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Line 16: '''Somjit Berkhout''' was a senior political figure from the world of [[Fomalhaut]] in the [[Terran Hegemony]] during the closing years of the [[Star League]] era. After [[Stefan Amaris]] assassinated [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], launching his coup to take over the Terran Hegemony and ultimately the Star League, elections were called within the Hegemony. The elections, driven by Amaris, were to elect a new [[Director-General]] of the Terran Hegemony, and were to be held on 28 January [[2767]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86, "Mandate of the People"</ref> '''Somjit Berkhout''' was a senior political figure from the world of [[Fomalhaut]] in the [[Terran Hegemony]] during the closing years of the [[Star League]] era. After [[Stefan Amaris]] assassinated [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], launching his coup to take over the Terran Hegemony and ultimately the Star League, elections were called within the Hegemony. The elections, driven by Amaris, were to elect a new [[Director-General]] of the Terran Hegemony, and were to be held on 28 January [[2767]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86, "Mandate of the People"</ref> − A member of the [[Hegemony High Council]] at the time, Berkhout was one of three political figures within the Hegemony to include his name on the ballot in opposition to Amaris, the others being [[Atrisha Kisabaka]] of [[Bryant]] and Count [[Frederick Oldenhof]], President of the [[Terran Congress]]; however, Amaris arranged for both Berkhout and Kisabaka to withdraw from the ballot prior to the election. Kisabaka withdrew from the election to focus on "family needs" after Amaris had her family rounded up and imprisoned in a gulag somewhere on the [[Terra|Terran]] continent of Africa; Berkhout was forced to withdraw his name after he was suddenly indicted for embezzlement. This left Amaris to run effectively unopposed, and was just one of a number of ways in which Amaris and his supporters rigged the election, resulting in him being elected to the post of Director-General on 30 January 2767.<ref name="H:LoTV1p86"/> + A member of the [[Hegemony High Council]] at the time, Berkhout was one of two political figures within the Hegemony to include his name on the ballot in opposition to Amaris, the other being [[Atrisha Kisabaka]] of [[Bryant]]; however, Amaris arranged for both Berkhout and Kisabaka to withdraw from the ballot prior to the election. Kisabaka withdrew from the election to focus on "family needs" after Amaris had her family rounded up and imprisoned in a gulag somewhere on the [[Terra|Terran]] continent of Africa; Berkhout was forced to withdraw his name after he was suddenly indicted for embezzlement. This left Amaris to run unopposed, and was just one of a number of ways in which Amaris and his supporters rigged the election, resulting in him being elected to the post of Director-General on 30 January 2767.<ref name="H:LoTV1p86"/> ==References== ==References==
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'''Somjit Berkhout''' was a senior political figure from the world of [[Fomalhaut]] in the [[Terran Hegemony]] during the closing years of the [[Star League]] era. After [[Stefan Amaris]] assassinated [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], launching his coup to take over the Terran Hegemony and ultimately the Star League, elections were called within the Hegemony. The elections, driven by Amaris, were to elect a new [[Director-General]] of the Terran Hegemony, and were to be held on 28 January [[2767]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86, "Mandate of the People"</ref> | '''Somjit Berkhout''' was a senior political figure from the world of [[Fomalhaut]] in the [[Terran Hegemony]] during the closing years of the [[Star League]] era. After [[Stefan Amaris]] assassinated [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], launching his coup to take over the Terran Hegemony and ultimately the Star League, elections were called within the Hegemony. The elections, driven by Amaris, were to elect a new [[Director-General]] of the Terran Hegemony, and were to be held on 28 January [[2767]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86, "Mandate of the People"</ref> | ||
| − | A member of the [[Hegemony High Council]] at the time, Berkhout was one of | + | A member of the [[Hegemony High Council]] at the time, Berkhout was one of two political figures within the Hegemony to include his name on the ballot in opposition to Amaris, the other being [[Atrisha Kisabaka]] of [[Bryant]]; however, Amaris arranged for both Berkhout and Kisabaka to withdraw from the ballot prior to the election. Kisabaka withdrew from the election to focus on "family needs" after Amaris had her family rounded up and imprisoned in a gulag somewhere on the [[Terra|Terran]] continent of Africa; Berkhout was forced to withdraw his name after he was suddenly indicted for embezzlement. This left Amaris to run unopposed, and was just one of a number of ways in which Amaris and his supporters rigged the election, resulting in him being elected to the post of Director-General on 30 January 2767.<ref name="H:LoTV1p86"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||