Borsk Fey'lya

Borsk Fey'lya was a New Republic Chief of State during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the Star Wars galaxy.He was a member of the Bothan species, which were known for their Spynet which rivalled even New Republic Intelligence and Imperial Intelligence He first appeared in the Expanded Universe novel X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble. Borsk Fey'lya rose to power as a member of the Provisional Council of the Rebellion. Becoming one of the council members under Mon Mothma, Fey'lya staunchly opposed the greater political clout carried by other species, in specific the Mon Calamari and Admiral Ackbar, in the hope of rising to his own power. Seeing his own personal gain as both the gain of his people and the gain of the New Republic as one and the same, Fey'lya did whatever he could to raise himself into political strength.

After the resignation of Leia Organa-Solo from the position of Chief of State, Fey'lya was elected her successor. The Bothan brought with him his own council, which found itself in danger as the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong grew. Thrown into the balancing act of maintaining peace within the New Republic, attempting diplomatic relations with the Yuuzhan Vong, and keeping the Jedi under Luke Skywalker under his controlat all times, Fey'lya made many wrong choices that  brought all-out war with the Yuuzhan Vong inescapable.

Eventually he brought the Jedi under the full jurisdiction of the New Republic but it was already too late as the Yuuzhan Vong made it to the capital world Coruscant and attacked the planet, bringing chaos and carnage with them. Fey'lya himself stayed behind, attaching a bomb to a heart monitor and surrendering himself to the Yuuzhan Vong in hopes of taking Warmaster Lah with him. The Yuuzhan Vong leader saw through his plan though, and Fey'lya was killed, taking over twenty-five thousand Yuuzhan Vong troops with him and becoming a martyr for the Republic and his people.