Dinesh Rajagopalan

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Dinesh Rajagopalan
Secretary-General of SAAMC
Assumed office
19 October 2024
ChairArsal Abbas Mirza
Preceded byPosition established
Chief Commissioner of Swarnarajya
Assumed office
27 April 2023
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
Klarissa Sriraya
Vishwamitran Ambassador to the Kingdom of Mayursia
Assumed office
15 August 2024
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterKlarissa Sriraya
Preceded byOffice established
Member of Parliament of the Kingdom of Novus Hierosolymis
for Montem North
Assumed office
2 April 2022
MonarchJayden I
Prime MinisterSander Koff
Matthew Tonna
Preceded byReuben Isze
Member of Parliament of the Pinangese Republic
Assumed office
13 October 2024
PresidentTobey Wyles
Prime MinisterAyane Martinez
Former Vishwamitran offices
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Religious Affairs
In office
3 October 2024 – 20 October 2024
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterKlarissa Sriraya
Preceded byTusharjit Deka
Succeeded byArpan Deka
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
3 October 2024 – 20 October 2024
Serving with Shivangi Roy
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterKlarissa Sriraya
Preceded byTusharjit Deka
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office
13 October 2023 – 4 June 2024
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
Klarissa Sriraya
SpeakerArsal Abbas Mirza
Preceded byJosh Ford
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
In office
13 June 2023 – 7 September 2023
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
Preceded byRory Leonard
Succeeded byJosh Ford
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
30 May 2023 – 8 September 2023
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
ConstituencyBasistha Central
In office
8 October 2023 – 4 June 2024
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
ConstituencyBhetapara
Former Pinangese offices
Presidential Advisor & Spokesperson of the President of Pinang
In office
28 January 2022 – 8 April 2022
PresidentEsty Carpentieri
May Junkin
Prime MinisterJoshua Braithewaite
Prime Minister of Pinang
In office
7 November 2021 – 8 November 2021
PresidentEsty Carpentieri
Preceded byEsty Carpentieri
Succeeded byAndrew Perdomo
In office
30 November 2021 – 1 December 2021
PresidentEsty Carpentieri
Preceded byAndrew Perdomo
Succeeded byConnie Sarah
Governor-General of Alleyvia
In office
10 August 2021 – 23 March 2023
President
Prime Minister
Former other micronational offices
Minister of Parliament for Amicitia in Australis
In office
24 January 2021 – 6 February 2021
MonarchDaniel I
Prime MinisterAbrams Wiucki-Dunswed
MicroWiki Minister and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps for NoboBangla
In office
1 July 2021 – 23 September 2021
PresidentNafiz Morshalin
Prime MinisterEsty Carpentieri
Former Roselian offices
Prime Minister of Roselia
In office
6 April 2022 – 8 May 2022
MonarchBarbie I
In office
13 February 2021 – 13 March 2021
MonarchSelf
In office
1 June 2016 – 2 May 2020
MonarchKatie I
King of Indradhanush
Reign
  • 13–24 February 2021
  • 26 February–13 April 2021
  • 30 July–28 September 2021
  • 19 November–12 December 2021
Prime Ministers
See list
President of Lowenia
In office
2 May 2020 – 18 October 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born2006 (age 17–18)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyVNP (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
NPC (2020)
PPV (2020)
GSP (2021)

Dinesh Rajagopalan (born 2006) is a Vishwamitran politician, diplomat who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association of Micronational Cooperation since 19 October 2024. Prior to his becoming the secretary-general, he had served as a minister in the fourth Klarissa Sriraya ministry since August 2024. He previously served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the 16th Lok Sabha and the Leader of the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Career

Early career (2020–2021)

Rajagopalan joined micronationalism after founding the Republic of Lowenia in May 2020 and assuming the office of the nation's president. In the following months, as the head of state, he contacted Vishwamitra, another fellow Indian micronation and established bilateral relations and also applied for membership to the Cupertino Alliance. In October that year, after rounds of negotiations, the Treaty of Chandril was signed between Lowenia and Vishwamitra paving way for Lowenia to join Vishwamitra as the special administrative region of Chandril. He assumed the office of the administrator of Chandril on 19 October 2020. However, ties with the federation soon severed following his demands and displeasure on the status of Chandril. Despite his regular demands and efforts to seek statehood for the territory, the federal government chose to pay no attention. His actions frowned the government and monarch Varuna Sriraya and was briefly stripped of his designation and membership in the privy council in November 2020, only to be restored in January 2021.

