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Sonja Burgenstein
Date of Birth 2 March 1977 Place of Birth Kaisersburg, Suur-Preussi Title Prime Minister of Adal Period in office 9 February 2006 – present

Sonja Burgenstein (born 2 March, 1977 in Kaisersburg, Suur-Preussi) is the Prime Minister of the Federation of Adal. She has been in office since February 2006 and is the first woman to hold the position of Prime Minister in Adal. Politically Mrs. Burgenstein is independent.

Early life and education

Sonja Burgenstein was born Sonja Christina Amalia Carolina Elisabeth Alexandra Marie av Oddenborg-Yrkesval-Hurgammal-Skrikesund-Strassburg in Kaisersburg, Suur-Preussi as the only child of Carolina von Strassburg, the head of the Adal Royal House of Oddenborg-Yrkesval-Hurgammal-Skrikesund, and her husband, Count Karl Wilhelm von Strassburg, grandson of Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm II of Suur-Preussi. As straight descendants of King Christian IX of Adal who was removed from office and exiled after the revolution in 1918, the family lived in exile in Kaisersburg, the glorious capital of the Empire of Suur-Preussi. Sonja was named after her paternal grandmother Countess Sonja von Strassburg, while her other names are those of her maternal relatives, former Queens of Adal.

Sonja Burgenstein studied 1995-2002 political science in the University of Kaisersburg, where she met her future husband, prince Johann Karl Eusebius von Burgenstein. The couple married in 2003. They have no children.

Few months after her wedding, Sonja Burgenstein's mother died after a short illness in the age of 63, and Sonja became the head of the royal house, the so-called "Queen Sonja of Adal".

Political career

In 2005 Sonja Burgenstein was granted access to her family's former home country, Adal. She took part in the presidential election as an independent candidate, and her main campaign aim was to restore the monarchy. She got 11 % of the given votes and was third after the unexpected winner Jude Bjärnesson (CPA) and the poll favourite Påval Hindenskjöld (CDP).

After the election, President Bjärnesson surprisingly named Sonja Burgenstein as Prime Minister. She formed 11 February, 2006 a coalition government where every party of the Federal Parliament attended. The governement was – as expected – conflicting, and already 18 March the government resigned. Federal President Bjärnesson named Burgenstein again as Prime Minister, and shortly after she formed her second administration with CDP, SDA and the Greens.

Sonja Burgenstein's politics are far from extreme both right and left. The big national newspaper in Adal Stolleborg Nysplatt once described Burgenstein as "one fifth social democrat, one fifth Christian, one fifth green and two fifths monarchist".

In March 2006, the Supreme Court of Adal cancelled the cancellation of her sentence of exile, and she moved back to her former home in Kaisersburg, Suur-Preussi. She continues to act as Prime Minister from exile.

Federal President Jude Bjärnesson resigned in March 2006, and Sonja Burgenstein again applies for presidency in the new election that is to be held 8 April.