Maajar Vaino

Mikkel Ekern Vaino Is the current Minister General and former Minister of Defense of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr.

Early life and education
Mikkel Vaino was born on January 14th, 1965 to his parents Olaane and Tuuko Vaino in the city of Ebek, Gladomyr. In his early childhood, Vaino was home-schooled by his mother, Olaane, while his father, Tuuko, worked in the family barber shop. Although his native language is Myrish, Vaino had a particular interest in linguistics and had learned Ordrish, Gundiagh, Galvian, and to a lesser extent Ventoran by age 15. At age 16, Vaino was put into public schools in the Ebek public schools system. Vaino's previous experience with limited interactions with other peers led to Vaino being known as a social outcast between other pupils.

Vaino would proceed to graduate from high-school and move to Dincuff to study education at Gammel University. During his time at university, Vaino would develop an interest in military tactics and technology, and would consume large amounts of information on the Myrish defense forces, to the suffering of the college GPA. After graduating from Gammel University with a Masters degree in education, Vaino would move to Scrá to teach the Myrish Language. While in Scrá, Vaino would meet Táile Sá. Vaino and Sá would then move back to Dincuff in Gladomyr where they would then get married after 4 months of dating. In 1991, Vaino would be conscripted into the Myrish military.

Military career
1 year after marrying, Vaino was drafted to enter the Myrish military. Because of his previous interests in military tactics and history, Vaino enjoyed his time within the armed forces. In October of 1994, Vaino was deployed to Vojandzeka during the Vojanak War under the World Forum. On August 12th, 1995, Vaino was injured by a landmine whilst stationed in Brelakja, Diçălca Province. The landmine did not combust to its full capacity, therefore Vaino only acquired a walking impediment and was honorably discharged, returning back to Dincuff shortly afterwards.

After his discharge from the military, Vaino would move to his hometown of Ebek for 4 years before moving back to Dincuff to pursue politics.

Political career
In 2000, Vaino was elected member of the Myrish parliament after a campaign of voicing his concerns for defense and immigration issues. He was elected under Minister General Silja Kros, though Kristo Olesk would be elected as Minister General instead shortly after Vaino's election. Vaino would serve in this position until 2006 where Vaino was voted out of the Parliement following his 6-year term.

In 2018, Vaino would announce his running for Minister General, and ran a campaign for joining the Aarnieu Fraternity and bringing Gladomyr closer to its neighbors economically and culturally. Vaino would inevitably win the election with a margin of 16% in 2019. Soon after his election, Vaino would begin signing deals with Edury, Ordrey, and Ecoralia in order to stay true to his campaign. Vaino would also begin his attempts to join the Aarnieu Fraternity, and as of September 2022, has achieved "candidate" status under the AF.

As a politician, Vaino is blue and member of the National Progressive Party, though has received flak for his sometimes buff-leaning policies. Vaino has stated on multiple occasions that he is in favor of the Monarchy, much to the distaste of some anti-Monarchists within the nation. He has also taken criticism for his hesitancy and equivocation over joining the Aarnieu Fraternity, with him stalling some processes of the joining process on multiple occasions. His military-centric decisions have also gained bad reception by some who think there is no need for a military in the geopolitical position of that of Gladomyr.