Jan Van Draak

Jan Van Draak (1813-1877) was the first democratically elected President of Brunant.

Biography
Jan was born into an influential family descended from Prince Karl of Brunant, the second son of Karl Van Draak. In 1852, Alexander von Krupski resigned as president. He, King Cristian I and other politicians had instituted reforms to hold general elections (universal male suffrage) for president and Parish representatives that year. Jan, who was a more centrist figure, founded the Liberal Party that year. He and Krupski contested the presidency, which v. Draak won by a 9% margin. In power, he failed to achieve much except pass through constitutional reform to ban the appointment of Congressional members. In 1858 he lost the elections to Gerd Duithers and quickly left the Liberals.