DANIEL!

## Introduction and Basic Facts

**Daniel A. Gyldenløve - Wilson - Roosevelt (DANIEL!)** was an Adorian politician from the Lavanda Islands who served as Governor and Lt. Governor of Lavanda, the 31st and 35th President of the Adoria and the 88th Prime Minister of Adoria. He first joined Adoria in mid 2020 and was a member of the Green Democrats under the Leadership of Satsewma. He would only be in Adoria for a short time however and never accomplished anything of note other than being a D69 MP and Lieutenant Governor of Baraston under Evan.

In terms of Party Politics, He's Served as Party Leader of The Social Democratic Party, The Democratic Movement of Europe and Adoria, The Moderates, The Liberal Democrats, The National Democratic Party (Which he founded), and The League of Adorian Democrats/Adoria Forward (Which he also founded). He's also served as Deputy Leader of the SDP, DMEA, M, LD, ALRP, and The Technocrats.

In terms of Ministerial Positions, he's served as Minister of Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Education, Rural Affairs, Justice, and Deputy Prime Minister.

Beyond Politics he's founded the Wilson Institute and League of Adorian Democracy SIGs and The Tourism Company Goldenrod Wilson. He's also a Lawyer and used to be a reporter and Co-Owner for The Central Post and a reporter for The Adoria Times.

In terms of records and firsts Wilson is the First Three Term PM, holds the Record for Largest Assembly Majority at 65 Seats, the first person to win back-to-back majorities, the first person to grow his majority, and the second person elected President three times.

When it comes to Personal Life Wilson is a member of the Gyldenløve by birth, and the Roosevelt Family by Marriage and the Only President born under the direct aftermath of, Operation Albion.

## Wilson's Early Career

### **First Return**

He would rejoin Adoria at the start of 2021, once again with the Green Party. At the time when he rejoined the 42nd election had just concluded, and he would end up influencing the government that would come to form. DANIEL! was one of the many Green MPs that opposed the coalition deal with the AWP and convinced the SDP and Greens to form a minority government. He personally convinced the coalition to give the Greens Minister of the Environment and Agriculture, a position to which he would be appointed. His time as minister was short and uneventful however as he'd resign shortly after due to personal issues that prevented him from carrying out his duties as minister. Following this resignation, and with the rise of the AWP across the nation, DANIEL! decided to form his own party. Adoria Forward/LAD would be founded in order to counter the rise of extremism in the nation. Unfortunately, it failed due to an identity crisis and a lack of active membership. DANIEL! did have help to keep the party afloat however, mainly from his friend and Deputy Aptare A.K.A. Warren Browning. During this time DANIEL! would develop a friendship with Frederick Llama, a man who would go on to have a long career in Adorian politics. He'd also develop close ties to Attica Barres de Szani who offered DANIEL! deputy leadership of his Beyond Adoria party. At first, he accepted the offer, but later back tracked after seeing the SDP and Greens struggle in recent elections. This event would lead to the appointment of Frederick Llama as Deputy Leader of Beyond Adoria. DANIEL! would join the SDP in an attempt to take leadership from Mathew V, this came after the SDP dropped to 7 seats in the National Assembly. This wouldn't end up succeeding as soon after DANIEL! would leave Adoria once again. While DANIEL! was in Adoria, he would end up becoming a minor player in provincial politics with his election as Director of Infrastructure in Lavanda. He would hold the position for two terms, winning back-to-back landslides each time.

### **Second Return**

In early November of 2021 DANIEL! would return to Adoria once again, This time as an independent. Soon after returning Attica would approach him to become the deputy leader of the Technocratic Party, an offer DANIEL! would accept. Originally DANIEL! had planned to revive LAD, however upon that offer he decided to revive LAD as a Special Interest Group. DANIEL! would end up being elected to the National Assembly as an independent in the 63rd, marking the first time he was elected to a seat in Adoria since his time in D69. He would go to be re-elected once the TPA formed officially and would join Solesol's Cabinet as the Minister for Health and Social Affairs. DANIEL! would serve his full term as Minister of Health, his main accomplishment in the position was setting up a fund for provinces to tap into to build hospitals and clinics. With the next election he would join the Unity cabinet as a Minister of Infrastructure. He wouldn't end up doing anything in the position as the government would end up collapsing due to the SDP pulling support. Soon after DANIEL! would resign from the Technocrats and join Otto von Oldrich's Diem25 Adoria project as deputy leader. In the 66th and 67th elections he'd be re-elected as an independent, soon after his second reelection DMEA would officially form with him as one of its leaders. During his first official term with DMEA he would write and pass his Fair Fight Unionization and get reelected deputy leader alongside Lux Jefferson. He would also prove instrumental in helping to pass DMEA's Drug EO Repeal and helping to block a sugar tax bill supported by the government, he also achieved a major victory by expanding Union power with his Fair Fight Unionization Act.

