Margot Schweitzer

Margot Schweitzer was the 13th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Neu Westfalen, becoming both the second female and second Socialist to hold the position. Schweitzer took office on December 14th, 2013 with 26.0% of the national vote in the 1st round (placing second), and 50.52% in the 2nd round. Narrowly defeating the National Conservative incumbent: Anna van der Sar. Schweitzer was subsequently defeated by van der Sar in the July 2014 Chancellery re-election; after the Supreme Court ruled that several members of her campaign team had acted illegally during her December 2013 election campaign. She currently serves as the MP for Port Lantea East, and has stated she intends to run for Chancellor again in 2017.

Personal life
Margot was born in Port Lantea, Neu Westfalen to Joseph Schweitzer and Hanna Schweitzer (née Hellmann) on the 28th of September, 1954. She became the Deputy Managing Director of Pazifische Kommunikationen (Pacific Communications), the largest telecommunications company in the country, before pursuing a career in politics in 1993. She has been married once in 1990 before getting divorced three years later. Margot admitted their marriage had collapsed due to the strain of her work commitments, which contributed to her resignation from Pazifische Kommunikationen.