Anna and Daníel have one child together; their daughter, Brigitta, was born  (2019-03-01) 1 March 2019 (age 4). In August 2020, Anna confirmed she was pregnant with their second child, who is due in February 2021.

Anna and her family reside in the Hellikrókur neighborhood of Narísandur. She is fluent in Velkanian, Esmanese, Framish, and Ditrovian, and is additionally a Kavordian Dravadinist. Anna naturalized as a Velkanian citizen along with the rest of her family in 1997, at age 11.