Mikkel Gard

Mikkel Ekern Gard Is the current Prime Minister and former Minister of Defense of the Myrish Commonwealth.

Early life and education
Mikkel Gard was born on January 14th, 1965 to his parents Oline and Jens Gard in the town of Tønsske, Central Andemyr. In his early childhood, Gard was home-schooled by his mother, Oline, while his father, Jens, worked in the family barber shop. Although his native language is Myrish, Gard had a particular interest in linguistics and had learned both Eduran and Salish by age 15. At age 16, Gard was put into public schools in the Tønsske public schools system. Gard's previous experience with limited interactions with other peers led to Gard being known as a social outcast between other pupils.

Gard would proceed to graduate from high-school and move to Grave to study Education at the University of Grave. During his time at university, Gard would develop a love for all things military, his past-times being filled with the studying of Myrish military tactics and WW2 battles. After graduating from the University of Grave with a Masters Degree in Education, Gard would move to Scrá to teach the Myrish Language. While in Scrá, Gard would meet the now Táile Gard. Gard and Táile would then move back to Grave in Andemyr where they would then get married. In 1991, Gard would be conscripted into the Myrish military.

Military career
1 year after marrying, Gard was drafted to enter the Myrish military. Because of his previous interests in military tactics and history, Gard enjoyed his time within the armed forces. In October of 1994, Gard was deployed to Northern Katamur, where unfortunately on August 12th, 1995, Gard was injured by leftover  whilst stationed in Bedorbek, Adegarsu Autonomous Region, Katamur. While not fatal, Gard was eventually discharged from the military and returned back to Grave with minor injuries.

After his discharge from the military, Gard would move to his hometown of Tønsske for 4 years before moving back to Grave to pursue Politics.

Political career
In 2000, Gard was elected member of the Myrish parliament after voicing his concern for defense issues. He was elected under Prime Minister Lilly Ravn, and after Ravn's resignation was elected as the Minister of Defense of Andemyr in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kristo Olesk. Gard would serve in this position until 2006 where, following Olesk's retirement, Gard was elected as the 8th Prime Minister of Andemyr and had his first cabinet formed.

As a politician, Gard is a leftist liberal and member of the National Progressive Party.