Donte Alighieri II

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Rex Imperator 	Rex Imperator 	Rex Imperator 	Rex Imperator
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Official Portrait, 2217 	 	 	
3rd Emperor of the United States 	3rd Emperor of the United States 	3rd Emperor of the United States 	3rd Emperor of the United States
Reign 	 	 	
January 20, 2217 - July 4, 2218 	 	 	
Prime Minister: 	 	 	
Bullrun Jackson 	 	 	
Alexander Cross 	 	 	
Preceded by: Barnabas Blankenship 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Throne Abolished 	 	 	
91st President of the United States 	91st President of the United States 	91st President of the United States 	91st President of the United States
In office 	 	 	
January 20, 2217 - January 20, 2225 	 	 	
Vice President: Henry Gage 	 	 	
Preceded by: Barnabas Blankenship 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Xander Peralta 	 	 	
15th First Servant of State of Germany 	15th First Servant of State of Germany 	15th First Servant of State of Germany 	15th First Servant of State of Germany
In office 	 	 	
January 20, 2217 - January 20, 2225 	 	 	
Second Servant: Cristifano Clark 	 	 	
Preceded by: Barnabas Blankenship 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Xander Peralta 	 	 	
5th Prime Minister of the United States 	5th Prime Minister of the United States	5th Prime Minister of the United States	5th Prime Minister of the United States
In office 	 	 	
December 31, 2216 - January 20, 2217 	 	 	
President: Barnabas Blankenship 	 	 	
Preceded by: Adrian Hersey 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Bullrun Jackson 	 	 	
Director of the Internal Defense Force 	Director of the Internal Defense Force 	Director of the Internal Defense Force 	Director of the Internal Defense Force
In office 	 	 	
March 5, 2183 - December 31, 2216 	 	 	
Preceded by: Adrian Ross 	 	 	
Succeeded by: James Ransako 	 	 	
Personal details 	Personal details 	Personal details 	Personal details
Full Name: Donte Salvator Cenomanensis Alighieri II	 	 	
Born: May 3, 2156 	 	 	
Died: September 1, 2349 (aged 193) 	 	 	
Resting place: The Hall of the Presidents 	 	 	
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Donte Salvator Cenomanensis Alighieri II (May 3, 2156 - September 1, 2349) was an American Politician and Statesmen who served as the final Emperor and the 91st President of the United States as well as Prime Minister. He was a leading member and founder of the Commawatch Party and played a pivotal role in the downfall of the American Empire.
Alighieri was born of parthenogenesis, whereas there was only a Mother and no Father. Throughout his life many religious groups primitively declared him the second coming of Jesus Crist despite his constant refusal of the idea. Starting off as a junior member of the Imperialist Party he rose up in the party and served for the first 10 years of the third American civil war before it became the second American revolution. His loyalty to the party eventually fell apart and he helped found the underground resistance group known as the Commawatch. After the revolution he was elected President in 2216 and was the first person elected President since Mohammed Dockery in 2188. 
Near constantly ranked as one of the greatest Presidents of all time for his help in ending Imperialist rule in America, restoring democracy to the United States, following the doctrine of Continual Destiny to reunite the entire United States and his outstanding leadership capabilities. During his Presidency and after he was the single most influential man alive, oftentimes more so than the current President. He was capable of bringing down an entire administration by speaking out against them. He single handedly sank the re-election of Teodoro Bohannon on election night.
==Early Life==
Donte Alighieri II was born on May 3, 2156 to a sole parent. He was the first ever confirmed human being to be born from parthenogenesis, where there was only one mother and no father. His birth stunned the medical community. Several religious groups hailed him as the second coming of Christ. Alighieri graduated from Penn State University in 2179. 
==Entry into Politics==
After turning 17 in 2173 he registered as an official member of the Imperialist Party and joined the "Internal Defense Force".
==Service in the Imperialist Policy==
After joining the Internal Defense Force he rose through the ranks eventually being appointed IDF Director by President Minh Arias in 2183. He used his position to expand the Agency's powers to investigate citizens of foreign nations activity in relation to American citizens activities. 
==Disillusion with the Imperialist Party==
On April 20, 2200 President Thorton Echevarria stood in a joint session of the Imperialist Conference to announce to the Nation the formal creation of the United States of the American Empire. This action was met with overwhelming negativity from the general population and near imminently lead to the secession of several American states starting with Iraq. Alighieri's loyalty to the party began to weaver as the Government bungled it's response to the succession by first ignoring it outright then reacting with shocking hostility leading to alienation of more states leading to their breakaway.
==Founding of the Commawatch== 
During the first 10 years of the civil war Alighieri remained officially loyal to the Imperialist government working to prosecute traitors to the Empire and stop espionage. However by year 14 the war was going so horribly and Echevarria had become so tyrannical that Aligheri had lost total faith in his ability to lead and grew to view the Party with disgust for their refusal to push back on him in any real way. On June 15, Alighieri met with Vice President Barnabas Blankenship and General Bullrun Jackson in private conference to discuss the war situation and develop plans to save the United States. General Jackson made clear that the American state was dangerously close to being destroyed and that the only real way to preserve the United States and return it to stability was to bring the current government to its end. On July 4, 2214 the Commawatch was formed with the intent to Kill Emperor Thorton Echevarria, Capture Washington D.C., dismantle the Imperialist Party and end the Second American Revolution.
==Second American Revolution==
The three men drafted a plan to carry out the Assassination of Thorton Echevarria and put an end to the war. 
