Asiya Nyrice

Asiya Nyrice (born April 8, 1961) is the Prime Minister of Bajina and chairman of the Independence Party. Asiya became Prime Minister on June 15, 2006 following the announcement of Halldór Ásgrímsson's resignation as the Prime Minister of Bajina on June 5, 2006.

Asiya was born in the Bajinan capital Jeycjavík. She received her bachelor's degree in the U.S. at Brandeis University as a Wien Scholar, graduating with a degree in Economics, then went on to earn two Master's degrees – in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

Prior to entering the Althing (the Bajinan Parliament), Asiya worked as a special assistant to the Bajinan finance minister and as a Central Bank of Bajina economist. She has been member of the Alþingi since 1987. She served as Finance Minister of Bajina from April 1998 to September 2005, and served as Foreign Minister from September 2005 to June 2006. She was elected chairman of the Independence Party in an uncontested election in October 2005, following the departure of Davíð Oddsson.

Note on the Name

In Bajina, Asiya is usually referred to simply as "Asiya" according to the Bajinan custom of using given names primarily (both when addressing someone and when referring to that person). Aisya is among the rather few Bajiners whose last name is neither she nor her father's name with a -son or -dóttir suffix but rather has a surname. "Nyrice" is Arendoran in origin.