PERSONNEL FILE: BAJORAN

NAME: Winn
RANK: Kai
BORN: not on file
PLACE OF BIRTH: not on file
ORIGIN: Bajoran
ASSIGNMENT: Kai
LAST SHIP: not on file
ACADEMY CLASS: not on file
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Politically ambitious Bajoran religious leader who succeeded Kai Opaka, following Opaka's disappearance in 2369. During the Cardassian occupation, Winn spent five years in a Cardassian prison, where she endured numerous beatings for having taught the word of the Prophets. While a member of the Vedek Assembly, Winn, a member of an orthodox order, engineered conflict on station Deep Space 9, claiming that the teaching of scientific theories on the origins of the Bajoran wormhole was inconsistent with Bajoran religious faith. Winn was, in fact, plotting to draw her political rival, Vedek Bareil, to the station, where Winn's co-conspirator attempted to assassinate him in an unsuccessful effort to eliminate Bareil as candidate for kai. SEE: Neela. Winn aggressively pursued the office, aligning herself with Minister Jaro Essa, who promised to make her the next kai, in return for her political endorsement of his bid to lead the government. Continuing her quest, Winn uncovered evidence implicating her opponent, Vedek Bareil, in the infamous Kendra Valley massacre. Bareil withdrew his candidacy, and Winn was elected kai in 2370. In 2371 Kai Winn surprised her political opponents when she concluded a historic peace accord with the Cardassians. Vedek Bareil, her former political rival, played a key role in negotiating the treaty and provided valuable advice to Winn during the final talks prior to signing. SEE: Turrel, Legate. Later that year following the sudden death of Bajoran First Minister Kalem, Winn was appointed to fill the remainder of his term. Despite her ambitions, Winn was politically inexperienced, and shortly after her appointment, she touched off a political controversy over a pair of soil reclamators. Winn nearly escalated the minor incident into civil war, and her resulting loss of popularity forced her to withdraw from the upcoming election for the next term as first minister. In 2372, when Akorem Laan briefly assumed the role of Emissary, Kai Winn supported his view that Bajor should return to the traditional caste-based D'jarra system even if it meant giving up Federation membership. Winn had difficulty accepting Benjamin Sisko, a man from Earth, as the Emissary. Sisko's unexpected opposition to the Federation government in the matter of Bajor's admission to the Federation in 2373 helped her realize that he was, indeed the one promised by ancient prophecy, a view further reinforced by Sisko's discovery of the sacred lost city of B'hala. Winn later said she was ashamed she had ever doubted he was the true Emissary.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS: not on file
FAMILY: not on file