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 Nicolaas Bouwmeester "the Firm Liberal" (1799-1861) was a Liberal and fought to keep the Liberal government in Brunant, but what ended up happening was that he was assassinated.

Early life
Nicolaas Arnoldt Bouwmeester III was born on March 20, 1799 to Henna Gushilda Bouwmeester (Schruder) and to Nicolaas Arnoldt Bouwmeester II. He was raised in Grijzestad, but he was very poor and was always moving across Europe, due to his father being a navy admiral and considering around this time, the Napoleonic Wars were happening. During his stay at France, the 10-year-old Nicolaas found a friend named Robies Admirique, who was 7 years older than him. Admirique supported the new Liberal government, hated Napoleon, and wished France was a Liberal republic and anyone who was Conservative were "idiots with no taste". But, since Nicolaas stayed in France for quite a long time, he started to idolize Robies and be his student. But, when Nicolaas was about 17, he had to leave France for Brunant.

Adulthood
When Nicolaas returned to Brunant, he reminded himself to have a life goal: Turn the entire country liberal, make Ambroos I a president instead of a monarch, destroy the current president, and ask Ambroos to make him the governor of Chester Parish. So, he continued onto during his personal business and living in Grijzestad as a banker until one day, the one day that made Nicolaas so angry he almost killed his girlfriend/wife: his second idol Ambroos I died and the throne passed on to Cristian, an Arch-Conservative. Nicolaas automatically knew he had to do something to keep "the Conservative scum" off of the homeland, so in 1831 after 2 years of gathering supporters and gathering the materials, he set off to Koningstad on 8 April 1831 to protest about "the Conservative idiots getting too much power" and "the lovely Liberals thirst for support". These protests would continue on until his assassination. But, when Cristian made a compromise in 1852, Nicolaas asked Cristian if he could have a discussion with him. But when Cristian and Nicolaas were in their conversation, two major things happened; First, Nicolaas said the quote that made him even more popular:

"You may have gave Liberals more power, but I 'll still fight with my best weapons: words, wisdom, and bullets."

And also, an assassination attempt happened right at the end of the conversation: A Conservative named William Schaffer tried to shoot Nicolaas in the neck, but shot at the wrong angle and shot only at the floor. This would be the second out of 3 assassination attempts: The first one happened earlier in his career and the 3rd one was sucessful. So, when 1859 rolled around and Johan I tried to disintegrate the presidency, Nicolaas protested even harder, even saying in one of his protests if Johan did any more, he would try to kill Johan.

Assassination
On 14 June 1861, Nicolaas Bouwmeester was shot in the neck, chest, and arm by Conservative protector Adriaan Dunham. See June Depression  for more.

Personal life
Nicolaas married lifetime lover Olga Martha Froedr in 1831 and had one child: Willem Hussel Bouwmeester (born 1834.)