Janine Rahel Gottschalk
Consul 2022-now
RL-Geri HalliwellJanine was born in 1973 to a father who was a school teacher and a mother who ran a small cafe in the capital Alterhausen. She was always interested in sport and during her time at school took up the sport of triathlon having not been able to pick between athletics, cycling or swimming. She won several national junior titles and progressed to University on a scholarship for sporting good.
In 1991 she attended Alterhausen University where she took a degree in Journalism and Media. While at University she continued to compete and became both National Student Champion but also Hassfurt National Champion on two occasions. Having finished University she travelled competing in sports and became a regular face in Hassfurt media advertising a range of sponsors. In 1996 she was voted the nations favourite sports person. Outside of sports she was often paparazzied being involved in various charity events or high profile media affairs.
In 2001 she married Albert Kundert a representative of the national football team. In 2003 she had her first child Saskia and in 2007 a son called Max. In 2016 the duo split up and divorced saying "irreparable differences".
In 2007 Janine retired from contests and became a sports broadcaster often appearing on coverage of athletics and swimming. In 2010 she began to have her own TV show dedicated to showcasing the best of sport each week and interviews with top stars. She also appear on several reality TV show.
In 2013 she began to talk about corruption in the nations government particularly after a match fixing scandal involving two Consuls over the National Football Championship. This began to give her a reputation for speaking on politics. In 2017 she joined the National Alliance party and stood for Mayor of Alterhausen however finished second. In 2019 she fell out with the party leader and left the party.
In 2019 she was elected as independent to the Senate and worked hard to bring in a range of health and anti-corruption legislation. She also began to write regular articles for national newspapers.
In 2022 she stood to be elected as Consul and was successful gaining 53% of the vote in a run off with National Alliance Party candidate Willibald Alois Weiß.