Amalia Battle
Amalia Battle Cordova Princess of Emeralkia CMD RL RSc RA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th President of Gapla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 July 2025 – 18 March 2026[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Hendrik Täks Connor Klinkosch Mustafa Hussein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chelsea Chen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Täks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th Deputy President of Gapla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 19 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Hendrik Täks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mustafa Hussein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2025 – 25 July 2025[b] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Chelsea Chen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Connor Klinkosch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Täks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Provisional Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 2 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Chelsea Chen Amalia Battle (self) Hendrik Täks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio | Public Relations (2024–) Human Capital (2025–2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Mayor of Emeralkia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 15 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Amalia Battle (self) Hendrik Täks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Emma Bunnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Manhattan, New York United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Boulder, Colorado United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Stanford Online High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amalia "Rosie" Battle Cordova (born 27 December 2008) is a Gaplan politician and entrepreneur who has served as the 10th Deputy President of Gapla since 2026. She previously served as the 4th President of Gapla in 2025, and is currently a member of the Provisional Government, serving as the Minister of Public Relations.
During her tenure as Minister of Public Relations, she has made significant advancements in public relations, using her prior experience to help the country grow its press coverage, social media presence, and citizen engagement. She has also serves as a senior trustee in the Gaplan Representation Organization.
Personal life
Cordova was born in Manhattan, New York and was raised in Boulder, Colorado. She attended Mackintosh Academy, a private K–8 school in Littleton, Colorado. As a second grader at Mackintosh, she placed in the top ten nationally at the Creative Communication poetry contest with her poem The Elements of Nature.[1] In 2017, she was featured on local news after her toy "Budderball" was repaired by a local repairman.[2]
She transferred to Astra Nova School for middle school, an online school co-founded by Elon Musk on the campus of SpaceX and described by the Washington Post as probably the "most exclusive school in the world," with an acceptance rate of approximately 3%.
After graduating from Astra Nova, she enrolled at Stanford Online High School, where she founded the Anime Club and held leadership positions in several other clubs. Her personal achievements include successfully securing $80,000 in funding for a startup, designing pitches and products for artificial intelligence and virtual reality businesses, and having her ideas showcased at the World Economic Forum.
Political career
At Stanford OHS, she learned about Gapla through her classmate Wyatt Baek. She became a Gaplan citizen in 2024, and a few months later was admitted to the Provisional Government as the Minister of Public Relations.
In 2025, she became Deputy President of Gapla following Connor Klinkosch's resignation, and became President of Gapla a few months later following Chelsea Chen's resignation, marking one of the fastest rises in Gaplan government. In 2025, she became the Princess of Emeralkia following her purchase of the title, and held an interview about Gapla with Sofia Tissen, a researcher at the University of Mainz.
In 2026, she won the 2026 Gaplan presidential election in a surprise landslide victory.
Political positions
An independent politician, Cordova is not affiliated with any political party and is often described as a centrist, depolarizing figure in the Provisional Government. She has made very few public statements on her views on politics, but has stated that she is opposed to race-based affirmative action in secondary and tertiary admissions.
She has made statements that have been interpreted as Gaplan nationalist or imperialist, although she has claimed that they were a "joke" and not serious.
When asked about a possible political party affiliation in 2024, she stated that her political positions were closest to the Grand Rightist Party and the People's Liberal Party, the major center-right and center-left political parties at the time. In 2025, after Connor Klinkosch asked her to join the Righteous Reformist Party, she declined, but stated that she would look into the party and its beliefs.
Awards and honors
Notes
- ↑ On leave from 8–14 November 2025 due to an emergency. Hendrik Täks served as acting President.
- ↑ On leave from 10–22 July 2025 due to a family emergency. Hendrik Täks served as acting Deputy President.