Nikolaus Stephanopoulos

Nikolaus Emerevy Stephanopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Εμερέβι Στεφανόπουλος, translit Nikólaos Emerévi Stefanópoulos, Russian: Николаос Емеревы Стефанопулос, translit: Nikolaos Yemerevy Stefanopulos, born 1 February 1932), sometimes spelled in English as Nikolaos Stephanopoulos is a Greek-Robloxian politician, statesman, and former doctor who served as the 64th Prime Minister of the Unitary Republic of Roblox from 1980 to 1990, as well as the Leader of the Green Party from 1976 to 2000.

Born in a low-income family, he pursued a political career after he received a graduate from his alma mater. At first, he entered the Greek Cornarium Party of Roblox, but it got merged with the Green Party in 1968, consequently, he joined the Green Party. He was elected as leader of the Green Party after the leadership election, and not long after, the coalition of Green, Conservatives, and National won the legislative election of 1979 outright, and he was elected as Prime Minister. His coalition also won the 1984 elections.

During his premiership, he stabilized the economy after an oil glut, slowing the increase of the economy before increasing faster in the next year, averaging around 2000%. He further saw faster economic growth, downwards Gini trend, and a transformation to a market and mixed economy. However, he had a low approval rating due to the introduction of GST, supporting Iraq in the Iraq-Iran War, and neglected doing an operation to investigate a terrorist attack on a ship. at the last year of his term, which affected the coalition's performance in the 1990 general elections. He left widely unpopular with the population, quit the party on 2010, and retired from politics altogether.

He was named as the 6th best Prime Minister of all of Roblox, as he is credited for improved social welfare programs, economic prosperity, industrialization, cultural and further reforms. Conversely, he was accused of mismanaging the policy on indigenous people, suppression of several parades on his first year, the breakout of the civil war, and not preventing the leftist bloc to ascent through power.

Early life
Stephanopoulos was born in Thessaloniki, Kingdom of Greece, from 2 parents, Andreas Stephanopoulos, a Greek teacher, and Shane Emery, an American woman, who is a politician advocating for people to pick the Greek Cornarium Party in the elections. He was schooled on the age of 3 years, however suspended when he was 7 years when World War II erupted, before continuing it on 1946. He attended his 12-year education in a state school near his house. After that, he attended a higher education in Thessaloniki University on Law and Robloxian State University in Governmental Issues and Environment.

He was known as a quiet kid, but got stunning results that made him one of the best students back then. This performance, however, degraded after his father, Andreas, died when he was 14. This left him with his mother, who died during his college years. After the college, he left Thessaloniki for Ostend, where his Greek and French relatives lived. He lived there for 5 years, and worked mostly from home.

Political career
In 1957, he attained a Robloxian citizenship, and can take part in Robloxian citizens. Thus, in 1960, he joined the Greek Cornarium Party of Roblox. He became a president of the Youth League. He also became a doctor as his part-time job. He quit being a doctor in 1973.

After 8 years joining the Greek Cornarium Party, the leader, Tafsos Karamanlis declared that the party had become a failed party, and announced its merger to the Green Party in the last Party Congress. Consequently, he joined the Green Party, and from that time, he would rise to power as the President of the Green Party in a joint congress-leadership election. As Green Party was still in the opposition, he staunchly launched an all-out campaign to elect his party. At the same, he became the Leader of the Opposition, and he allied with Conservative Party and National Party, which improved the party's image further.

1979 legislative elections
Main article: 1979 Robloxian legislative elections

With this, the Green Party won the most seats, and its coalition, consisting of Green, Conservative, and National parties, emerged as the largest coalition at that time. Effectively, they picked Stephanopoulos, the leader of Green Party, as Prime Minister-designate.

First term as Prime Minister (1980 - 1985)
Main article: First inauguration of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos, First premiership of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos, First Stephanopoulos cabinet

He was sworn in as a new Prime Minister of the Unitary Republic of Roblox on 10 July 1980, in front of Robloxian Council members, sworn by Gerhard Schroeder, the President at the time. His first term marked by economic prosperity, in which its economy grew by 2200%, which heightened the living standards of Robloxians. He also introduced universal education and tuition-free higher education in 1981, and extended the social security and universal healthcare in Roblox. He also established a new federal structure in Roblox to introduce further autonomy and unity. Nikolaus was praised by the general population, which made their coalition won a landslide victory in the 1984 legislative elections.

