Arif Kahveci (born January 17, 1957) is a Lovian United Left politician, who is currently the First Minister of Kings, as well as a State Councillor for Newhaven. Kahveci was born in Newhaven to working-class Turkish parents who had emigrated to Lovia five years earlier, and studied Law at Nobel University. After working for several years as a solicitor, Kahveci became involved in local politics in 1989, campaigning for better schools and hospitals in Newhaven. In the same year, he was elected to the Newhaven City Council as an independent leftist, serving on the council for four years.