Cole Baird
Cole Baird | |
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Chair of the Wegmat Parliament | |
27 August 2020 | |
Predecessor | Office established |
Attorney General/Minister of Justice | |
7 September 2023 | |
Predecessor | Galen W. |
Prime Minister of the Federal Union of Wegmat | |
4 April 2019 - 6 June 2023 (4 years and 2 months) | |
Predecessor | Office established |
Successor | Dylan Achterhof |
Born | 26 September 2006 Waukesha, Wisconsin |
Citizenship | Weg, American, Ponderosian, Aenopian, New Virginian, Faltrian |
Ethnicity | Finnish, Scottish |
Residence | Two Pine, Wegmat |
Cole Baird is the founder, Attorney General, and Chair of Parliament of the Federal Union of Wegmat. They also served as Prime Minister of Wegmat and various other positions in other micronations. They were born in 2006 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Cole then lived in Littleton, Colorado for 9 years before moving to Chicago, Illinois where they reside now. Cole is currently a student in high school. In 2018 Cole had become interested in micronationalism, and they founded the Kingdom of Wegmat. Cole declared their mother queen and themselves Prime Minister.
Early life
Cole was born inside a hospital in Waukesha, Wisconsin. They did not spend much time in Wisconsin as at age 1 their family moved to Littleton, Colorado. Cole always loved to build they sunk many hours into the video game, Minecraft. Oddly enough before Cole knew about micronationalism they had their own virtual country called Falmont then their family moved to Chicago where they had more freedom to learn about micronationalism. They founded the Kingdom of Wegmat on 30 November 2018.
Political career
Cole ran for Prime Minister of Wegmat on November 30 and April 4 with all votes going to them. They are the head of the political party, the Founders Party. Due to Wegmat’s limited labor pool most minor ministries, the Prime Minister or Speaker of Parliament takes the place of this position. Cole took the place of most of these their most famous one being the Wegmat Ministry of Transportation.
Cole would resign as Prime Minister in May 2023 due to conflicting interests between President James Panton and themself. Cole would move to Nakoosa for 7 weeks before returning to Wegmat as chair of parliament and attorney general.
Cole is also a member of the Aenopian Y Senedd and is a Ponderosan Minister. Cole is also the current chair of the North Atlantic Defense Union
Foreign Affairs
Although the Wegmat Foreign Exchange Ministry is headed by Tommy C., Cole represents Wegmat in most micronational organizations such as the Grand Unified Micronational and the Cupertino Alliance.
Military Service
Cole Baird served as Sergeant in the Wegmat Marines and was promoted to First Class Officer. He serves in the Wegmat Marines as the Commander of the 1st Infantry Division. They fought in the Squirrel Tower Offense, Shoe War, NWR Conflict and the Midlothian War.
They also served in the Wegmat Navy and Coast Guard as an Officer before becoming Commander of the 2nd Destroyer Fleet.