Second term as Prime Minister (1985 - 1990)
Main article: Second inauguration of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos, Second premiership of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos, Second Stephanopoulos cabinet, Third Stephanopoulos cabinet

He was sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister, and although the economy grew slower, it still is seen ludicrous by several scholars, with the economy growing 187%, with per capita increase seeing further increases. During the first half, popularity remained high, however, his popularity got down when without an announcement introduced Goods and Services Tax. His popularity worsened in 1988 when he supported and declared that Iraq won in the Iran-Iraq War. This affected the coalition's performance in the 1990 general elections, when United Roblox gained power on its place. He left unpopular with the people.

Leader of the Opposition
As the leader of the Green Party and the leader of the coalition, he became the Leader of the Opposition. However, David Heller's increasing authoritarian rule led to the official post abolished, and the Unitary Republic of Roblox became a one-party state. The Green Party was declined for registration, but continued to operate. After his crude unpopularity, he voluntarily resigned as the leader of the party, and was replaced by Fredrique Cartes, and then his wife, which continued to be the leader of the opposition, and in the 2015 legislative elections, his party won, which made Ganer prime minister. After resigning as the leader, Stephanopoulos also quit the party, entering his semi-retirement from 2010.

Retirement
After retiring, he continued to comment on David Heller and instead went to his hometown in Greece. He was only left with his grandson and his wife, which continued to have several sickness. He also did interviews on the political landscape of Roblox. At an interview, he openly criticized John Ling's premiership because it had no real program, and his popularity was lackluster, as he was skeptical to the people.

In 2013, his wife was elected as the Leader of the Green Party, and she became prime minister. However, in 2016, Ganer died of a severe heart attack. She was given a state funeral instructed by John Ling, and he thanked Ling to organize this funeral. She was buried in the Cemetery of the People in Bloxburg. He said that if he died, he would be beside her. Although he criticized Ling, he supported the movement to not give Heller a state funeral as such.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
He came back from retirement after David Harrison, the current prime minister, picked him as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He agreed, and he was sworn in, along with the whole cabinet on 14 May 2020.

Domestic policy
Main article: Domestic policy of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos

Law of the Unitary Republic of Roblox
Main article: Citizens' laws created under Nikolaus Stephanopoulos

During his first years, he instructed his cabinet to make new laws on the recognition of indigenous people. This bill was passed on 11 May 1981, almost a year into his premiership. A revision was made on 17 June 1981, making further recognition on underrepresented people. This was approved by most people, but the laws need to be put in the Constitution, in which the 33rd amendment has already put in, on 1 November 2020.

He also legalized the right to do an abortion, as he complained that many people refused to have babies. Unlike the previous law, this was debated on the House and Senate, before ending up with the Senate approving the law.

Further laws were created like the legalization of cannabis, information development, and universal health care as well as education.

Education
Main article: Education in Roblox, Section 11 of the Constitution of the Unitary Republic of Roblox

The laws on education was the most substantial change, as he used the economic growth to spent on education development. A new law was also written on a tuition-free higher education. He also inaugurated known as the best university in Roblox and one of the best in the world in 1985, the University of Jatake. He further added rigorous enrollment on the kids of the Unitary Republic of Roblox. As a result, a constitutional amendment on 2020 added a new section on Education, which asserts that this program is an "inalienable right" (Section 11, Article 43-II). It also asserts the school's rights, students' rights, private courses, and subjects. In addition to that, overall literacy skyrocketed from 53% in 1980 to 98.1% in 1987. Adult literacy on this matter increased substantially. However, this program was suspended on Heller's premiership when a large recession happened and continued after the economy had a large recovery starting from 2003.

Economy
Main article: Economic policy of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos

Economy was one of the most important agenda on Stephanopoulos' premiership. He increased the economy by decreasing its dependence from other regions, and giving a strict anti-inflation policy for the ROBLOX marks. As a result the economy grew rapidly, its growth is higher than most other countries; from 64 billion to 1.982 trillion at the end of his first term. This was seen as ludicrous. Inflation trended downwards from 14.6% to 2.1%. He was seen as the architect of an organization called the Economic Community of Virtual Countries, along with John Frederiksen and Mikael Yosie of the United States of Antarctica.

He sought to increase exports, and as a result, the exported goods surpassed the imported goods for the first time in 1985, in the middle of his premiership years. He achieved this by coordinating with the then-President Rose Francine, who supported his economic policy. Another thing he did was to increase industrialization, in which the growth is faster than most other countries, and the main centers of industrial parks being in Jatake, Bloxburg, Rigya, Losari, Roblox City, Kaligawe, Pejagalan, and Gadung. This led to some scholars classify that this country is part of the newly industrialized country. He also improved partnerships with other virtual countries.

