Lene Mackermask

Magdalene Anastasija "Lene" Mackermask (née Pal; born 12 July 1964) is a Reshan politician who has served as the Leader of the Conservative Party since 2011. Mackermask was first elected to the Assembaskgrot in 2005.

Family background and education
Mackermask was born into a wealthy Christian family in Rongeim. Her father, Edvard Pal (1929–2016), was an attorney, while her mother, Anastasija Hannermann (1934–), was a housewife. She is the youngest child of five, with two older identical twin brothers by four years and an older sister by two years.

Mackermask became interested in politics at a young age after meeting Prime Minister Elsa Gregger in 1975. After graduating from elementary school in 1980, she began studying political science at a gymnasium. She graduated at the top of her class in 1984. Following her high school graduation, Mackermask moved to Lader to attend the University of Eastern Resha, where she graduated with a degree in political science in 1986. Mackermask remained in Lader until returning to Rongeim in 1987 due to the East Reshan Revolution. She later earned a master's degree in political science from a polytechnic university in 1993. After settling in Rongeim, Mackermask was a stay-at-home mother until 1995.

Local government
Mackermask first entered politics in 1995 after she began working with her local chapter of the Conservative Party. She was elected secretary of the organization in 1999, and was elected chairwoman in 2003. Mackermask resigned from her position of chairwoman in 2005 after she was elected into the Assembaskgrot.

Parliamentarian
Mackermask left her position as chairwoman after she was elected into the Assembaskgrot from Jakvo in 2005. She has been reelected three times since.

Party Leader
In 2011, Mackermask was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2011 election. After her election, she was subsequently appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Assembaskgrot, and the Conservative Party's parliamentary leader.

Personal life
Mackermask met East Reshan attorney David Mackermask while they were both students at the University of Eastern Resha. After two years of dating, they became engaged in 1986 and married later that year. They have four children together: Otto Paul (born 13 April 1988), Serena Ingrid (born 12 December 1989), and fraternal twins Gregory Viktor and Elina Julia (born 1 May 1991). The family resides in Rongeim, but also owns property in the Marsdakt borough of Hederhelm. Mackermask is a practicing member of the Church of Resha who attends church weekly and previously taught weekend religion classes to children.