### **The 69th Election Fiasco**

In late January, Adoria would hold its 69th general and 29th presidential election. DANIEL! ran for president alongside Kat but would come in last place in the field of candidates with only 7%. Soon after DANIEL! would pivot his focus to coalition building since the SDP and DMEA had tied in the election. With DMEA getting a tie with the SDP, the leadership collectively agreed that they should push for a PM sharing agreement in order to split things separately. Before this offer was made to the SDP however the leaders had to decide who to put forward as PM. Otto didn't want to be PM again, so the two deputy leaders ended up making a deal. Lux would be DMEA PM in a DMEA-SDP government, and DANIEL! would be PM in a DMEA-ACT government. Both leaders agreed to this deal, but both agreed that DANIEL! had gotten the worse end of the deal, or so he thought. Talks with the SDP would immediately become tumultuous, the SDP would not agree to any form of PM sharing. DMEA became angry and accused the SDP of treating them like junior partners. Coalition talks would soon slow and eventually DMEA decided that they should begin talks with ACT. In only a few hours DANIEL! had gone from being a longshot of a PM, to a real possibility. Talks with ACT would begin, with DANIEL! taking point. Negotiations went far better than both parties had expected and soon a coalition agreement was made. Before it was submitted however, DMEA offered the SDP one last ultimatum. The SDP was given one hour to agree to the terms of the deal before DMEA officially ended talks. The SDP didn't respond and the next day on January 28th DANIEL! was sworn in as the 88th Prime Minister of Adoria.

## **The Premiership of Daniel Wilson - Term 1**

 **2nd Minister of Industry** | A-Yan - ACT (February 1st, 2022 - February 14th, 2022)

Wilson's first term as Prime Minister was marked by numerous scandals, political unrest, and major economic challenges. In this section we'll take an in-depth look at the Prime Minister's full first term. Starting with the Bossman Scandal

### The Bossman Arrest Scandal

This all began with the arrest of Bosmansolider for destroying evidence in an attempt to cover-up political misdeeds. The act was extremely controversial; however, the Prime Minister still maintains his support for it to this day. Following the arrest protests in Ador City against Bossman's arrest and the Wilson Government would occur, while no violence occurred there was real fear within the government that the situation could escalate in a similar way to the January 6th Capital Riot which had occurred less than a month prior. This scandal would ultimately result in two high-profile trials.

The Trial of Bossmansoldier came first and ended in a stunning result: Bossman was found not guilty and cleared of all charges.

Following the trial of Bossmansoldier came the Trial of Daniel Wilson. In this case Bossmansoldier, represented by Carlos Montiel, sued Prime Minister Wilson for the following: Betrayal of Public Trust, Obstruction of Justice, Abuse of Authority, Criminal Negligence, Aiding and Abetting, Fraud, Extortion, and Illegal Detention. While Wilson had lined up several prominent lawyers to defend him in the trial, he ended up having to represent himself at the last minute due to an unfortunate string of events. The trial was hectic: while Montiel displayed a calm and confident demeanor, Prime Minister Wilson was clearly stressed and concerned. This mainly came down to the nature of the Prime Minister's defense: while he had committed the action he was being sued for, he argued what he did wasn't illegal. The trial was overall long and chaotic, and its conclusion perfectly exemplifies this. In the end the case was dismissed due to judicial misconduct on behalf of the Presiding High Court Judge, however Montiel would not bring the case again due to two important developments. Following the Trial Bossman, Montiel, and Wilson all met to discuss the situation and they all made amends and agreed to let the case rest. While such a moment was important, the true defining moment of the case, and the reason why it was never brought again, came at the end of the trial. Right before the end of the trial, after hearing Wilson's defense, Montiel made a major statement:

"It is ultimately up to the court to decide, I will concede that “illegal detention” was a shaky argument. However, I implore the court to consider this illegal and unlawful arrest to not go ignored. UN law states that indefinite detention is illegal, and as Adoria is apart of the UN, it must follow all conventions and laws."

By saying this Montiel essentially handed the case to Wilson since Wilson's defense on most of the other charges was seen as pretty solid and reasonable.

Since this trial the laws for detention has seen minor reforms, however situations like this have been replicated by other politicians.

### The Debt Crisis

The Adorian Debt Crisis was a major economic issue that persisted throughout much of Wilson's first term. The situation was very dire as Adoria's debt was at a debt to GDP ratio of 111%. The situation largely developed following decades of poor financial management and overspending that hadn't been addressed. This Crisis has been widely recognized as the most defining moment of Daniel Wilson's time as Prime Minister, with is handling of the issue being widely praised.

