Alex Helliker

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Lord Sir
Alex Helliker
MP KCM KOV KOF KD LLB
Archduke of South Adammia
Assumed office
14 November 2017
Predecessor Adam I
Prime Minister of Adammia
In office
19 November 2017 - 22 October 2018
Predecessor HIH Prince Jake
Successor Juliano Saunders
Minister of Finance
In office
28 October 2017 - 3 December 2017
Emperor Adam I
Predecessor HG Sir Reginald Hall
Successor Sir Owain Davies
Legal Advisor to the Monarch
Assumed office
25 November 2016
Emperor Adam I
Predecessor Office established
Birth name Alexander Helliker
Citizenship United Kingdom, Empire of Adammia
Political party Liberal Democrats, Storm Party
Domestic partner None
Residence Poole
Occupation Student

His Grace Lord Sir Alexander Christian Olivier "Al" Helliker, 2nd Archduke of South Adammia KCM KOV KOF KD LLB is an Adammic politician, lawyer and noble who formerly served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Empire of Adammia, and is currently the Attorney General and the Archduke of South Adammia. He was also formerly the Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance at various points in his career.

Helliker has been involved in Adammia for a long time, as one of the earliest citizens. His experience as a law student has made him one of Adammia's leading legal experts, and he is the Emperor's official legal advisor. He assumed the leadership of the Moderate Party in 2017 and subsequently became Prime Minister. After a year in office, he lost the 2018 election and became Leader of the Opposition as leader of the Liberal-Moderate Party. In September 2019, he defected to the Storm Party, and failed to be elected to the House of Citizens. In 2020, he joined the new Independent Party and was elected to the House. He subsequently joined the Second Saunders Cabinet as Minister of Defence.

Non-micronational life

Alex Helliker is a law graduate of the University of Birmingham.

Micronational career

Helliker was notably the first person to become a citizen of the Empire of Adammia after Emperor Adam himself, being granted citizenship on 14 April 2013, the day after Adammia was founded. As the only other citizen at the time, he "ratified" the original Supreme Directive on 19 April 2013. As an online friend of the Emperor, Helliker was a member of the highly-trusted Ordo Vladius. After coincidentally arriving to study at the same university as the Emperor, Helliker was first appointed the Emperor's legal advisor in November 2016. Helliker and the Emperor later decided to become housemates, renting a house which is now known as Serkatia. On 28 October 2017, the Empire of Adammia Act 2017 gave Helliker a seat on the Ruling Council, and he was invited to serve in the provisional Cabinet for three weeks until elections could be held, acting as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Soon afterwards, he joined the Moderate Party and took over as the party's president after Emperor Mother Jayne Belcher stepped down from the role.

In the November 2017 local elections, Helliker was elected Councilor of Serkatia, and his original seat as Duke was given to Colonel Sir Zak Maguire. He was compensated by being appointed Archduke of South Adammia. He then stood in the November 2017 National Election and won, becoming Prime Minister.

In February 2018, Helliker became the first person in Adammia to become a member of two chivalric orders, as a member of both the Ordo Vladius and the Order of the Meerkat. In June 2018, he appointed himself as Minister of Defence. In July 2018, he was appointed as the Empire's first Attorney General.

In October 2018, Helliker ran for re-election to a second term as Prime Minister, but lost by a landslide to Sir Juliano Saunders of the Storm Party. He then became the Leader of the Opposition. Helliker's year-long term in this position was one of inactivity, with some believing that he had lost interest in Adammic politics, and he stood aside as leader of his party in August 2019 in favour of Sir Charles Michael.

Helliker returned to the forefront of Adammic politics in September 2019, when he sided with Storm leader Lady Worthington on a cross-party basis in her accusations against the Emperor as part of the data privacy scandal. On 19 September, Helliker published the Helliker Report in his capacity as Attorney General, accusing the Emperor of violating the GDPR Compliance Act 2018 and committing criminal negligence, before defecting to the Storm Party. The Emperor subsequently resigned as Cabinet Secretary.

Helliker stood at the #4 position on the Storm list, and was not elected. During VIII Legislature he was the de-facto Leader of the Opposition in the Ruling Council, though he was largely inactive during this term. In September 2020, he joined the Independent Party alongside Lord Saunders and Lord Maude, and stood at the #3 position on the party's list and was elected to the House, subsequently becoming Minister of Defence for a second time. As Attorney General, he prosecuted Adammia's first legal case, I v. Thompson.

By 2021, he had become highly inactive and did not stand in the 2021 general election. He is now generally considered to have retired as a politician, though he remains Attorney General.

Honours

Chivalric

Academic

Alex Helliker
House of Helliker
Noble titles
Preceded by
HIM Emperor Adam I
Archduke of South Adammia
14 November 2017 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Title established
Himself as Count of South Alluria
Duke of Serkatia
28 October 2017 - 14 November 2017
Succeeded by
HG Colonel Sir Zak Maguire
Preceded by
Title established
Count of South Alluria
6 September 2017 - 28 October 2017
Succeeded by
Title disestablished
Himself as Duke of Serkatia
Political offices
Preceded by
Office established
Councilor of Serkatia
12 November 2017 - 5 September 2020
Succeeded by
Office disestablished
Preceded by
HIH Prince Jake
Prime Minister of Adammia
19 November 2017 - 22 October 2018
Succeeded by
Sir Juliano Saunders
Preceded by
Lady Simpson
Leader of the Opposition
22 October 2018 - 21 September 2019
Succeeded by
Lady Worthington
Preceded by
Lord Commodore Daniels

Lord Oscar Gilmour
Minister of Defence
13 June 2018 - 23 October 2018

14 October 2020 - 25 October 2021
Succeeded by
Lady Worthington

Lord Charles Michael
Preceded by
HG Sir Reginald Hall
Deputy Prime Minister of Adammia
28 October 2017 - 2 December 2017
Succeeded by
Lord General Sir Luca Panconi
Preceded by
HG Sir Reginald Hall
Minister of Finance
28 October 2017 - 3 December 2017
Succeeded by
Sir Owain Davies
Preceded by
Office established
Legal Advisor to the Monarch
25 November 2016 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Office established
Attorney General
2 July 2018 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Emperor Mother Jayne Belcher
President of the Moderate Party
9 November 2017 - 5 October 2018
Succeeded by
Office disestablished
Preceded by
Office established
Leader of the Liberal-Moderate Party
12 October 2018 - 18 August 2019
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Michael
Preceded by
Andy Field
University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats Events Officer
12 October 2017 - 21 March 2019
Succeeded by
Vacant
Joe Norris from October 2019
Preceded by
Emperor Adam I
Secretary of University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats
21 March 2019 - August 2019
Succeeded by
Patrick Gilbert

See also

Empire of Adammia
Serkatia
Ruling Council