Arjun The Great



Arjun The Great (stylized as ArjunTheGreat!) is a Dogger member of parliament for the Labor Worker's Party and the current Minister of Health of Doggerland. He was a candidate in the January 2021 legislative elections being 6th on the party list. He is most notably known for his work in designing the rose in the Labor Worker's Party logo and the LWP "I Voted" button.

Early Life
Arjun The Great was born on August 2nd, 1987 in Mistlân in the Zuidvis province to two immigrants from India. He later attended the University of the City of Mistlân (UCM) on a scholarship and graduated with a degree in political science. He got involved with political activism during this time and officially joined the LWP. He interned for then LWP City Council member Jon Mairro. Arjun worked in the campaign department and helped write speeches and make advertisements. Once Mairro declined to run for another term in order to run for mayor in 2014, Arjun transitioned to the new campaign team.

Campaign Advisor
During the 2014 mayoral race, Arjun The Great was appointed to the position of Official Campaign Advisor for Jon Mairro. The campaign was defined by the South-Dock scandal in which incumbent mayor, Maera Dann-Jannson, was hiring additional fully-private dock workers to replace the federally-subsidized ones. She claimed it was to reduce shipping costs and open new opportunities for the struggling subsidized employees. The mayor, who was viewed as a left-wing populist, scratched over her reputation as one and lost in a historically close election to Jon Mairro.

Deputy Mayor
Once Jon Mairro was officially inaugurated, Arjun The Great was appointed to the position of Deputy Mayor, being the youngest to hold said position in city history. Over the next few years, Arjun helped the mayor push for redeveloping unused urban lands into public parks. During this time, Mistlân had a serious pollution crisis. Arjun helped organize paid clean-up teams along the coastline and drafted strict recycling and composting policies. In 2018, Mairro faced re-election against Liberal Party opponent, Lilian Graeve. Arjun delivered several speeches across the city and frequently debated Graeve herself. Eventually, Mairro was comfortably re-elected. Sadly, on August 26th of that year, Mairro passed away from a heart attack at his home. The city had never had an elected official die in office before. It was decided that Deputy Mayor Arjun The Great would fill in the rest of Mairro's term until 2022.

Mayor of Mistlân
Once inaugurated, Arjun The Great chose LWP upstart Mia Kingston as deputy mayor. Arjun became the youngest mayor in Mistlân history. His first act as mayor was to launch a campaign to completely overhaul the once-beloved Naval History Museum. Some of his achievements included adding an easier path for refugees to take residence in the city, passing several consumer protection laws, starting a city food safety agency, and adding a municipal income tax. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mistlân was one of the first Dogger cities to go under lockdown. Arjun insisted on a swift and brutal response to the pandemic. He instituted a local mask mandate and several stimulus packages. Infection spikes went up and down through the year until December when things started to die down. Arjun The Great stepped down in 2021 to run for parliament. Mia Kingston replaced him.

Parliament and Cabinet
Arjun The Great was one of the first people to officially run for parliament. He later received the 6th spot on the party-list. He rose to mild acclaim after his work helping design the signature LWP Rose and several miscellaneous visual elements for the party. He was adamant about the party presenting itself as the uniting figure of the Doggerland left. After the January Elections, he was given a seat in the parliament. Shortly after that, he was appointed by the newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Trevor to serve as the country's first Minister of Health. He is pushing for a fast and expansive response to COVID-19 in his position. Another goal of his is to establish a food safety commission.

He was a candidate for the party leader in the February 14th Labor Worker's Party primary elections.

Ideological Positions
Arjun The Great self-identifies as a progressive Social Democrat. He is in the ideological middle-left of his party. He is very pro-Science and is advocating for increased funding to medical research and other scientific programs. He is strongly Pro-EU.