Early on in his term as Prime Minister he was approached by Bert, who was Chairman of the Bank of Adoria at the time. Bert informed him that a major debt crisis was on the way to Adoria, one that would risk destroying the economy and doing irreparable harm to the nation. Upon hearing this Daniel began to peak closely with Bert on solutions to this crisis: in the end they decided the best course of action was to start with austerity measures, cutting provincial spending, and constitutional reforms to the budgeting process. First Wilson worked with his Minister of Finance, Sanders, to prepare new constitutional amendments to give the finance minister more power over the budget and its appropriations. These measures passed with strong support and were soon followed by a new budget with the largest cut in deficit spending in decades, however this budget did still run a small budget due to the Prime Minister's insistence on not going for nack-breaking austerity by cutting social spending. Following that orders were released to recall funds from the provinces that were going unused, this was coupled with cuts to Provincial allowances in the Budget. The Prime Minister also helped to alleviate the crisis by reversing his previous tax cuts, cuts that were agreed to by DMEA and ACT during the coalition, this however would not lead to tension since it was understood that such a measure was necessary to stopping this crisis. By the end of the term the crisis was still looming large, but the government's handling of it had turned around the nation's economic fortunes greatly. The Crisis also turned around the Prime Minister's fortunes greatly due to how the crisis was revealed to the people. When he first learned of the situation the Prime Minister decided that the best thing to do was to keep things quiet, and to only talk about the situation with Bert and Sanders, as well as some other members of his cabinet. He did this in order to not scare the Adorian people, and so he could have a plan in order before it went public. By the time this Crisis went public however, Wilson had already put nearly his entire plan into action, so any public fear or backlash soon dissipated.

This crisis, along with other developments inspired Wilson to seek a second term as Prime Minister. He would campaign heavily using this crisis to his advantage, by touting his successful policies and vowing to finish the job in a second term. In the end this strategy proved to be a major Boone for the Prime Minister Wilson as he was re-elected in a Suprise victory.

### Other Issues and Scandals

The Wilson Government experienced many controversies and problems during it's time at the helm; this fact is represented clearly by Polling conducted by the Central Post. A large poll on the Government and politics of the nation found that The Liberty Co was highly unpopular with 53.8% Disapproving, 23.1% Approving, and 23.1% being neutral. The other polls conducted showed that most members of the Government were either unknown or unpopular, with the exception of Otto Von Oldrich and Sanders. The Prime Minister Himself was found to be surprisingly popular, yet controversial, in the polls: with 42.3% Approving, 34.6% disapproving, and 23.1% being neutral. One issue the government faced was a revolving door of cabinet members, which culminated in two Ministers being replaced on the same day. Another issue was fierce scorched earth opposition from the SDP on account of DMEA's ACT alliance and Bossman's Arrest. The Opposition was fueled by Dekks and Bossman, and it was backed by many in the SDP. Prime Minister Wilson made a point of always calling out and combatting the responses made by the opposition, these constant fights contributed to a tense and angry political culture at the time. This culture and anger got so bad that it ended the Prime Minister's Marriage to Meow Zedonge. Then there was the issue of cabinet experience. Many of the Cabinet officials who were from ACT were very inexperienced due to this being their first government. This led to many controversial, and damaging EOs that had to be walked back. These scandals would be compounded with unforced errors by certain DMEA Ministers as well.

Some of these controversies include: An unauthorized EO on banning communist literature that was vetoed, an EO at allocated 330,000,000 Lira instead of 33,000,000 Lira, and the constant hiring of Bossmansoldier as a deputy minister against his will.

Then came the American base controversy. The United States wanted to establish a new NATO base in Adoria and asked if the government would be okay with such an arrangement. The Prime Minister, despite ardently supporting NATO and the U.S., declined to accept a new base due to the controversy he knew he'd face. While the decision was popular with many Adorians, there were still a vocal minority of citizens who were not in favor of the Prime Minister's action. Finally, there was a small recession at the end of the term that was triggered by the Bank of Adoria in an attempt to bring down inflation. Despite how controversial such a move was the Prime Minister was able to dodge any form of backlash from it due to careful press handling.

### Accomplishments and Aftermath of the Wilson Government's First Term

While there were not a massive number of accomplishments by the government, there were certainly some major victories that were achieved. This government successfully began the process of EU Ascension that continues to this day, they effectively handled the Debt Crisis that threatened to tank the economy, they deregulated certain key industries through executive order, placed sanctions on human rights violators, ended legacy admissions and made other common sense reforms to education, expanded environmental protections and reforms, expanded internet access, and brought forward comprehensive tax reforms that remain the basis of Adorian Taxation to this day in the form of the Fourth Financial Calibration Act.

