YOL ANDA

Yol Anda (5/3/1879 - 17/2/1943) was a Pharonian politician and the first Prime Minister of Diceland. He was born in Bluecair,DIC and studied Medicine in Holborn Medical School. He married Salvor Hardin's daughter Thiresia and had 3 children, settling in Charrington. He was an active member of NDP Diceland, becoming its leader in 1932. After the 1935 strike of the sailors of the Royal Pharonian Navy in the harbor of Charrington which led to what was called "The Troubles", the NDP of Diceland, led by Yol Anda, pushed in negotiations with the British for the recognition of a Republic and, indeed, the Republic of Diceland was proclaimed by the secessionists in June 1935. Nonetheless the experiment was short-lived. In November the British army intervened and, faced with the possibility of bloodshed, Yol Anda approved the Anglo-Dicelandic Treaty that would establish the independence of Diceland, avoiding any mention to state or land, as the party's aim for a Republic was not forfeited. He stayed in office as Prime Minister until his sudden death in 1943. Anda was also one of the strongest chess players of his time, but refused an opportunity to challenge for the world title in 1922 because of the demands of his medical practice and political career.