Jacob Zuma Jr

**Jacob Callen Zuma** (May 16, 1972 -), referred to as **Jacob Zuma Jr** for clarity, was a Libirachi statesman, soldier and civil servant who served in numerous positions across Libirachi governments from 2025 onwards, including as Foreign Secretary, Secretary of State and Education Secretary. Outside of domestic politics, Zuma served as Libirachi Ambassador to the United Kingdom from February 2023 until April 2033 under the Presidency of Damien Salamander and as Minister of War for the Union of Aligned Nations from February 2023. Zuma was an elected member of the Libirachi National Congress from 2010-2020 and from 2023 onwards, and served as as a Major General in the Libirachi Imperial Army between 2005 and 2010. Zuma was the son of former Libirachi President, Jacob Zuma.

Born in 1972 as the son of Libirachi President Jacob Zuma, Zuma grew up within the confides of the Forbidden City, joining the Libirachi Imperial Army as a political gesture in 1990 as a General, aged 18, taking command of a propaganda wing of the LIA, before receiving a further promotion in 2005 to Major General, making him one of the most senior army officials in the nation. Growing disfranchised with his father's regime, Zuma joined forces with Nathan Jackson in 2010, and became a member of the Revolutionary Party, taking up a seat in the Libirachi National Congress. With the deposition of Jacob Zuma the same year, Zuma Jr was one of the few representatives to vote against the execution of his father, although by a majority vote the resolution passed.

Serving as chairman of the Armed Forces Committee in the National Congress, Zuma became an advocate of human rights, condemning officials like Alex Pandion and Alastar Brigman who pushed for more efficient and inhumane methods of warfare within the armed forces. With the end of the Jackson regime in 2019, Zuma briefly retained his spot in office, before being forced into an early retirement by the Imperial Security Bureau, who detained him on charges of being an anti-revolutionary within the system, sentencing him to 20 years in a state run prison. Whilst in prison, Zuma witnessed the escape of General Nathaniel Eli of the Bovido Hassian army during the Has Wars, before being granted clemency under the reign of Penny Fox, who assumed duties as head of state following the death of her mother on May 27th, 2022. With the appointment of Damien Salamander as President of the Libirachi Empire in February 2023, Zuma was restored to his former seat in the National Congress and took up duties as the Libirachi Ambassador to the United Kingdom under the reshuffled Damien Salamander I Cabinet before taking up an appointment as Minister of War for the Union of Aligned Nations under the leadership of Stanford Newman. Following the 2025 presidential election, Zuma was given the portfolio of foreign secretary after the incumbent Xi Jimping refused to serve in Salamander's second cabinet; after a reshuffle a mere 28 days later, Zuma was replaced by Xiao Chen.

By the 2030s, Zuma still retained his seat in congress although began to grow increasingly vocal in opposition against President Damien Salamander's shift for political control in the nation, supporting Empress Penny Fox's New-Think ideology. As a result, Zuma began to be side-lined within government, only retaining his post thanks to the Empress' decree, and in April 2033, Zuma resigned his post as ambassador to the United Kingdom. Enlisted by Propaganda Minister Karyn Voor during the 2033 Libirachi Coup d'état, Jacob Zuma was one of the delegates to chair over proceedings in the 2033 Libirachi Presidential Election, appointing Voor as president and deposing Salamander. Subsequently, Zuma was appointed as Secretary of State in the new cabinet, presiding over great reforms during the implementation of New-Think.