Aurelia Lamann-Spitzer

Aurelia Dorothée Etienne Lamann-Spitzer (*3521, née Spitzer) is a Hulstrian liberal politician who currently leads the nation's second-largest and main opposition party, LVP, which she has founded herself in 3563.

Life
Aurelia Spitzer was born in Kien but grew up mostly in Hinterwaldstetten, a small village on the countryside of Hulstria Crownland, where she lived on a small estate owned by her grandparents while her parents, both bankers, were working in Kien. At the age of 18, upon graduating from school, Spitzer moved back to the capital where she studied philosophy - against the wishes of her parents, who wanted her to study economics and thus stopped supporting her financially.

After obtaning a B.A. from Freie Universität Kien, she worked for the Städtische Morgenpost as a reporter on local politics. She became the newspapers' editor in 3545.

In 3548, Spitzer married Dr. Johann Lamann, a surgeon of considerable fame. Her husband's wealth allowed her to run her own newspaper, the Journal der Freiheit, which wrote from a liberal-conservative perspective.

Politics
Lamann-Spitzer had been interested in politcs since her youth, but she did not develop own ambitions until 3563, when she founded the Liberale Volkspartei in co-operation with industrialist and millionaire Markus Fahrengold. Due to massive publicity efforts, the party became quite popular soon, especially in the cities and suburbs, and Lamann-Spitzer entered the Reichstag via a by-election only weeks after entering politics.

She subsequently became the Reichstag's sole non-Hosian Democraticmember. In 3564, a general election was held, in which the LVP, led by Lamann-Spitzer, won 35% of the popular vote, which was considered a massive success for a brand new party. Since then, she has been Leader of the Opposition. In that position, she has argued in favor of free-market solutions to infrastructure, less regulation of business, social tolerance and less restrictive ecological standards.