Michael Witte

Michael Witte (born August 14th, 1960) is a Urcean politician who previously served as Procurator of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea, Chancellor and Majority Leader of the Concilium Daoni, leader of the National Democratic Party, and Royal Administrator, and was among the youngest ever in each of those three posts. He subsequently served as the King's special envoy to Caphiria, and was a lead negotiator in the Assumption Accords. He is presently the Chair of the Gildertach. Witte campaigned vigorously in the 2000 election against Michael Redder and was elected Procurator in 2000. After serving as party leader and Chancellor for nearly eight years, Chancellor Witte decided to step aside at the end of 2009 as Chancellor and leader, citing poor polling and general fatigue for his Chancellorship. James Cossus Reed was selected to succeed him as leader and Chancellor, and in 2010 the National Democratic Party won an easy, though reduced, majority in the Concilium Daoni. Witte did not run for reelection in 2010 as Procurator, endorsing Reed instead. Following his retirement, he served in a number of unofficial capacities as an elder statesman before King Riordan VIII appointed him as special envoy to Caphiria, where he lead negotiations that resulted in the Assumption Accords. Wittonian Socialism is named for Witte's policies.

In 2015, he was appointed as Chair of the House of Guilders by King Riordan VIII, partly in recognition of his major strengthening of the guild system during his Procuratorship. The Kiravian scholar E. H. Tomcollins called Witte the "greatest living champion of the guild system".