Bernard Hammersmith

Bernard Hammersmith (b. August 3, 3469) is a is a Dranish businessman and politician of the right-wing Rally for the Republic who currently serves as his party's parliamentary leader.

Life
Hammersmith was born into a middle-class family, his father being a car salesman and his mother a public school teacher. Since his youth, he followed politics, and his preferences shifted to the right over the time, although he latter recalled that he had always disliked the left."

He studied management at the Llwybr Hawl School of Economics and Management (LSEM), obtaining a BA (3492) and an MBA (3494) before proceeding to working founding a private equity fund together with some befriended LSEM alumni, which proved highly successful even during the years of left-wing dominance in the late 3490s when greater stock market regulation was discussed.

Politics
Hammersmith was a member of the RFR since his 18th birthday, primarily due to its neoliberal agenda and support for deregulation. As he had always eyed a business career, he considered the party his "natural political home."

Hammersmith appeared in the journals repeatedly in the late 3490s, both for his high-risk stock market investments and his alleged "hedge fund tactics", which was criticized in local media. He responded brusquely, calling his critics "lackeys of those left-wing politicians keen on demonizing success."

In 3500, he ran as an RFR candidate for a parliamentary seat, and won narrowly after scrambling to fight off attempts of his leftist opponents to portray him as aloof banker. However, he ran in a wealthy district of Llwybr Hawl where the left traditionally had a bad standing, and thus he won with 50.9%.

He spent six years as a backbencher before being appointed as parliamentary leader following the resignation of Thomas Trelawney. Although his primary interest was fiscal policy, he simultaneously became spokesman for internal affairs, and acquired a reputation as a man of law and order.

After the 3508 elections, he was poised to become Minister of Finance, but since the RFR did ultimately not obtain that ministry, he became Interior Minister instead.