Madeleine Bassett

The Right Honourable Madeleine Hildegard Bassett, born 19th of November 3931 in Fort William, Holy Luthori Empire is a politician for the Liberal Alliance.

Background
Born to a Baronet Bank Manager and a Baroness Doctor and with four siblings, Bassett had a very convenient childhood and youth in a typical upper middle class family in Fort William's better streets. Her father owned a Bank and she began work there as a part-time receptionist at the age of 16. She studied four years of Business and Economics at the Adlerberg School of Economics and started as a Junior Bank Clerk at her father's Bank in 3953. The year before she had engaged in "Liberal Students", the Student Wing of Liberal Alliance and in 3953 she surprisinly made it into parliament.

Member of the Diet and Minister
In 3953 she was elected as MD and she held a low profile, keeping tight to the social liberal leader in the Parliamentary Group: Jessica Wick. Partyleader Sophia Lancaster soon discovered her potential and thought a Baroness could be useful in dodging criticism from the more traditional parts of the party. Bassett soon made herself a name in the Taxation Issues of the 3950's. In 3956 she was surprisinly made Minister of Education and Culture in the big coalition cabinet. When the LA was left outside the Cabinet after the 3963 election Bassett regrouped in the Diet. But the LA failed to win any further mandates in the two coming elections. However they decided to support a centre-left coalition in front of a centre-right dito which infuriated the party right. This choice and the three bad elections the last year meant that the ground shook for Partyleader Lancaster.

Minister of Internal Affairs
The National Board wanted to teach Lancaster a lesson after the three bad elections in a row. Even if the second and third elections had been hard to foreseen and prepare for, the inability to take advantage of a a few right wing party disbandment was heavily critizised. But what infuriated many of the right wing members of the National Board was the coalition with the socialists. Lancaster was forbidden to take the Post of Vice Chancellor and Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet but was compliant with a post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. However the Board preferred Basset as she was a Baroness and a typical LA-supporter.