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Minister of State Keyla Rossi
Assumed Office
20 January 2021
Appointed by: Nova Maxima Korvini
Preceded by: Adriana Monadic
20 January 2013 – 19 January 2017
20 January 2009 – 19 January 2013
20 January 2005 – 19 January 2009
Born: 1972 (age 49), City of Cristina
Spouse: Genaro Millani (m. 1997)
Children: 1 (Francesca Millani, 18)
Nationality: Cristinese
Political Party: UPC
BBA: School of Business of the Royal University of
Cristina
MBA: Korvini Business School of the KTU
Residence: Sabatini, Cristina
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Signora Keyla Mwanza Rossi was born in Cristina. Her maternal grandparents are ethnic Afropan. Her maternal grandfather Fabrice Mwanza, a retired Afropan military officer, was born in the city of Hawamas, in Afropa. Her maternal grandmother Moca was born in the Afropan city of Port-Noir. Her paternal grandfather, Ferré Zakuani was an Afropan musician From Port-Noir and her paternal Grandmother, the actress Ana Casati was from Cristina. Rossi's parents and her two siblings were born in Cristina. She is married to jurist Genaro Millani since 1997. The couple has one child, soccer player Francesca Millani.
Rossi holds an BBA diploma of the Royal University of Cristina and MBA of the Korvini Technological University, and worked for over a decade with international organizations, foreign investors, local self-government units, and the public sector in Cristina.
She joined the Unione Libera party (currently Unione per Cristina) in 2000 and was the first Afropan-Cristinese woman elected for the National Council after Cristina's independence in 2001. Rossi became a very popular public figure and has been re-elected national counselor since then.
Prior to Rossi's first election to the National Council in 2001, she was a junior director of Veritas Venture Holdings, where she worked on the implementation of the investment of DL$200 million into a windpark in the ward of Verdemare. She is an immigrant's rights activist and is a member of the managing board of the non-profit foundation Forza Nera.
She has been engaged in different Cristinese consulting companies that implemented financed projects in Cristina and in the cities of the Special Administrative Zone (Cristinese Corridor) in Mantella. She was an expert on the Local Self-government Reform Program (PRAL) in Cristina and a coordinator of the Program of Economic Development of the Municipality (ProSEC) that led to the Free Port Act of 2005. During that engagement, she participated in the introduction of the concept of local economic development in Cristina and building of potentials of the country to improve the business environment at the local level with active promotion of investments.
In January 2021, she was appointed as the Minister of State by the queen Nova Korvini after expressive popular acclamation in the 2021 General Elections. Rossi is the first black and the youngest person to be appointed prime minister in the Cristinese History. In addition, she is the president of the Royal Council for Innovative Entrepreneurship (CRII) of the Kingdom of Cristina, as well as of the Royal Council for National Minorities (CRMN) since 2018.
Rossi described herself as a technocratic. She explained that the priorities for her government are modernization, education reform and digitization.
After she was appointed Minister of State, Rossi said that she did not want to be branded Cristina's black prime minister and that she did not plan "to push minorities legal reforms at this stage", rather leaving the minorities causes to her many works in the CRMN and the non-profit organizations in which she is an active member, because as Minister of State she wanted to prioritise other policy reforms. In September 2018, Rossi took part in the 20th LGBT Pride Parade in Cristina and became the first Cristinese prime minister to attend a pride parade.
Rossi has been awarded numerous plaudits for the development projects on which she worked, for the promotion of socially accountable business operation and tolerance. She has been awarded the Order of the Crown of the Realm in 2018, thus becoming member of the Nobilità Cristina.
Mantella
In 06 December 2019, commenting on the current status of the Cristina-Mantella relationship and the recent escalation of borders conflicts between the two countries, Rossi said: "I hope we won’t have to use our military, but at the moment, that’s one of the options on the table because one cannot witness a new ethnic persecution of the Cristineses in the region - although Mantellan High Chancellor Tito Vero is calling for them. When someone knows you have a strong army, then they have to sit down and talk to you."
In addition, in 10 January 2021 Rossi said that she despises Vero's New Order because of, as she said, it is deeply rooted in a racist ideology and that what scares her most is that "we are dealing with irrational people, the worst kind of populist."
More from signora Keyla Rossi
'War for profit' is not an exclusive approach for modern times as it drove the best and worst of old Europa for many decades - perhaps best exemplified by the naval arms race seen between many countries through time. The driving force behind these initiatives was generally in out-doing a potential foe and, therefore, forcing the establishment of a large standing military force to counter the moves of the potential enemy. The modern interpretation of this, as it relates to the Military-Industrial Complex, is only slightly altered in that the established military force is now utilized to further global interests - the enemy is no longer another nation per se but any organization not in line with presented ideals.
At any rate, the theory of a mutually beneficial relationship existing between warplanners and industry is not unfounded for there is much money to be made in the design and development process of military goods which precede lucrative production commitments. As such, a defense contractor can be the recipient of multiple contracts during the lifespan of a single product leading many of the top firms to find ways to consistently outdo competitors in an attempt to maintain their own respective bottom lines in the boardroom and appease shareholders.
The 'Military-Industrial Complex' is a grave warning to the Cristinese people based on its experiences of an unlimited wartime economy coupled with a political environment. The warning being to not let the military-industrial establishment dictate Cristina's actions at home or abroad for such unchecked power would begin to usurp the inherent freedoms found in the very fabric of our nation.
Since the Free Port Act of 2005, the UPC keeps a running tally of those Cristinese defense contracts (at least those publicly revealed by the Ministry of Defense) in an attempt to keep an accurate value of defense expenditures for the interested reader. Despite the rather apparent transparency, the listed contracts do not necessarily represent the entire breadth of Cristina defense spending for not all might be publicly announced/presented. Our database can, however, be used to present a basic outline and, perhaps, be utilized in predicting a possibly next Cristina-Mantella conflict or educating the average Cristinese in the direction of his/her government."
"Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.
This position dates back to the earliest years of the Union for Cristina, especially the 2005 platform, which called for the repeal of all laws restricting voluntary birth control or the right of the woman to make a personal moral choice regarding the termination of pregnancy.
I oppose the use of taxpayer funds or other government resources for abortion. Like other matters of individual conscience, abortion should be kept out of the public sphere.
What I have calling is for an end to government persecution and prosecution of the women who choose abortions and of the medical personnel who assist them. I also call for an end to subsidies, an end to prescription requirements for contraception, and an end to restrictive demographic adoption policies. Those who truly want to reduce abortions should consider that a culture of freedom, persuasion, and real individual choice can accomplish far more than a culture of prohibition and punishment ever has.”
- Minister of State Keyla Rossi
