Palpatine

Currently the Supreme Justice of the Republic, Doraman Stelruin Palpatine IV has been an influential figure in both the Republic Senate and Military. 
Recently, Palpatine has personally provided a great deal of funding for the supply and maintenance of the Republic Guard and Republic Navy in the war against the Black Empire.
==History==
Palpatine is a Coruscant noble with a sizable estate and a huge personal fortune to his name. 
==Connections==
Palpatine is uncle to Euphemia Bellamy, now known to be the Lady Admiral of the Black Empire. He is also uncle to the Jedi Tuil Lindo.
==Recent Events==
===Supreme Justice===
The Supreme Justice serves dual functions. The position rules Coruscant while also sitting at the head of the Supreme Court of the Republic. A Supreme Justice can only be elected by a unanimous vote of the Senate.
===Military Involvement===
For a period just before and during the early days of the Clone Wars, Palpatine headed the creation of the Coruscant Space Guard, an organization meant to provide space-based defense for Coruscant. It dissolved with the advent of the Unified Command.
Palpatine currently sits at the head of the Unified Command Council, which currently controls the military actions of the Republic Guard and Republic Navy. As a result, in practice, if not exactly in title or legal status, he as much as controls the Republic military.
==Controversy==
Although many are grateful for Palpatine's investment in the Republic military in a time of such need, others are suspicious of the amount of funding the Republic owes to his own personal pockets. Rumors wonder who really owns the ships purchased for the Coruscant Space Guard now that it no longer exists. 
Rumors indicate that Palpatine goes commando under those robes, a result of being ridiculed as a portly child long ago. Now he dances to the oldies to keep fit.
==Takeover==
Though reports are fuzzy as to how it happened, inside information reveals that Palpatine entered the Senate, started a dance-off with current Chancellor Alistair Bellamy and won. Military and naval officers, as well as Senators, were so awed by the display that they quickly accepted him as their lord and master. His first order of business was dictating that all women under thirty-five must wear miniskirts in the Senate.
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