Janice LeCoultre

Overview
Janice LeCoultre is a Dranian politician currently serving as Chairwoman of the right-wing Grand National Party. Previously, she had also been Governor of Ulbrach Province and Minister of Finance.

Life and Politics
LeCoultre was, by profession, a journalist, and covered economic issues during her time at the Santa Sharika Evening Standard, a right-leaning newspaper published in her hometown. She first got involved in politics when she was elected Governor of Ulbrach in 3358 at the age of 23, however she would lose against her Unity challenger in 3366. In that year, her sister, Marina LeCoultre, became Prime Minister of Dranland and encouraged her to give it another try.

In 3374, she won the position of Governor back and continued to serve in that office until 3378, when she became Finance Minister in the administration of John Morrison (Popular Party), where she embraced fiscal conservatism.

After the coalition's dissolving in 3381, she returned to her work as a journalist until 3389, when a sudden overnight coup ended Prime Minister Delia Breckinridge's tenure as GNP Chairwoman. The GNP leadership council, which LeCoultre was a member of, then called for leadership elections held among all federal GNP MPs and the councillors themselves, in which she prevailed with 61% of the vote in the light of the alleged attempt of the Prime Minister to allow Provinces to ban abortion.

However, shortly after she had assumed her Chairwoman position, the GNP suffered a blow as Santa Sharika Mayor Elaine Duvalle protested against the inner-party coup and defected from the GNP, founding the socially conservative Conservative National Party, which was criticized by LeCoultre.