Kristen Jones

-Outdated- Portrait of Kristen

## Non-Political Life

Born on 3rd January, 1894 in the town of Zohin , Kristen was the only child of Donald Jones, a US soldier which took full custody of him from his mother whose status or name is unknown. His childhood was vastly different to others since it consisted of travelling with his father and in fact, he didn't have much of a chance to gain an education.

He followed his father's footsteps and in 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI, joined the army and got to witness his father's death. He was still in the military in WWII where he was serving in the Marines.

After 1945, he tried to get an education during his stay in the US thanks to the help that was being offered for war veterans and even though he became quite educated and philosophical, he didn't officially manage to get a college degree due to personal difficulties.

In 1955, he moved back to Amin where he pledged to live a quiet life by himself. That was until he decided to join politics on 22nd September, 1965.

## Political Life

### Labour

On 22nd September, 1965, he joined Labour as an outsider in order to contest in its leadership election. Following the backing down of his only rival candidate, he took over as Labour's leader, promising to reduce its whip problem and to get it closer to the people.

Soon after, he organized a convention where Labour's priorities were set straight, a Labour manifesto was made and a tour was organized by Kristen Jones, which visited every state in the country.

On 2nd August 1966, he concluded talks with Asher Al-Malek and as a result, merged the Labour Party  and the CDU together into the National Democratic Party

### National Democratic Party

Following the merge, Kristen Jones became the Deputy Leader and continued on representing the left. Following the end of his tour, he along with Ryan Nazari made a National Democratic Party Manifesto for the 1967 elections.

He hads also publicized his views during this period, despite a, compared to other politicians, lack of proposing bills via an interview with The Kavala Post and an appearance in Amin National Radio's Official Debate, taking Ryan Nazari's place. He, according to PollGov, won that debate.

Despite of his old age, he hadn't announced a resignation date and before his death, attempted to challenge Ryan Nazari's leadership of the NDP, which resulted in Jones' friend taking the place of Leader of the Opposition.

## Death

On 30th April, 1968, Kristen Jones attended a premiere for a new film and as what happened to most other people there, he died due to poisoning from PR members.

Gerdard Mengel and María Cabanellas held funeral services for him soon after and the former became his legal and political successor.

## Quotes

"David Stanton, with no offense to him or anyone else, has been quite an ineffective Prime Minister in this term. He has not stood up for the rights of the worker and education enough and therefore has foiled his opportunity to progress the state"..."There is of course some good in his term, don't take my words wrong, but I disapprove more of him than approve."

"These people(referring to child rapists), who are unfortunately 100% unable to be fixed and brought back into society as fixed criminals, have to overall be given the death penalty."
***~From his interview with The Kavala Post***

"Personally, I am in favour of decriminalizing homosexual acts in the bedroom. The government doesnt have a right to interfere in what happens there...."

"Defence in this country is currently extremely lacking. The NDP shall work towards increasing Amin's military power, especially regarding the navy" ..."All this should focus at least a bit on the military's defensive aspects since there is no reason why we should have to go join unnecessary wars."

"May the parties that have Amin's true interests at heart win!"
***~From his 1st appearance in an electoral debate***

"Therefore, Labour promises to lead a neutral yet prospering diplomatic and trade policy once it's in government to ensure that trade remains safe in Amin, that Port Kafla remains in business and that the workers here continue receiving their wages. "
***~From a campaign speech in Port Kafla***