Azetbur, daughter of Gorkon

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Azetbur, Daughter of Gorkon, of the House of Makok, (?-2311) was Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire for eighteen years following her father's assassination in 2293. Her father was Gorkon, the chancellor who sued for peace with the United Federation of Planets following the Praxis disaster. Just before and after her claim to power, she voiced her candid views on both her empire and the UFP. Azetbur stated one was as obsolete as the notion of war itself and the latter being a, "homo sapiens-only club." She was the only woman to ever serve as Chancellor, and ruled over the Empire during a tumultuous era in its history. She presided over the signing of the Khitomer Accords and fostered the Federation-Klingon alliance during its early years. She was known to fight with a staff holding the incisor of an extinct saber-toothed animal.

By 2311, she was losing popularity as there were many Klingons who felt the Empire had been at peace for too long and grew weary of accepting Federation aid. During this period, Azetbur kept the Empire carefully neutral in the brewing crisis between the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire, declaring that she would instruct the Klingon Defense Force to aide the side that was not the aggressor; when the Tomed Incident occurred, she ordered the Klingon fleet to enter Federation space and join formation with the massing Federation Starfleet fleet, prompting the Romulans to back down.

Later that year, she was assassinated by Ditagh, who hoped that after her death the more powerful General Kaarg would rise to power. (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)

Preceded by: Gorkon, Son of Toq

Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire 2293–2311

Succeeded by: Kaarg

Chancellors of the High Council of the Klingon Empire
	Mow'ga • M'Rek • Sturka • Kesh • Gorkon, son of Toq • Azetbur, daughter of Gorkon • Kaarg • Ditagh • Kravokh, son of J'Doq • K'mpec • Gowron, son of M'Rel • Martok, son of Urthog