Leanna Walker
| Leanna Walker | |
|---|---|
| President of Lauchenoiria | |
| In office 10 June 2015 – 05 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Laura Moore |
| Vice President | Kieran MacKenzie |
| Preceded by | Marta Lopez |
| Succeeded by | Kieran MacKenzie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1960 Usera, Lauchenoiria |
| Nationality | Lauchenoirian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Mother | Layla Walker |
| Father | Benjamin Walker |
| Alma mater | Buttercity University |
Leanna Walker (born November 24th, 1960) was President of Lauchenoiria from 10th June 2015 where she served until a vote of impeachment removed her from office on the 5th June 2018. Leanna Walker was a member of the Liberal Party. She is currently in exile in Laeral.
Early Life and Education
Leanna Walker was born in Usera, Yervia Province to Benjamin and Layla Walker. Her brother, Edmund, was born one year later. He now resides in Laeral with his wife. Her father was a pilot, and her mother a writer who worked from home.
Walker was home educated until the age of 10, when she began to attend Mariposa Academy, a boarding school ten miles south of Usera, when her mother fell ill. Walker has since cited her experiences at Mariposa Academy as why she is such a strong opponent of the existence of boarding schools.
In 1980, after working as a hotel receptionist on Butterfly Island for two years, Walker attended Buttercity University where she graduated with a First Class degree in International Relations.
Early Career
Following graduation, Walker was employed by the Department for International Trade, where she worked for a decade, before leaving after the legalisation of openly capitalist parties. She joined the Liberal Party shortly after its creation in 1993, and was soon after elected as a Member of the Yervian Parliament for Trenby and Lottera, a rural constituency.
She remained in the Yervian Parliament until 2006 when she was elected to the Federal Parliament for the Mid-Yervia constituency (which included Trenby and Lottera). In 2014, she did not run for re-election, and instead began her presidential campaign. She was elected president on the 2nd June 2015.
President of Lauchenoiria
Leanna Walker was elected following a surge of support for the Liberal Party that led to them becoming the largest parliamentary party a year earlier. Her main platform was in supporting the capitalism referendum which was held in August 2017. Interestingly, she also supported trying to relieve tensions with Kerlile which had been building up for years. This was not a usual Liberal platform.
Walker was seen as a strong president, and had support from the majority of the population and parliament until May 2018.
Impeachment & Exile
In May 2018, Walker was on a diplomatic tour visiting various nations in the IDU when a vote of no confidence in Laura Moore passed. Citing safety concerns, Walker did not return to Lauchenoiria, instead heading to Laeral. Several days later, she publicly denounced Suleman Chaher's actions as an illegal coup d'état and refused to recognise his government.
Chaher then alleged that Walker was working for Skoden in trying to undermine Lauchenoiria. No evidence for this claim has been given, though it formed the basis of the impeachment proceedings against Walker. Parliament passed the articles of impeachment on Tuesday 5th June 2018, by 69 votes for to 34 against, with 17 abstentions (including imprisoned MPs).
Walker remains in Laeral in exile.