Benjamin LeDuc

Benjamin LeDuc (born 4 April 2000) is a Dogger programmer, free software movement activist, politician and current Spokesperson of Volt+Pirates. He's one of the youngest politicians of the country.

Early life
Benjamin was born to a multicultural family in Cornhall, in the northern province of Crohall. His father is Doggish-Quebecois, while his mother is Dutch-Egyptian. He started to be interested in programming after meeting a friend, which taught him about Linux and the free software movement. Since then, he has developed a career in programming, leading him to be one of the most prominent Doggish programmers. He has decided to not pursuit a higher career, learning everything from the Internet. He currently works for Canonical, the company that develops the open-source operative system Ubuntu. In 2021, he decided to join the Liberal Party, leaving a week later to form the political coalition Volt+Pirates, which he currently leads. He was elected as an MP on April 2021 as the leader of Volt+Pirates. He later joined the Alliance for Democratic Decency as the Minister of Digitalization.

Political views
Benjamin has been considered a sympathizer of anarchism and other libertarian movements, although he has moderated his stance. Some of his personal mottoes related to his political views are "reform, not revolt" and "freedom with responsibility". He is considered socially liberal and progressive, with him strongly defending rights such as the right to privacy, repair and choice or women, LGBT+ and minorities rights. He is an advocate of the use of only free software in public institutions.

Economically, he is a self-described "pragmatic", supporting a socially-responsible free market.

He is pro-European, calling for a reform of the European Union to become a confederation.