Asarem Wadeen

BIOGRAPHY
Asarem Wadeen

Full Name:	Asarem Wadeen
Species:	Bajoran
Gender:	Female
Height:	162cm
Birthplace:	Bajor
Born:	2330s
Affiliation:	Republic of Bajor United Federation of Planets
Family
Marital Status:	Divorced
Spouse(s):	Krim Aldos (ex-husband)
Career
Occupation:	Politician
Previous Assignment:	Second Minister of the Republic of Bajor
Assignment:	First Minister of the Republic of Bajor
Rank:	First Minister
Office Held:	First Minister of the Republic of Bajor
In Office:	2376– present
Preceded By:	Shakaar Edon
Succeeded By:	Incumbent
Home Member State:	Republic of Bajor

Asarem Wadeen was the third First Minister of the Republic of Bajor following the Cardassian Withdrawal.

Asarem ascended to the office after serving as Shakaar Edon's Second Minister throughout his five years in office. When Shakaar was assassinated just moments before the Republic of Bajor's formal induction into the United Federation of Planets, Asarem was hastily given the Bajoran oath of office; she demanded an immediate investigation, which found that Trill delegate Hiziki Gard had assassinated Shakaar upon discovering that Shakaar had been infested by a Bluegill parasite as part of a larger plan to infiltrate the Federation and wage war upon the Trill. Asarem's government cooperated with Federation personnel in neutralizing the threat, and Asarem later signed the papers inducting Bajor into the Federation on 29 September 2376. (DS9 Miniseries Mission Gamma)

Later that year, Asarem sought out the aid of her ex-husband, Krim Aldos, and appointed him Bajor's Federation Councillor when her first choice, Rava Mehwyn, died unexpectedly on Earth. This was a recess appointment that was unapproved by the Chamber of Ministers, Bajor's legislature; however, within a year, Krim had proven himself at the job and remained in office. (DS9 novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)