Zhuge Jhe

> "Let us fight to free the world - to do away with barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason - a world where freedom and progress will lead to all men's happiness. People, in the name of democracy, let us unite!”
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## Zhuge Jhe

### Affiliation

Galactic Empire (former)Rebel Alliance (former)

New Republic

Centrist Party (former)

Democratic Party

ORDP

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

Zhuge Jhe is a war veteran, a politician, philosopher, economist, political theorist, writer, and second chancellor of New Republic. He was an Imperial deserter during the Galatic Civil War and joined the Rebel Alliance. After the Battle of Endor, He became a political activist and He was subsequently elected to become Lothal Senator, he served for 4 years and then later ran and won general elections to become second Chancellor of New Republic**.**

## Background:

### Early Life

Zhuge was born on the planet of Lothal, 5 years before the fall of the Republic. Zhuge is a son of veteran Clone War officers, who took part in the war as a navy officer, so he was lucky to have a privilege than many others in the aftermath of the war. As a young child, Zhuge studied with his father before moved to formal school in Lothal City, where he met those many will become his friend. He quickly mastered the art of writing, a prerequisite for any serious study of literature. In addition to his studious endeavours, he was fond of adventure and loved to fly kites and go fishing.

### Imperial Academy

His father was a  teacher and later as an officer of a Navy destroyer. Following the end of the war, he had a place in the new government of Lothal but soon quit as disagreements between him and his former comrades. His father usually criticised the Empire but also the Grand Republic before. This exposed Zhudge to the rebellion at a young age and seemed to be the norm for the province. Nevertheless, he received an imperial education, attempted high school at Coruscant and Imperial Starfighter school after graduation. Also, it is at the capital that he found his new interesting in politics and society. He took part in Young Turk, an underground political radical group within Imperial academy and took part in many social activities at his years on this planet, at this same time he met his comrade Cabin, who influenced his socialist ideas. At the year 4 BBY,  after he finished his education in flight school and became a pilot, Zhuge and his friends immediately find their way to defect to Rebel Alliance as soon as they finished their education.

### Rebel Alliance

His time fought with Rebel Alliance help him developed his political outlook as he becomes more radical as the war process. Zhuge saw the suffer from people in the war, the poverty of many parts of the galaxy while the elite looked to always enrich themselves. Following the Battle of Endor, which he was one of the few lucky to survive. After the fall of the Empire and the founding of the New Republic, he decided that he would join the New Republic and to never let it fall into the same corruption path again. And so Zhuge withdrew from military and began his political career.

### Political Career:

His time fought with Rebel Alliance help him developed his political outlook as he becomes more radical as the war process. Zhuge saw the suffer from people in the war, the poverty of many parts of the galaxy while the elite looked to always enrich themselves. Following the Battle of Endor, which he was one of the few lucky to survive. After the fall of the Empire and the founding of the New Republic, he decided that he would join the New Republic and to never let it fall into the same corruption path again. And so Zhuge withdrew from military and began his political career. With the connection from his time in the war, Zhuge begins his career as a secretary for his father’s friend, a minister in Lothal. Returning to his homeworld, he quickly got into the action, making good impressions to the governor with his ambitious, tireless energy and determined attitude. With the recommendations and support from the governor, he quickly became a rising star and young upcoming face in the political scene of the Republic. For the general public, he came out as a young and charismatic man, who also fought in the war, with a rather radical and different view from the status quote, making him somewhat popular. Zhuge and several other young and ambitious men should find themselves share the same dream and found a political and military coalition within the Republic, call for centralised of the state with strong military power to counter again not only first-order but other factors and elite class. At the year 6 ABY, he finally success become senator of Lothal after two times failed running attempt, one step further to his goal. At the early days of his career as Senator, he was a populist, but ideology different leading him to switch to the centrist. He is very pro-war supporter during the short border conflict between the New Republic and the newfound Second Empire. He blamed the humiliation defeated of the New Republic again the Second Empire to Populism. He also very anti-Jedi Order, he distrusts and dislikes the tolerant they receive by Mothma, right after the murder of 3 troopers by one Jedi Padawan. He continued pursuing his strong centrist policy and social-economic reform. In the year 10 ABY, He became an advisor and support of Outer Rim Development Program by Mon Mothma.

### Chancellor of New Republic

> In the same year, Zhuge announced his candidacy as Centrist for Chancellor of the New Republic in front of the State Capitol building in Lothal.  Senator and Queen of Teta Empress Jishi Mif were nominated as the Populist candidates. The two candidates engaged in presidential debates in the Senate Building of Chandrila. Zhuge won the chancellors seat with 65,2% of the popular vote to Jishi 34,8%, a landslide. He became the first outer rim citizen to win the chancellor in the history of Republic. Under the early of his reign, the New Republic has a dramatic but controversy change in their domestic policy, with a new constitution, economic and military reforms and the introduction of GBI, the first universe crime-fighter forces. He cracked down hard on organization criminals and try to reduce the crime rate in the core world, while support ORDP again piracy in the outer rim. As for foreign policy, Zhuge tries to easily down the tension between the New Republic and Second Empire but to no avail, he shows to be more aggressive toward Hutt Space. He founded a new political party with many senators, including Senate Lux to found Democracy party, split from Centrist faction.
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## Personality

Zhuge is seen as a cunning yet feared man. Relentless in his desire, he will use any means to achieve his plans. However, he also has a fierce temper and will often scold his fellow's incompetence if things go badly for him. But sometimes, Zhuge is able to show more self-restraint in terms of his emotions, being able to still act normally and rationally even when close aides. Caring little about status or olden traditions, he judges men solely based on their achievements and skill. He treasures his retainers and will treat them with generosity