Dan van der Wal

Dan van der Wal (Faikangnese: 凡德维; Born: 3 June 1950) is a Geurighavenian politican and the incumbent President of Geurighaven. His nother was of local descent while his father was of Dutch descent. 
==Early Life and Education==
His mother was Zhang Cixu while his father was Eldert van der Wal. His father was a wealthy businessman at the time and enrolled him in some of the best schools in Geurighaven. He was an excellent student in school. He studied in St. Joseph High School which was considered as one of the best private school and later studied abroad in a top university in mainland Corusconia earning a Bachelor of Arts in politican science. He joined the newly established Geurighaven Army at the age of 22 training as an officer. 
== Carrer==
===Military Carrer===
He quickly rose through the ranks and by 29, he was a Captain in the Army. 
===Political Carrer===
In 1981 while he was 31, he left the military and joined politics as a member of the conservative People's Unity Party (民联党) and served as the Mayor of Geurighaven City from 1984 to 1988. In 1988, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly as the representative for Geurighaven Island North. In 1992 He was chosen by then Prime Minister Twan Luk Jiarung as the Minister of Transport (1992 - 1997) and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997 - 2002) and then Deputy Prime Minister (2007 - 2011). 
In 2012, he left the party after failing in a leadership elected and a massive failure in that year's election to the newly founded right wing populist Progressive Party (进步党) and decided to run as the President of Geurighaven in 2014 and won. Since his successful election in 2014 he has been the President of the country. However, his poplarity is slowly in the decline although the Presidency is largely a ceremonial role as his Prime Minister had many large scandals relating to election fraud and corruption which he kept silent about
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