Sofia Hopkins, Baroness of Bazir
Lady Sofia Anne Hopkins-Jiari, Baroness of Bazir (née Hopkins, born 22 February 2424) is an Empheri politician who served as Prime Minister of Empherias on two occasions. The first was during independence between 21 December 2447 and 26 May 2448, and the second was under the High Kingdoms of Alaxia between 7 September 2453 and 17 October 2470. She also served as Deputy Prime Minister between 26 May 2448 and 7 September 2453 under the Poppy-Socialist Coalition under Lukas Knight.
Hopkins was elected as a member of parliament for the People's Socialist Party in the 2445 general election aged 21. She showed great promise early on being a great speaker and was appointed as the Minister of Transport in Katelyn Robert's cabinet. During the 2447 Socialist leadership election, Hopkins defeated Thomas Rettels, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and became the youngest Prime Minister in history aged 23. She negotiated the coalition with the pro-kloresians, those who wanted to join the High Kingdoms, to ensure that her party would not be removed from power amid the rising schism of the party. She fought the 2448 general election, losing to Knight but maintaining the coalition. Knight won re-election in the 2449 general election with the status quo maintained.
In the 2453 general election, the People's Socialist Party won the most amount of seats and maintained the coalition agreement resulting in Hopkins being made the Prime Minister with Knight as her deputy. She oversaw the re-unification of the party by the 2455 general election - which she also won. She would go on to win the 2459, 2463 and 2468 general elections with good majorities. She was often perceived as a very popular person, very in touch but appealing to the masses. Towards the end of her premiership, she married the Prime Minister of Fazar, Qanli Jiari[1] in 2468. This attracted a lot of criticism as she spent more and more time out of the country with her husband, leaving many duties to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Melanie Monroe who many see as a de-facto prime minister. She announced her resignation on 1 September 2470, officially resigning on 17 October 2470 following the 2470 Socialist leadership election with Klara Willows succeeding her.
- ↑ She still went by the surname 'Hopkins' in mainstream politics, but legally changed her name to the double-barrelled Hopkins-Jiari.