Art van de Lay

Art van de Lay (fully, Arthur Wilhelmus Frederik van de Lay)) born 19 September 1960 is a Lindian politician of the Union of Democrats. He served as MP in the States General. In 2001 he became minister for spatial planning and infrastructure until his resignation in 200x!, when he was elected as President of the Vestean Union. After his presidency, he was elected to serve as MVP. Currently he is the leader of the VUSL fraction in the Vestean Parliament.

Van de Lay studied to become an architect at the Ultingen University of Technology. In 1984 he graduated with a master’s degree specialising in urban planning. Instead of pursuing a PhD, as he had initially planned, he enrolled in both the bachelor’s and master’s programmes for public administration at Artwingen University.

Van de Lay became politically active during his career as an urban planner for the very same ministry that he would lead in the early 2000’s. Next to this job he was a member of the Artwingen city council. In 1996 he was elected to the position of alderman for mobility, housing and urban planning. At that point he left his job at the ministry.

He was elected as member of parliament for the Union of Democrats during the general elections of 2000. In 2001 a coalition was formed between the LP, UVD and GP. Van de Lay was offered a post as minister for spatial planning and infrastructure. His tenure, though short, is considered to be of great importance by many as it saw the considerable expansion of Lindenholt’s high speed rail system. Most notably, Van de Lay was directly responsible for connecting Lindenholt’s high speed rail system to Allentyr and Umbrellia.