Vincent Kiran

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**Vincent Richard Kiran** (August 8, 2029 - September 26, 2110) was an American politician, statesman and military officer who served as the 67th President of the United States from 2069 to 2077 and as the 1st Military Governor of North Korea from 2061 to 2063, Secretary of State, US Senator from 2067 to 2069.

# Early Life

Vincent Kiran was born in 2029 to two middle class parents in Santo Domingo. He would live fairly averagely in his childhood and teenage years and would attend Florida State University following his graduation of high school, where after he would move to Florida permanently following his college graduation, Having grown attached to the state.

# Military Career

## World War Three

When World War III broke out, Florida became a major target of the US's enemies. This would lead Kiran to enlist in the US Army in 2057 for the purpose of defending the state which he now lived in. Over the next four years, Kiran's service would prove to be valiant; he would quickly rise the military ranks, eventually becoming General, and would be put in charge of the Korean Front.

## Military Governor of North Korea

Kiran's forces would ultimately see success on the Korean Front and would occupy North Korea for the United States. For his successes, Kiran would be appointed as the first Military Governor of North Korea and would be responsible for maintaining order in the occupied nation and suppressing resistance. During his time as Governor, Kiran would gain an appreciation for the culture and people of North Korea; he would see that they weren't the vicious foreigners that they were made out to be throughout the course of the war. Because of this, when the US enemies sued for peace in 2061, Kiran was determined to ensure that the Korean people could begin to rebuild and grow into an idea of peace they had not known for over a hundred years.

Kiran wrote a letter to President Joseph Kennedy III stating his beliefs on the matter, which would cause Kennedy to reach across the isle to nominate Kiran to the position of Secretary of State, so that he could be influential in the negotiations. Kiran would be easily confirmed by the Senate and would get to work right away to ensure that a peace treaty was made. In that same year, Kiran would successfully form a compromise between not only Kennedy and the partisan Republicans who opposed him (Kennedy wanting the US to be Wilsonian and pull out of the occupied land and Republicans wanting the US to not only annex the lands in question but also suppress their culture), but also the US and foreign nations; essentially, the Kiran Plan made it so that the US annexed less land than Republicans intended, yet that they still got a sizable gain in territory; furthermore, it was made so that the US would have no control over the assimilation of conquered peoples into American culture and that all American citizens could continue to live whatever lives they wished.

# First Presidential Campaign

This historic effort for compromise led by Kiran would see him garner influence from across the United States and would see him easily become the Republican nominee of the 2064 Presidential election. In his campaign, Kiran promised to uphold the treaty created by him and President Kennedy and to reduce government spending, although, Kiran advocated for higher military spending than Democratic nominee Ben Dominic so that the American people would have lower taxes. On the contrary, Ben Dominic advocated for the government to be heavily involved following the war so that the government can aid people who had been affected. Due to the corruption of Walter Copan, however, neither candidate would win the election as Walter Copan had in secret decided the outcome of the election in his favor.

# Opposition to the Copan Administration

This theft would be infuriating to Kiran, who would dedicate the next portion of his career to removing President Copan from office. He would successfully win a Senate seat for Florida and would run for Senate Republican Leadership, yet given that he was a freshman and not as appealing to the more extreme Republicans, many would vote against him in favor of the more Copan-friendly incumbent, Richard Estab. Over the next two years, Kiran would work with Democrats to counter Republican Senate filibustering on President Copan's Articles of Impeachment, however that would eventually be inconsequential as in 2067, President Copan would be killed after exiting Marine One.

# Second Presidential Campaign

The following year, in 2068, Kiran ran for President yet again and promised a return to normalcy for the Republican Party and the nation, in addition to his initial promises of maintaining the peace treaty ending World War III. He faced little challenge in the Republican Primary as the incumbent Republican President, Thomas Patton did not run and his only real challenger, Mason Harrold. He would secure the nomination and would head to the general election.

The election would be tight between Kiran and Democratic nominee Alexander Frederick, who had authored the amendment abolishing electors from the electoral college, yet Kiran would ultimately win and finally begin his Presidency in 2069.

# Presidency (2069-2077)

## Inauguration

Vincent Kiran was sworn in as President at the east portico of the Capital building at 12:00 PM. Former President's John Hersey, Morris Hillquit, Joseph Kennedy III and incumbent President Thomas Patton.

## Administration

The Kiran Administration would go much as Kiran promised in his campaign; traditional fiscal conservative policies would be implemented and peace would be maintained. Many considered the administration to be a success, yet a growing movement would call for more government interference to occur in the day-to-day lives of the American people. This movement would be led by union leader Richard Ojeda, who would be nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic Party in 2072. argue that while the lives of everyday Americans were improving, Kiran had left the government unprepared for the next major crisis, since there wasn't enough evenue coming in, and had also made the corporations too powerful due to the fact that there weren't enough taxes on them hence, potentially leading to another Copan situation). Despite Ojeda's movement, however, the American people recognized that their lives had improved under Kiran and therefore voted for him to obtain a second term in 2072, in which many of the same policies would be implemented.

Following Kiran's second term, he would retire from politics. In his farewell address, he emphasized how the lives of the American people had vastly improved from where they were and how the return to normalcy spearheaded by him allowed the government to improve the people's lives. At the end of his Presidency, Kiran's approval rating would be high, sitting at 66%.

# Death

Kiran was in his Santo Domingo home when Doomsday occurred. Secret Service had received advanced warning of the attacks but were unable to evacuate the Former President before the island was obliterated. In 2193 he finally received a state funeral on orders of President Thorton Echevarria. The funeral occurred on March 4th and was attended by Presidents, Garret Columbia, Otto Cromwell, Florentino Archuleta, Roscoe Pasquale, Barron Dietrich, Minh Arias, Mohammed Dockery and Thorton Echevarria. Kiran's psychical body was not in his casket as it has never been recovered. What was in his casket was a few strands of hair confirmed to have been his, and a single piece of bone, believed to have been part of his skull.