Johannes Keller

Johannes Keller is the current Defense Minister to the United Movian Empire and is close friend and military advisor to the Emperor of Movis, Mosile Zanzari. Johannes is also the founding member and former President of the United Movian Federation, a brief rival state to UME that ran from 2047 to 2050.

Old Imperial era and civil war
Not much is known about his life before he joined Movis. He joined the Imperial Movian War College and was commissioned as an officer to serve in the elite Movian Guards. He lead his units on multiple deployments to the far out edges of the Empire and took on a more passive position as the commanding General of the Movian Home Guard until his honorable discharge and entry into civilian life.

While he remained a reserve officer, he started to dedicate himself to the politics of the Empire and was elected into the Imperial Parliament for two terms. There, he started to get closer to the Emperor's office, frequently meeting the Emperor Mosile Zanzari himself for various political agendas.

After his two terms in the Legislative, he was handpicked by Zanzari to become a Chief Advisor as part of the Imperial Cabinet. Not limited by any time in office and bound to terms, he became increasingly powerful, as many in other Imperial government positions started to view him as a sort of second in command. This sparked ire in the ranks of some of the members of Parliament and Cabinet on multiple occasions, leading to short political scuffles and rebuttals, which mostly ended with the opponent on the other end being sacked or stepping out of line and being arrested, all still within the realm of support from the Emperor.

This however did not last. Over time, tensions with other high officials grew over several key issues concerning the past, present and future of the Empire, including elections and the support for various reform movements.

Eventually, fellow member of the Cabinet, Mainard, orchestrated the ousting of Keller and gradually rid the Imperial Government of his supporters.

Now with an extensive collection of supporters from the political and social spheres and parts of the armed forces of Movis, Johannes and his supporters departed the core region of Memboria and ventured to Fort Movis on the planet of the Western Spires, a decently populated desert planet located in the Syed System to establish the new capital of the United Movian Federation.

End of the civil war and new Imperial era
After negotiating an end to the Movian civil war and a reunification of the two Movian states, Keller stepped down as ruler of the former Federal territories.

After a period of inactivity, he returned to the government as Defense Minister of UME, introducing sweeping reforms and introducing conscription and the concept of reserve service as part of the new national service system.