Horace Soormann (Pacifica)
Horace Soormann | |
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 Horace Soormann in 2015 (front) | |
| Grandmaster of Transsuneria | |
| In office 9 December 2014 – 5 May 2015 | |
| Defence minister | |
| In office 10 April 2013 – 9 December 2014 | |
| President | Petar Holems |
| Preceded by | Karel Jung |
| Chief of the Police | |
| In office 2008 – 10 April 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Roben Loef |
| Personal details | |
| Pronunciation | ['hoːɹɑs 'suːɹmɑn̪ː] |
| Born | 20 May 1954 Bodstrand, Transsuneria |
| Died | October 19, 2020 (aged 66) Toffheim |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Resting place | Burial at an unknown location at sea |
| Citizenship | Transsunerian |
| Political party | Purists |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Spouse(s) | (née Adler) |
| Children | 1 (deceased) |
| Cabinet | Soormann Cabinet |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Transsunerian Army |
| Years of service | Conscription 1972-1974 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 2nd Regiment |
Horace Soormann was the dictator (self-styled as Grandmaster) of Transsuneria from 9 December 2014 to 5 May 2015. He ceased power from President Petar Holems, a co-founder of the Purist Party, together with whom he had instigated a coup against the democratically elected government in 10 April 2013. During the Purist rule, and especially under Soormann, Forinsel nationalism flourished, and discrimination and persecution against Regonian Catholics and others labelled "unwanted" was normalised. He was defeated by a coalition between the Federationists, Sedunn and Karnetvor that fought to restore the democracy. In 2019 he was sentenced to life-time in prison. An estimated 40,000 civilians died as a result of the persecution and his indiscriminate use of chemical weapons.
In May 24 2020 Soormann was freed from prison by loyalists and RIM special forces during the Karelins Campaign of the Reizen Civil War. With RIM backing he hoped to restore his rule, but the uprising was contained to the island. He was betrayed and shot dead by his own troops shortly before the fall of the last loyalist and RIM pockets of resistance on Karelins Island. He was buried at an unknown location at sea. [1] [2] [3]