Christiaan van Vollenhoven

Christiaan Johannes Ruben van Vollenhoven, also known as C. J. R. van Vollenhoven is the current president of South Africa and former attorney and member of the New National Party. Van Vollenhoven assumed the presidency after being selected by Green Initiative representatives as a moderate candidate more palatable to Coalition command, despite a lack of widespread popularity within the country.
Since becoming president, Van Vollenhoven has directed the nation towards economic and political independence, though has struggled with the division and instability present in the nation. Van Vollenhoven has also been accused of Afrikaner nationalism, and of under-representing the black majority in his cabinet, both accusations that he has strongly refuted.
==History==
Born in Cape Town on the 13th of October, 1973, Christiaan Johannes Ruben van Vollenhoven lived through the most tumultuous period in recent South African history: the end of aparthied, and the start of universal suffrage. Van Vollenhoven was highly politically active during his youth, though the nature of this political activity has largely since been buried or forgotten. Graduating from the University of Cape Town with an LLB, and became an attorney, which he continued in parallel with his membership of numerous post-aparthied parties.
Following suitfall, Van Vollenhoven evaded death at the hands of Vannai Puppets for long enough to survive to see Green Initiative and Armor Corps intervene and aid the ailing nation, bolstering it for long enough to organize another patchwork defense. However, as the puppets had left most government figures either dead or missing, the task of rebuilding the state fell to the Green Initiative, who set about rebuilding the government. Hearing about the effort, Van Vollenhoven made himself available to the GI representatives who, after hearing about his extensive though indirect political experience, assured him that he would be considered for a position in the new government.
During deliberation, Van Vollenhoven became a popular candidate within GI, who saw him as sufficiently moderate to install as president, despite his lack of experience, as it was believed that it fundamentally didn’t matter who the president was because GI intended to participate directly in the running of the country, a fact that Van Vollenhoven was not made privy to when he was asked to build a cabinet by GI. Van Vollenhoven has since become increasingly frustrated with the Coalition, and has made numerous requests that they either assist with the nation’s economy or recall their governor, requests that have only become more frequent following Hanse Behörde’s adoption of the governorship. 
==Personality==
Van Vollenhoven has been described as calm and personable, and possessing a strong intellect and skill with words. Though he is generally soft spoken, many close to him attest to a passion for politics and a strict adherence to a personal moral compass. That rigid morality proves to make him inflexible and unyielding, often to his and others’ detriment.
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