William Rivera Espanto

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## Biography

### Nationality

Indonesian-Central Rizalian (1993–1995)North-Central Rizalian (1995–present)

### Language

* English
* Filipino / Tagalog
* Bikolano
* Hiligaynon / Ilonggo
* Styrkurian
* Swedish
* Icelandic
* Norwegian
* Korean

### Date of Birth

* October 20, 1993 (age 27) (IWU)
* October 20, 2004 (age 16) (IRL)

### Birthplace

Province of Laguna, North Rizalia

**William Artemio Rivera Espanto**(born October 20, 1993 in the IWU universe, October 20, 2004 in real life) is a North-Central Rizalian politician and current president of Styrkuria, and chairman of the International World Union.

## Early Life

William was born in Laguna, a province in North Rizalia, on October 20, 1993. He was the only child of his two parents at that time. Somewhat in 1995, his parents left him in his mother's hometown in Negros Occidental in Central Rizalia to work in Singapore in Malayo-Indonesia for his sick maternal grandfather. In 1996, when his parents came back, he moved to Malayo-Indonesia with them and lived in Choa Chu Kang.

In 1997, they moved to Sengkang. There, he started school at the age of 5 in 1999 in kindergarten. In 2000, he moved to grade school. But, he was bullied by his classmates for his childish behavior. After 4 years of studying in Singapore, when his parents knew that William was troubled of the bullying, they decided to move back to the North Rizalia with William. He continued studying there.

William graduated from grade school in 2006, and moved to high school.

When he finished high school in 2012, he went to Socialist Thailand to study politics and law. He also brought his sister Janine to study in elementary there.

## Presidency

After graduating in Socialist Thailand in 2013, he moved to Akureyri, Styrkuria on August 19, 2018.

When William arrived in Akureyri by airplane during the Styrkurian Era, he thought Akureyri was a very wonderful place. So he decided to stay there for a few months. A week later, he met the president of Styrkuria, Eyjólfur Páll Jónsson. He told him that he will be the next president of Styrkuria if he works hard for him. But when the Styrkurian government's senators and congressmen knew him well, he was chosen to be a senator. But many Styrkurians wanted him to be president.

The election started on June 2018 in Styrkuria, and William faced himself in a battle of three senators: Karl Ágústus Guðbjörnsson, Morgunsól Sverrisdóttir, and Neptúnus Sven Magnússon. After the election on August 2018, William won with an amassed total of about 756,000,000 votes. Guðbjörnsson lost with 548,000,000 votes, Sverrisdóttir with 152,000,000 votes, and Magnússon with 56,000,000 votes.

William was inaugurated after a conference meeting in Siglufjörður.

On August 8, 2019, William abolished his autocracy law and started Free, Fair, and Democratic elections after being accused of making the other candidates as puppets. Some foreign representatives such as the lawyer of the Swedish Democratic Party in Norway (SDPN) Frederik Johansson criticized this saying "When you try to make your law, you couldn't change it or abolish it. The law IS the law itself."

## Personal Life

William lives with his sister Janine, who is still studying in Socialist Thailand. His cousins, Althea Rivera and Paula Espanto took care of her because their parents left Janine and her cousins when William left for being a president.

William does not have a spouse. On March 4, 2020, William announced that he will be marrying Sammie Garcia, a former representative of the North Rizalian Embassy in the American Republic who moved to Styrkuria to stay. It is vague about when he will ever marry her.

Besides working as a president, William enjoys drawing and sketching. Some of his sketches he made are a portrait of himself, the Akureyri skyline, and the Presidential Palace. He enjoys going outside and visit different places in Akureyri whenever he has free time.

He also plays sports. Most of the time, he plays golf with Hervin Halldórsson and plays soccer with the Styrkurian National Soccer Team in the Akureyri Stadium.

Because of his musical skill, William composes marches and hymns.