==Prime Minister (2216-2217)==
After Prime Minister Adrian Hersey was ousted, President Blankenship appointed Alighieri to the position of Prime Minister as a ceremonial honor to signify the purification of an office created by the Imperialists, purified by the Commawatch. Alighieri only served for the 20 days leading up to his inauguration as President upon which he resigned to be sworn in as President and appointed General Bullrun Jackson to the position.
==Presidency (2217-2225)==
===Presidential Campaign===
With President Blankenship choosing not to run for re-election, Alighieri would easily win the Commawatch primary and subsequent Presidential Election of 2216, in which he would run unopposed. This was the first election since Washington's third and fourth terms in which the winner would go unopposed in an election.
===Advocation for Imperialist Rights=== 
During his first term, a question would arise as to whether or not the nation should permit the Imperialist Party to be re-founded, or whether Imperialists should be persecuted. The Commawatch Party would be divided into three factions on the matter, the most democratic of which claiming that Imperialists should be forgiven and the Imperialist Party should be reformed, a moderate faction claiming that Imperialists can be forgiven yet the party cannot be reformed, and the "justicists", who advocated for the criminalization of support for Emperor Thorton and the Imperialists, and even all Imperialist Presidents by some of the more radical justicists in the Constitution. Alighieri would largely be a democrat, and would claim that the Commawatch fought for the people's rights above all else, so all people were entitled to these rights. In the 2118 Midterm Election, Alighieri endorsed many democrats running under the Commawatch Party and would deliver a speech emphasizing democratic values. The results of the midterms would prove Alighieri's campaigning to be successful; democrats largely dominated both houses of Congress in 2219, thus allowing Alighieri to propose and sign the "Democracy Act", which instituted the democrats' agenda and affirmed that free speech extended to the support of Emperor Thorton and the Imperialists. 
In the 2220 Presidential Election, Alighieri would face opposition from moderate Jason Stunt, and justicists Victor Smith and Michael Uni, both of whom would attempt to unseat Alighieri in the primary and who would criticize Alighieri for his democratic policies. Alighieri, however, would win the primary with a landslide and would run unopposed in the General Election, thus winning a second term. Seeing Imperialist sympathy being minuscule in this election in addition to the previous midterm, centrist and justicist support would be seen as useless, thus vastly diminishing their support in elections that followed.
=== Unified Legal Code ===
In his second term, Alighieri largely focused on re-unifying the nation. While largely leaving the proposal of legislation to Congressmen, Alighieri would support and sign various bills creating a national legal code and national efforts to aid the impoverished (which the Imperialists largely neglected), which Alighieri deemed as essential for "progressing the nation as one". Many, however, would grow cautious of this approach to governance, having grown accustomed to their states being the sole governing force without any large-scale power. Those fearful of federal power would proceed to form the "Liberty Party", which advocated for individual freedom and for the federal government to step back from imposing too many laws and regulations. Although the Liberty Party would fail to obtain a majority in either Congressional house during the 2222 Midterm Election, they would obtain a sizable amount of seats in the House of Representatives and would sweep most of their Senatorial races, yet would come no where near a majority due to only 1/3 of the Senate being up for election. Despite this, however, no policy from the Commawatch Party nor Alighieri himself would successfully be repealed and/or blocked by Liberty opposition. 
=== Stabilization of the Philippines ===
Upon passing his national legal code, Alighieri's next goal would be to extend it to the Philippines, which refused to rejoin the United States, and whose citizens engaged in violence against President Blankenship during his diplomatic mission to the state. Alighieri called Filipino President Alexa Delstro to Washington DC specifically for negotiating. Alighieri stated that the Philippines was United States territory, and that he would "rather negotiate a peaceful solution than impose the law by force." Upon Delstro's refusal to come to DC, however, Alighieri knew that he needed to escalate the matter to secure control over the state.
In January of 2222, Alighieri dispatched the National Guard to secure control over the Philippines and establish American law therein. Alighieri proscribed, in his order, that while the Philippine government was not to be deposed, federal police and courts were to be established in the Philippines, and that all federal law was to be enforced in the state. By June of 2222, the American government had secured complete control over the state. Although the National Guard proceeded to exploit the native Filipino population and kickstart Filipino discrimination, President Alighieri is credited for taking decisive action to stabilize the nation.
===Imperial Reign (2217-2218)===
Like his Imperial Predecessor, Alighieri hated his title as Emperor and wanted to rid himself of it as fast as possible. The opportunity presented itself when it was decided that the American Empire would be both symbolically and legally abolished on July 4th of his second year in Office to officially "transfer Imperial rule back to American Democracy". Like the Emperors before him, law required he be introduced at Government events by his regnal title, "His Imperial Majesty, Donte Alighieri II, Emperor of the American Empire, President of the United States". When he was introduced as such during his first State of the Union, he used the opportunity to shame the title and gloat about America's victory over the Empire.
====Abdication====
On July 4th, 2218, Emperor Alighieri, just months after the final Empire Day Celebration, held one of his own to denote the official dissolvent of the American Empire and it's titles and offices. On that day, the title and office of the Emperor and Prime Minister of the United States were both dissolved.
=== Retirement and Presidential Legacy ===
After two full terms as President, Alighieri would retire from politics. He would largely be remembered as a guardian of democracy and of civil and political rights, both in his actions and policy, and would largely shape the Commawatch Party into one of national unity; one which was willing to exert federal power to attain such. The Alighieri Administration would largely shape America's politics over the next five and a half decades. 
==Post Presidency (2218-2349)==
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