Once the election campaign began Daniel Wilson began to campaign vigorously for a continuation of his government. While he had contemplated not seeking reelection at the start of the term, he would change his tune following widespread successes, as well as the revelation that he could indeed win a second term. Wilson would campaign on a platform of continuing the economic recovery of the country, and in the end that message proved to be a success. Despite every single scandal and controversy that occurred over the last term, Daniel Wilson was reelected as Prime Minister of Adoria: with DMEA holding all 28 of its seats and the SDP dropping 12 seats to 16.

Soon after, following the insistence of the party, DMEA would enter a government with the SDP. While he supported the move Prime Minister Wilson was not happy about just leaving ACT behind.

## The Premiership of Daniel Wilson - Term 2

 Deputy Prime Minister
 Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Minister of Finance
 1st Minister of Defense
 2nd Minister of Defense
 Minister of Justice
 Minister of the Environment
 Minister of Health
 Minister of Infrastructure
 Minister of the Interior
 Minister of Education
 Minister of Industry

Wilson's second government would be sworn in by President LastCelebration on February 14th and, in true Wilson fashion, things would go off the rails immediately.

### The Manhunt for Tomi da Silva and the Attempted Assassination of Daniel Wilson

It was a regular day in the National Assembly, Daniel Wilson had entered the Chamber and soon came into contact with Tomi da Silva. da Silva offered Wilson a cup of "tea," however Wilson declined it since he wasn't a fan of any beverages other than water. da Silva continued to insist on Wilson drinking the tea, but he didn't budge. da Silva then pulls out a gun and holds the PM at gun point. The PM thinks he's bluffing so da Silva fires two shots at the PM from point blank range. Miraculously they both miss, and da Silva flees the scene. Soon a manhunt for da Silva would begin in which Wilson worked with both the coalition and the NDC to track down da Silva. The manhunt would conclude a few days after it began with da Silva's capture in the Middle of the National Assembly. Da Silva was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a month (IRL Time) in prison. Wilson's handling of the Manhunt was a major success for his government, and a defining moment of his second term.

### Accomplishments and Aftermath of the Wilson Government's Second Term

Wilson's Second term, with the exception of the Manhunt, was a relatively calm affair. The economic recovery from both the debt crisis and the recession was progressing well, and on top of that the government achieved a major success with their new National Health Insurance policy that had been drawn up by Bossmansoldier. Beyond that the only notable occurrence was constant fighting with the ACT's new Leader Shen over the handling of the Economic Recovery.

The next election would come and go with DMEA dropping to second place with 16 seats, by this point Wilson was Party Leader for DMEA so he handled pretty much all negotiations on his own. Before those negotiations began however, he would release a "Farewell Address" as Prime Minister, since he believed that there was almost no chance that he would remain in power for a third consecutive term. To the shock of the nation however, that's exactly what happened as talks with the SDP broke down over privatization and Wilson cobbled together a broad coalition with the Neoconservatives, the CSM, The LF, and two independents to remain in power for a third consecutive term.

## Party Positions Held

*League of Adorian Democrats/Adoria Forward*

* Party Leader: February 6th, 2021 – February 13th, 2021

*Technocratic Party of Adoria*

* Deputy Leader: November 18th, 2021 – December 19th, 2021

*Democratic Movement of Europe and Adoria*

* Party Leader: February 20th, 2022 - March 15th, 2022; March 19th 2022 - March 28th, 2022
* Deputy Leader: January 3rd, 2022 - February 20th, 2022

*National Democratic Party*

* Party Leader: 30th of March, 2022 - 2nd of April, 2022

*Liberal Democrats*

* Party Leader: May 31st, 2022 - June 6th, 2022

*Social Democratic Party*

* Party Leader: 19th of August 2022 - 23rd of October 2022; 31st of October 2022 - 20th of November 2022
* Deputy Leader: 15th of August 2022 - 19th of August 2022

*Moderates*

* Party Leader: December 26th, 2022 - January 5th, 2023
* Deputy Leader: December 13th, 2022 - December 26th, 2022

*Adorian Labour Restoration Party*

* Party Leader: May 10th, 2023 - Present
* Deputy Leader: May 10th, 2023 - Present

## Governmental Positions Held

*Matthew V*

* 9th Minister of Environment and Agriculture: 28th of January 2021 – 2nd of February 2021

*Solesol*

* 19th Minister of Health and Social Affairs: 1st of December 2021 – 15th of December 2021

*Big Ben*

* 31st Minister of Infrastructure and Energy: 15th of December 2021 - 18th of December 2021

*Dekks*

* 108th Deputy Prime Minister: 20th of March 2022 - 30th of March 2022

*Alice*

* 61st Minister of Rural Affairs: 18th of December 2022 - 22nd of December 2022
* 66th Minister of Justice and Homeland Security: 22nd of December 2022 - 5th of January 2023

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