Otto Mӧlla

Otto Mӧlla (Westlandic: Oттo Шӧггa, Born: 15 February 1978) is a Westlandic politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Chancellor Oska Stärk. Mӧlla has been incumbent since the beginning of Chancellor Stärk's second Cabinet which convened in February 2015. Serving as one of the leader of one of the 'Great Ministries of State,' Mӧlla holds one of the most influential and powerful political posts in the Westlandic government.

Mӧlla was first elected to the National Assembly in 2000 at the age of 22 in the 2000 bi-election following the resignation of Zigfrid Akkaman. Mӧlla in 2000, was the youngest Assembly member to ever be elected and is one of the longest serving Assembly members, with a total of 15 years service as of 2015. A driven and optimistic politician, due to his age he was seen as inexperienced, and was relegated to the back benches in his initial years in the Assembly. However his positive work on the Foreign Affairs, and the Defence Committees led him to be recognised as an important member of the Assembly. Re-elected in 2002, and once again in 2007, he narrowly fought off challenges of de-selection for his constituency by the Socialist Party ahead of the 2012 election.

Stärk was a personal friend of Mӧlla during his their time in parliament together, representing the same constituency. And upon Stärk's appointment as Chancellor in 2012, he offered Mӧlla a place on the Cabinet as Minister of Defence, and later the Minister of Foreign Affairs following the Cabinet reshuffle in February 2015.