The new economic system introduced by Stephanopoulos introduced further economic freedom, but this was criticized by the Opposition, in which at the time was left-wing parties, as he didn't introduce economic democracy. He did assure that this will work if the economy is large enough to support the leftist reforms. They continued to criticize the step when an economic crisis happened in 1987, which shrank the economy by 13%. This left the country with a political and economic unrest, with protestors demanding Stephanopoulos' resignation, however he refused to resign. The economy recovered the next year, increasing by 24.5%.

A surprise move made by Stephanopoulos is to apply the Goods and Service Tax by November 8, 1988. This received political backlash after the session of Parliament, with some opposition members leaving the Parliament in protest. This was repealed in the early years of the Premiership of David Heller, but returned when a large scale economic crisis in his premiership happened, but was repealed again in 2004.

Social welfare
Main article: The Mission for a Better Life

In the first days of his premiership, he addressed the Parliament with an announcement for a rigorous social welfare program. It was applied almost a month after the address. He started out small, and then, with the economic growth benefits, he started rigorous attempts. With this program, by 1985, the spending had increase to 10% of the GDP. He spent it to subsidize several foods, improved the healthcare system, and thus, tackled social inequality. In his second cabinet, he inaugurated a new ministry that would take helm on this.

He created new infrastructure to support these programs, especially the healthcare. He created a new universal healthcare system, with registration opened from late 1984. By the end of 1985, every citizen earned the benefits of this system. By the end of his term, he already created 10,000 new clinics, 2,500 public hospitals, and 1,000 new international hospitals. He nationalized key healthcare systems, while the remaining remained private. Infant mortality fell from 24 to just 9 per 100,000 at the end of his term, and life expectancy increased substantially from 65 in 1980 to 79 in 1990.

For the food sector, he staunchly tackled hunger and by 1990, almost all citizens have access to fresh and clean food. To accomplish this, he sometimes brings the military or several home cooks to make a simple dish to tackle hunger. Several businesses have shown aspiration for this, and donated their money to the government to make this program accessible to all citizens. The statistics in the end of his term, which shown increase in tackling hunger, declined in the first 10 years of Heller's premiership.

With these programs, inequality got down, as its Gini score reached new lows at 27.7 in 1990.

Information and technological development
With industrialization and further growth in computing technology, he sought to increase the sector by inviting a group of people to increase its dependence on IT development. He created a new ministry, namely the Ministry of Information and Technology. It was perceived as a hallmark ministry in the country at the time. More people invested on this more than any other country at the time. Thus, in 1989, he applied this as a mandatory school subject.

Environment
Stephanopoulos was concerned on the environment of the Unitary Republic of Roblox. He further promulgated a new law on environmental protection, especially on endangered species, animals, and plants. This law acknowledged all living creatures, in which they have the rights, and was later promulgated to the Constitution, in the 33rd Amendment. Several efforts have been carried out to protect the forests and endangered species. The government spent 2% of their GDP on environmental protection, and promulgated laws on prohibition of using plastics. New measures were carried out, like turning the forests into tourist attractions.

Human rights
Main rights: Human rights in the Unitary Republic of Roblox (1980-1990), Trial of the 3 Critics (1981), Section 9 of the Constitution of the Unitary Republic of Roblox

Human rights significantly increased during his premiership, although deteriorating again in the New Sun regime. Talks and reports against him are allowed. He shown his aspiration with the famous line on 3 people who openly criticized and ridiculed him:"Did I mention anything that these people violate the law? Are you really loyal to me so you charged them?"The then-Chief Justice Zika Hermann was surprised on his remarks, and dropped the charges on those. This was when he reformed the judiciary and human rights. He promulgated a new amendment which provides clear instructions on human rights. As a compliment of the Constitution, he also announced a new law, which guaranteed human rights, and its powers is akin to the Constitution. Nevertheless, discriminatory acts are still prevalent, until the end of the New Sun regime, although human trafficking reached a new low in the country's history. Indigenous people and underrepresented countries, however still don't have the same rights as other people.

East-West Roblox standoff
A civil war just started in 1987, where the Republican government fought against the provisional Communist government. Stephanopoulos tried to mediate, but Patrice Goyer declined the mediation and instead searched for victory. This conflict made scholars put Roblox in last of the Peace Index. Stephanopoulos was criticized by the Opposition for failing to stop the conflict.

Foreign policy
Main article: Foreign policy of Nikolaus Stephanopoulos

General
Stephanopoulos sought a neutral policy, which lasted only on his term until Heller launched his stance to Socialist countries. He sought to create new relationships, especially on African and Caribbean countries, while maintaining cordial relationships and advocating world peace.

