Michael Defledhead

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Michael Defledhead is a registered character. He was created in December of 2016. He is the Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Board of AmbiguX and was the 52nd President of the United States.

## Biography

Michael Charles Defledhead (originally Michael Charles Andric/Мајкл Керол Андрић) was born on April 1, 1985 in Broker, Liberty City, to a father who is a Serbian immigrant, and an American mother of German and Irish origin. He lived in Liberty City until he was seven years old, at which point his mother married Norman Defledhead, Sr. and the family moved to Los Santos. Michael has a half-brother, Norman, Jr., and a half-sister Anne.

Michael's life was generally peaceful growing up and he enjoyed a good relationship with his family as well as his birth father, who continued to visit him and provide for him. At the age of 18 he entered ULSA to study engineering, but formed a shipping business on the side, which eventually grew to occupy most of his time, and caused him to associate with some unsavory characters. He graduated successfully but without particularly exceptional grades because he did not study enough, preferring the life of business.

Michael and Norman, Jr. joined a motorcycle gang in Sandy Shores around this time period. When the gang became suspected of involvement in a serious criminal matter, most of the members including Norman departed for Las Venturas, but Michael chose to risk remaining in Los Santos to be closer to his family. As a result, Norman is hostile to Michael and still considers him a traitor. Michael refuses to apologize for doing what he thought was right.

During his 20's, not a lot is known about what Michael was doing. He ran afoul of the law a few times, and mysteriously was able to have the charges dismissed or plea bargained down to lesser misdemeanors, avoiding prison time. During this time he generally developed skills and contacts that inexplicably keep him out of trouble. He frequently would get involved in fights but they did not tend to escalate into anything serious. His occasional arrests for fighting would never result in any charges being filed.

Michael's business eventually grew to become AmbiguX, Inc, and during 2017 transitioned from being primarily involved in business services and shipping to technology. Over this time period, Michael focused on cleaning up his act and starting to comply with the law much more strictly.

In early 2017 Michael started to become involved in politics, originally just to prevent intrusions of government officials into his network of business interests. But over time, as he learned more about public service, he became more genuinely interested in it. In November, 2017 he was elected Supervisor of Blaine County.

For several years he dated a woman in the Harmony area who eventually broke off the relationship with him when she became concerned that he was becoming too mainstream and legal, and was no longer the man she originally fell for. As a result, he was heartbroken for a long time. Late in 2017 he met Zephyr Midwinter when she was doing a legal research project into major corporations, and they began dating, and married in February 2018. They have one son, Peter, and a daughter, Irene. They own an estate in Cape Catfish in Blaine County, which serves as the "Western White House", and they continue to be active in Blaine County civic life when possible.

In early 2018 Michael announced that he would run for Senate at the end of his term as Supervisor, and in the July election was elected to the Senate as the winner of the first round election. He campaigned as a centrist candidate, paying equal attention to northern and southern San Andreas and being seen at many campaign events in San Fierro as well as Los Santos and throughout the state. Once elected, his term as Senator was not controversial. He led efforts to pass the Audley budget and to defeat additional regulations of drone aircraft. He also led the Senate investigation of the Frank Higden Japan incident.

In November 2018, Michael stepped down as CEO of AmbiguX temporarily, apparently so he could focus more on his Senate role. In December he stepped down from the Board of Directors but remains as an observer, as well as placing all of his AmbiguX holdings in a blind trust in accordance with recommended Senate practices. He originally planned to return to the CEO job in August 2019, but AmbiguX has announced that his return may be as late as July 2020. Despite his formal separation from the business, Michael is continuing to actively keep track of events in the company and is known to express his opinion on strategy.

On January 7, 2019, with Zephyr present, Michael announced his candidacy for President of the United States, in a MyTube video streamed from the Galileo Observatory. In the March 2 election, Michael was elected President of the United States, defeating Trey Vergoli and Ronald Pence. He was sworn in as the 52nd President of the United States on March 13, 2019.

The beginning of Michael's term has been marked by a great deal of discord and controversy about his cabinet and staff. He chose to take risks when making appointments to official positions, expecting to correct them later if necessary. In April he fired both Secretary of Energy Pepe Salazar and Special Ambassador Ronald Pence because of internal conflicts of an unspecified nature. Salazar has since left the country and there have been questions about Pence's associations with foreign leaders, especially Mexican President Vicente Vox. Michael has yet to make any international trips as President at all, which is highly unusual.

While Michael is not known to have relationships with intelligence agencies, he has posted a possibly joking reference to a previous job as an "intelligence agent" which he has not taken down. In a recent Presidential press conference he began suggesting that it would be inappropriate for anyone to think he knows about Israeli intelligence services, despite no reporters having raised the issue at all. It is not clear what is causing these incidents.

In July 2019, Michael announced that he is not seeking reelection to the Presidency in November. On November 12, 2019, upon leaving office as President, he returned to his role of CEO of AmbiguX.

## Personality

Early in his life, Michael had no real respect for the law, seeing it simply as an obstacle which required him to avoid getting caught. As his influence and responsibilities increased, he realized that he would need to clean up his act, and he decided to systematically destroy any evidence of questionable legality, and in the future to be strictly ethical and legal. He is serious about this and it is important to him. His commitment to this is always questioned by people who knew him previously, and it is a source of frustration to him when people accuse him or his business of engaging in illegal activities.

Michael is loyal and supportive of his friends, and places a high value on personal relationships, to the point that he treats legality a distant second in importance. This often creates tension with his desire to be impeccably legal in all of his interactions, and is an internal conflict that he is not aware of.

To people he does not know well, or to people who cross him, he can on rare occasions be highly volatile and angry, to the point where it often scares people who are not aware of this aspect of his personality - and even to people who know him well, it makes them uncomfortable. He is able to hold a grudge for a long time but not act on it until the time is exactly right. However, after he got married, his personality noticeably mellowed. He is very goal oriented, and often people are not aware of what he is really up to.

## FIB Database record

 **Status:** | Not a threat

* MCD Group investment bank
* XTV Board of Directors
 **Criminal Record**: | * 2007 - Misdemeanor menacing
* 2014 - Misdemeanor providing false statement on official filing. This offense was pardoned on November 10, 2019.

* 52nd President of the United States
* Member of Board of Directors of AmbiguX.
* Chairman and former CEO of AmbiguX.
* A former US Senator from San Andreas.
* Former Supervisor of Blaine County.
* Former associate of late Senator Bernie Sheinson.
* Former Speaker of the Blaine County Assembly
* Contact with organized crime families unknown.
* Possible relationship with intelligence organizations unknown (but see the above comments).

## Gallery

Michael's profile pictureMichael meeting with Andrew Warren