A month after being reinstated of his ranks and membership, he had a fallout with the monarch and the government of Vishwamitra which eventually led to him being stripped of his citizenship, honours, ranks and titles in the nation and the eventual expulsion of Chandril from the union. He would then try to approach the GUM Supreme Court seeking restoration of his titles and citizenship but then withdrew the case. He was soon declared a persona non grata by Vishwamitra and several other states and banned from engaging with Vishwamitra.

Indradhanush and subsequent career (2021–2022)

Days after Chandril's expulsion and his ban from Vishwamitra, he declared the foundation of the Kingdom of Indradhanush on 13 February 2021, claimed over the former territories of Chandril. As the sovereign of the new kingdom, he made several efforts to enter the diplomatic community, but that often led to failures. He briefly announced his stepping down as the sovereign on 24 February, and was succeeded by King Aircraft I, only to be re-installed two days later. He remained as the nation's ruler until 13 April 2021 and then abdicating in favour of John Lakes. Indradhanush was briefly dissolved between April and July that year, and he was re-installed as king on 30 July. He then asked his friend, Rory I, then emperor of Lurdentania and a minister in the government of Vishwamitra on 28 September 2021 to be regent.

During this period, he kept pushing for being allowed to re-enter Vishwamitra as a citizen and sought for forgiveness for his past deeds. He was eventually allowed back and joined the Green Socialist Party and then served as its chairperson in December 2021 following the resignation of his predecessor David Brooke. He desired to run in the election but was barred by the election commission due to his previous engagements. Meanwhile, he was also re-installed as King of Indradhanush following Rory's abdication and ruled between November and December 2021 and later abdication in favour of his mother, Queen Monroe I. He also briefly served as consul-general for South India for Vishwamitra until his resignation weeks later.

On 16 March 2022, the Kingdom of Indradhanush was renamed as the Federation of Roselia after a series of changes and the nation adopting a system of elective monarchy. Rajagopalan assumed the office of the prime minister of Roselia and served till the dissolution of the nation following inactivity.

Return and rise in Vishwamitran politics (2023–present)

Acting against the advice of his ministers and counsellors, the monarch of Vishwamitra Varuna Sriraya extended an olive branch of reconciliation towards Rajagopalan and both agreed to forget past memories and embark on a new start. He was eventually allowed to Vishwamitra and the dissolved state of Roselia was annexed by Vishwamitra as the crown dependency of Swarnarajya. He was appointed as the commissioner for Swarnarajya on 27 April 2023.

A month later, he ran independently in the by-election to the Basistha City constituency in the state of Basistha which was needed following the resignation of MP Reuben Isze. Due to lack of opposition, he was elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from the constituency, marking a start in his parliamentary career. Days after his election to the parliament, he joined the opposition Vishwamitran National Party. Following the resignation of his predecessor Rory Leonard, he was appointed as the leader of the opposition by the party leadership on 13 June 2023. However, as the leader of the opposition, he proved to be less vocal, often leading to him being criticised by his party colleagues including deputy speaker Josh Ford.

In the 2023 general election, he contested from the two constituencies to the parliament – from Uttar Basistha in Basistha state against outgoing speaker Tyler Mullins and Bhetapara constituency of Beltola state against minister Rafe Hargreaves. He was defeated by Congress-backed independent candidate Tyler Mullins in Uttar Basistha but managed to defeat minister Rafe Hargreaves in the Bhetapara constituency and was elected to the parliament for the second time. After the election, he was unopposed elected as the deputy speaker and rescinded his party membership. As the deputy speaker, he ran the house very effectively and in an non-partisan manner during the absence of speaker Arsal Abbas Mirza. By March 2024, Vishwamitra plunged into inactivity and sought for more focus from local citizens, however, in the months to follow, things returned to normalcy. The parliament was dissolved on 4 June 2024 with no immediate election to be held, he ceased to be the deputy speaker.

At the recommendation of his party chairperson Josh Ford, he joined the ministry of prime minister Klarissa Sriraya on 3 October 2024 as a minister of state. He was appointed the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Religious Affairs and as a minister of state in the Ministry of Home Affairs, and in the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources.

On 17 October, he was nominated by Vishwamitra to be a candidate for the secretary-general of the South Asian Association of Micronational Cooperation. His candidature was initially supported by all member states except the Kingdom of Mayursia, who later also decided to back his nomination. He was unanimously elected as the inaugural secretary-general of the regional organisation on 19 October 2024. Following his election, he resigned from his position as a minister.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

Honours of Vishwamitra

Other honours

National honours

Foreign honours

References and notes

References

Notes

  1. Expelled due to Fall of Chandril.
  2. Voluntary relinquishment.
  3. Abolition of nobility.
  4. Served as Chancellor of the Order from 2 December 2021 till 9 April 2022.