KAL AGGEL

Kal Aggel (14/6/1903 - 11/8/1985) was a Pharonian journalist, businessman and politician who was the first and sole Prime Minister of the Free State of Concordia and President of the Joint Council for 2 years in 1967-68. Aggel was born in Victoria,CON and studied Literature in the University of Victoria. He worked as a journalist in the Federal Herald, becoming a senior partner of the firm in 1948 and an owner in 1956. Aggel as a journalist raised the voice of Pharonian independence and had a great influence in Concordia's Social Labor Party, becoming its leader in 1951. He set thus in motion a process that led, within a period of 6 years, to the complete disintegration of the Dominion. In June 1959, Concordia organized a referendum on independence. For over 20 years the isolated part of the Dominion, it had come to view independence as the only solution to its problems of governance. The Free State of Concordia became a recognized international entity on 5 June 1959, under the leadership of Kal Aggel, who became Prime Minister. H was also a major figure of the Split, becoming the first President of the Joint Council which worked towards the unification of the different States. He was a key figure in the meetings of 1975 under Preeme Palver to end the Sondae Crisis, proposing the draw of the Federal Constitution by Lors Chiftelov and Onum Kalger. Although he was the most likely canditate to be the first President of the Federation, he was persuaded by Palver to step down for his key advisor Kon Gorov as he was not favoured by the Northern States.