William Snowdon

William Snowdon was the president of Oarmaet from 1935 – 1945, then again from 1950 – 1952.

## Personality

William was a good leader and a nice person. He lead the country through the Great Depression & World War 2 and invented many things still used today.

## Early Life

William was born in Snowdon Mansion on June 9, 1905. His family was wealthy and cared strongly for him.

He was homeschooled for his younger years due to there being very few good schools around where he lived.

He learned more about his country in the early 1910s and learned the island was owned by the United Kingdom. He was sad that the future country wasn't independent and wanted to help it become it's own country as soon as he could.

## Protests

On June 25, 1921, when William was almost an adult, he looked outside one day and saw people protesting in the streets. He was originally going to buy some food for his parents due to them running low, but decided to join the protests before going to the market.

When the police started arresting participants, he ran away from the protest area and made it to the market. The market usually saw William once or twice a week and so they gave him some milk on the house each time he visited.

When William made it home, his parents were watching the commotion happen. He was worried that they saw him, because even though he was almost an adult, and his parents respected him, his punishment was severe; left to sleep in the shed the night.

The shed would be locked and the door would be blocked. There was basically no movement space and the inside would be pitch black.

His parents said, according to him, "I hope that you weren't there, William, or you'll be in the shed tonight. Also, I appreciate you getting us food from the market again."

William said he wasn't there and his parents believed him. When he got in his bed on that night, he couldn't sleep due to constant shouting from protesters.

## First presidency (1935 – 1940)

On August 14, 1935, while with his parents in Snowdon Mansion, a man knocked on the door. William answered the door and the man waved to William. The man asked him, "I know you're wealthy and you are a nice person. Our country became independent a few hours ago and I wanted to ask you if you would like to be the president?"

William said "REALLY?! YEAH, OF COURSE I'D LIKE THAT!" He told his parents and they celebrated the event with him.

He was taken on a tour of the Oarmese Presidential Home (called the President's Building of Oarmaet at the time) and was showed where he was staying.

He sat down in his chair and the man who recruited him revealed himself as Frank Macson and had the now abolished role of Presidential Recruiter of Oarmaet.

William gave his first speech on August 22, 1935. He talked about how Oarmaet finally got their way, and how the Great Depression wouldn't effect the country.

He created a motto, "Unaffected, untouched, unbeatable," but this wasn't officially used. An official motto for Oarmaet is yet to be created.

William was unsure how presidency worked at the time, so he didn't make too many major changes.

WW2 started after his fourth year of presidency. He panicked and made his country stay neutral.

## Second presidency (1940 – 1945)

William payed attention to the people's requests and heavily requested things were put into place. He also met & became friends with future second president Davy Miller.

On January 10, 1943, due to heavy requests, a growing army and support/protection, William declared war on the axis countries. His people supported this decision.

On May 22, 1943, Germany attempted to invade Oarmaet. However, they were stopped by the United Kingdom's (& Oarmaet) army.

Davy Miller ran for president in the upcoming election, and William supported him, saying that he wouldn't even run just so Davy has a chance.

## Third presidency (1950 – 1952)

William decided to run one last time, and he won the vote.

He was slightly unfamiliar with the government now due to a long break & Davy's changes, however Davy explained it all to him.

On October 1, 1952, while giving a speech, William is shot, and is immediately taken to the hospital. He died 3 hours later.

His family & friends all attended the funeral. William is now buried in the Snowdon Mansion Cemetery.

## Legacy

### 1952

1. One of William's childhood friends, James Smith, runs for president and wins 2 elections in a row.
2. The man who shot William was executed.

### 1961

William is put into the Presidential Hall of Fame in the following sections:

* First Presidents of Their Country
* Best Presidents

### 1963

Partially due to his assassination, the president's protection is improved.

### 1967

Michael Clark makes a speech about William.

### 1973

The word "leader" in Oarmese is "Snaudüün" referencing William's last name, Snowdon.

### 1977

One of the states of Oarmaet is named Wélayom referencing William's name.

### 1984

The Soviet invaders are defeated for William.

### 1993

The black in the new flag represents William's assassination and the impact it had.

### 2002

Signs with William Snowdon quotes/images are held while a slower, sadder version of the anthem of Oarmaet is played in the capital of Oarmaet, marking the 50th anniversary of William's assassination.

### 2019

A show about William's life titled Snowdon: Life of a True Leader releases, and focuses on the life William had. The show was being worked on for 4 years prior to release and each episode has a budgets of 3,000,000 American Dollars due to the long episode length, often animated or very old clips, etc.

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