Cold War
Stephanopoulos' government remained neutral throughout his term - he wanted to branch out his policy to both the East and West. He said, "no one wins in the Cold War." Although this received backlash from the Opposition, they continued their neutral policy. He talked to his fellow friend Jorgensen Lataus Bisforct for the need to solve the Cold War. He supported the ideas of reunification between states. He declined every proposal to join a military inter-governmental organization. This policy reached to the Virtual Country Organization, where they all declared neutrality as its policy in 31 August 1985.

East-West Antarctica split
Main article: Kaligawe Agreement

His government advocated for the unity government to be made. He negotiated with the government for a reunification. On 1983, the Robloxian government brokered an agreement to find a way for a peaceful reunification. With the 1983 coup d'etat attempt happening, reunification sentiments increased, and this forced the Eastern government to arrange the meeting between the East, West, and Roblox. They ratified the agreement, and the East gained further autonomy from the central government until 1990, when they were dissolved to form new states.

Southeast Asia
Main article: U.R. Roblox-Southeast Asia relations

The Stephanopoulos supported the ASEAN movement, and he said that the Southeast Asia is an economic powerhouse that is future-proof. He maintained cordial relations throughout the region, and he invited the heads of state for a Roblox-ASEAN summit, where they would strengthen the relations between the two regions. He praised the governments for attempting to reform their countries for further international recognition on their success. As a result, Southeast Asian countries combined make up 5th of the top traders in the country. He also supported the Vietnamese economy reforms enacted in 1986, and the opposition also supported them.

Federal Democratic Republic of the Roblox
Main article: U.R. Roblox-F.D.R. Roblox relations

When he first took office, he became skeptical on starting relations between the countries, but as a strong ally of the Unitary Republic themselves, Stephanopoulos regarded FDR Roblox as its "best friend", and that he supported their type of government on federalism. He said that it is much representative than the unitary one. The stability was disrupted by a military junta, and he openly criticized their government. He further brokered a peace treaty on the establishment of a new representative government of FDR Roblox.

He praised the governance of the Federal Democratic Republic of the Roblox, without a coup d'etat since the Hynds' rule. He wanted to make a political union, but the President of FDR Roblox declined to make a political union as such, as it would make a new authoritarian government ruling.

Union of Virtual Countries
Main article: U.R. Roblox and the Union of Virtual Countries

He signed the Treaty of Club Penguin to establish the new Parliament of Virtual Countries, where it would be the only tricameral parliament; the first is the House of Regions, which consists of 6 people per country, elected interchangeably, and become the representatives on each country and for further integration of the Union, and then the House of the Councillors, which is the upper house on passing laws approved on the lower house, and on advanced laws, and the House of People's Representatives, which is to pass budgets, laws, and oversight on the executive branch.

He further gave the organization a constitutional recognition on its 30th amendment, adding laws on the relation. Relations with the organization were mostly positive under his premiership. He passed several laws and entered new countries. The Robloxian nation is considered a middle power since then, and that he said "their term in the Council has paid off."

Economic Community of Virtual Countries
He thought of a new organization to accommodate free trade between virtual countries, so he held round talks with President and Prime Minister of the United States of Antarctica. He also held the signing of the Treaty of Kendari in 1985, establishing the organization. Aside from free trade, they dealt with the Inter-Community Triangle, with the countries of FDR Roblox, UR Roblox, Canaria, Robloxia, and Sithuthray being crossed. They also held round talks on establishing a united currency or a united peg, which failed, before talks were survived again in 2020.

Middle East
He also held talks on establishing diplomatic relations between all Middle Eastern countries, including Israel, a position condemned by the Arab countries. He said in a press conference,"I already told you all, I want peace, not war."Middle East collectively became the 3rd main source of exports and imports, with oil dominating the market between both countries. However, a controversial stance on Iraq led to increases on imports and exports.

Main article: "I stand with Iraq, no more.""I won't repeat this again, I stand with Iraq, no more."This took a further growth on the relations, with him supporting Iraq, but was criticized by several Shi'a Muslims, who condemned his statement and took hold of a terrorist attack. After the war, he continued to state that Iraq won, and that "no stalemate has occurred, it's just a very wrong theory."

Personal life
Stephanopoulos is a widower, as her wife, Katerina Ganer died after 55 years of continuous relationship. He has 2 children, David (born 1978) and Andrea (born 1985) who became members of parliament, and Andrea is currently serving as Prime Minister, in which she seeks a term as President in the 2021 elections.

He has a large library, and at his spare time during retirement, he reportedly read around 10 books a day on average. At his premiership days, aside from his mother tongue Greek, he is extremely fluent in English and Indonesian, in which later on he mastered all the co-official languages as part of his preparedness on becoming the Foreign Affairs minister.

His ideology is on liberalism, nationalism, and green politics. He dreamt turning Roblox into a welfare state, and adding several environmental policies.