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Konrad Bekas

Minister of Defense of Karti.

Birthday: 10.6.1963

Lives in: Karti

Minister of Defense of Karti, retired General, dedicated to safeguarding our nation and ensuring peace through strength. Proud advocate for our armed forces, with a passion for strategy and a love for history.

Konrad Bekas (born June 10, 1963) is the current Minister of Defense of Karti and a retired General of the Kartian Armed Forces. Born in Meppo to a railway clerk and a schoolteacher, Bekas grew up in a modest household in the worker districts, experiencing firsthand the frequent power outages and the tension between industrial bosses and ordinary citizens. He joined the Youth Brigades at 15, where his leadership skills and discipline caught the attention of army recruiters. After completing officer training in the capital, he built his career steadily through the infantry, serving along the southern border with Baksi during periods of heightened skirmishes.

Bekas rose to prominence as a battalion commander during the mineral strikes in Almazar, where his tactical restraint—rare in that period—earned him a reputation as a loyal but pragmatic officer. His appointment as a general in the late 2000s followed successful coordination of coastal defenses in the Ozmo strait, guarding the chokepoint vital for Karti’s exports. By 2015, he had become a central figure shaping strategy under the President’s security council, known as cautious, firm, and steeped in historical military doctrine.

Politically reliable but unaffiliated with patronage businesses, he was appointed Minister of Defense following his military retirement in 2018. Bekas is married to Dr. Selma Rovan, a university lecturer in archaeology, and they have two grown children living in Meppo. Though outwardly loyal to the regime, colleagues recall his private skepticism about the inequities between elite districts and poorer quarters, views which he shares only in trusted circles. He remains a controversial figure: admired by military officers for his discipline, cautiously respected by rivals for his independence, and viewed by common citizens as both patriot and enforcer.