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His Excellency
Wyatt Baek
CMD OGH RB RL RSc
Hero of the Gaplan Revolution
His Excellency Wyatt Baek CMD OGH RB RL RSc; Hero of the Gaplan Revolution
	Official portrait, 2024
Speaker of the Provisional Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 October 2023
President	Hendrik Täks
Governor of Gaplastovia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 February 2019
President	Hendrik Täks Wyatt Baek (self); Chelsea Chen; Emma Bunnell; Amalia Battle
Deputy	Chelsea Chen
Member of the Provisional Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 October 2023
President	Chelsea Chen; Amalia Battle; Hendrik Täks
Portfolio	Technology (2023–); Human Capital (2023–2025)
Gaplan Ambassador to the United States
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 December 2024
President	Chelsea Chen; Amalia Battle; Hendrik Täks
President
Legacy offices
Sovereign Prince of Gapla
	In office; 20 August 2023 – 5 June 2026
President	Hendrik Täks Chelsea Chen; Emma Bunnell; Amalia Battle
Preceded by	Chelsea Chen
	In office; 28 February 2019 – 22 July 2023
President	Wyatt Baek (self); Chelsea Chen
Succeeded by	Chelsea Chen
1st President of Gapla
	In office; 28 February 2021 – 2 February 2022
Deputy	Shaun Madillo; Chelsea Chen; Emma Bunnell
Preceded by	Ian Shin (Gapla-Phoenix)
Succeeded by	Chelsea Chen
	In office; 28 February 2019 – 4 January 2021
Deputy	Mirabelle Wang; Vera Sy; Irene Kim; Chelsea Chen;
Preceded by	Chelsea Chen
Succeeded by	Chelsea Chen
5th Deputy President of Gapla
	In office; 5 January 2021 – 27 February 2021
President	Chelsea Chen
Preceded by	Chelsea Chen
Succeeded by	Shaun Madillo
Personal details
Born	Seoul, South Korea
Citizenship	Gapla; South Korea;
Political party	Alliance for Reason
Other political; affiliations	Libertarian (United States)
Residence	Gaplastovia; Federated States of Gapla
Education	Royal Gaplastovian Academy; Scout from University of California
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	monarchy.gaplagov.org; wyattbaek.xyz

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Wyatt Seungri Baek (born Seungri Baek 13 January 2009) is a Gaplan politican who has served as the Speaker of the Provisional Government and Minister of Technology and Human Capital since 2024. Widely considered one of the founders of Gapla, he previously served as the 1st President of Gapla during two noncontiguous terms from 2019 to 2022 and briefly served as the 4th Deputy President of Gapla in 2021. He was Prince of the Danubias between 2019 and 2026, when the monarchy was abolished.

Baek was born in Seoul, South Korea at the Samsung Medical Center. The only son of Korean doctors who later immigrated to the United States, Baek's family received a green card through a national interest waiver in 2012 following his mother's publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a prestigious journal. He was raised in Irvine, California and attended the Irvine Unified School District until 8th grade.

Baek attended 1st through 3rd grade at Cypress Village Elementary School, where he and a friend, Ian Shin, learned about micronationalism. Subsequently, they founded the United Republics of Gapla and Phoenix in 2015, which marked first occurance of the name "Gapla." The project soon faced a crisis which led to its eventual splitting into the independent republics of Gapla and Phoenix before ultimately falling inactive. In 2018, he was selected as a participant in the school district's Alternative Program for Academically Advanced Students (APAAS), and was placed at Deerfield Elementary School. Following a family move, Baek found a notebook from the Gapla–Phoenix era that inspired him to restore Gapla as the Principality of Gapla, a predecessor of the modern Federated States of Gapla that would reform to claim Greater Danubia.

Baek is widely regarded as the principal leader of modern Gapla as its restorer, and has had extensive influence over virtually the entirety of Gaplan history. He is widely known as a right-wing libertarian politician, activist, and diplomat, representing Gapla at international summits such as MicroCon 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He currently leads the Alliance for Reason, a right-wing libertarian party, in the Provisional Government.

Early life

Personal life

Political career

Political positions

Awards and honors

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+}}}}'''Wyatt Seungri Baek''' (born '''Seungri Baek''' 13 January 2009) is a Gaplan politican who has served as the [[Provisional Government|Speaker of the Provisional Government]] and Minister of Technology and Human Capital since 2024. Widely considered one of the [[founders of Gapla]], he previously served as the 1st [[President of Gapla]] during two noncontiguous terms from 2019 to 2022 and briefly served as the 4th [[Deputy President of Gapla]] in 2021. He was [[Monarchy of Gapla|Prince of the Danubias]] between 2019 and 2026, when the monarchy was abolished.
 Baek was born in [[Wikipedia:Seoul|Seoul]], South Korea at the [[Wikipedia:Samsung Medical Center|Samsung Medical Center]]. The only son of Korean doctors who later immigrated to the United States, Baek's family received a [[Wikipedia:Green card|green card]] through a [[Wikipedia:National Interest Waiver|national interest waiver]] in 2012 following his mother's publication in the [[Wikipedia:JAMA|''Journal of the American Medical Association'']], a prestigious journal. He was raised in [[Wikipedia:Irvine|Irvine]], California and attended the [[Wikipedia:Irvine Unified School District|Irvine Unified School District]] until 8th grade.