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'''Linge Chen''' was a Corummese politician and Chancellor of the Republic who is considered the father of modern Corumm. He founded the Party of Corummese Democrats and led it from humble beginnings to the seizure of total power in the federal election of 1992. | '''Linge Chen''' was a Corummese politician and Chancellor of the Republic who is considered the father of modern Corumm. He founded the Party of Corummese Democrats and led it from humble beginnings to the seizure of total power in the federal election of 1992. | ||
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| | | name = Linge Chen | ||
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| | | office = Chancellor of the Republic of Corumm | ||
| | | term_start = 10 February [[1992]] | ||
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| office2 = Mayor of Mirzak | |||
| | | term_start2 = 15 May 1986 | ||
! | | term_end2 = 01 January 1992 | ||
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| | | office3 = Member of the People's Assembly | ||
| term_start3 = 01 January 1975 | |||
| term_end3 = 01 April 1986 | |||
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| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|1940|10|09}} --> | |||
| birth_place = 11 October 1940 (81 years old) | |||
| nationality = [[Corummese]] | |||
| party = [[Party of Corummese Democrats]] <br/> PCD | |||
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==Contents== | |||
*1 Biography | |||
**1.1 Early Life | |||
**1.2 Early Politics | |||
**1.3 Mayor of Mirzak | |||
**1.4 Chancellor | |||
=== Early Life === | ==Biography== | ||
===Early Life=== | |||
Linge Chen was born on October 1 1940 in the town of Cao as the only child of Zang and Shumei Chen. His father was a cobbler and his mother sold fruit at the local market. Despite the economic constraints of his family, young Chen was a hard working student with great interest in subjects such as history and mathematics and was frequently chosen to represent his classmates before the school authorities. | Linge Chen was born on October 1 1940 in the town of Cao as the only child of Zang and Shumei Chen. His father was a cobbler and his mother sold fruit at the local market. Despite the economic constraints of his family, young Chen was a hard working student with great interest in subjects such as history and mathematics and was frequently chosen to represent his classmates before the school authorities. | ||
In 1958 he went to the capital and enrolled in the Mirzak Business School to pursue a career in Accounting and seek opportunity beyond his hometown. During his university years he got involved in a student's grouping named the Political Action Council where he would be introduced to oratory and meet many of those which would later form the leadership core of the Party of Corummese Democrats. | In 1958 he went to the capital and enrolled in the Mirzak Business School to pursue a career in Accounting and seek opportunity beyond his hometown. During his university years he got involved in a student's grouping named the Political Action Council where he would be introduced to oratory and meet many of those which would later form the leadership core of the Party of Corummese Democrats. | ||
=== Early Politics === | ===Early Politics=== | ||
Upon graduation Linge Chen got a job in a prestigious accounting firm in Mirzak where he proceeded to build a successful career spanning almost 20 years, rising from intern to partner. However, he remained dissatisfied and slowly gravitated back to his main interest in political activism and demagoguery. | Upon graduation Linge Chen got a job in a prestigious accounting firm in Mirzak where he proceeded to build a successful career spanning almost 20 years, rising from intern to partner. However, he remained dissatisfied and slowly gravitated back to his main interest in political activism and demagoguery. | ||
After gathering a few adherents and securing the support of several wealthy acquaintances from his days in finance, Linge Chen founded the Party of Corummese Democrats; a political party with a nationalist bent on the fringes of the Corummese political system. It was destined for greatness. | After gathering a few adherents and securing the support of several wealthy acquaintances from his days in finance, Linge Chen founded the Party of Corummese Democrats; a political party with a nationalist bent on the fringes of the Corummese political system. It was destined for greatness. | ||
=== Mayor of Mirzak === | ===Mayor of Mirzak=== | ||
The elections to replace the incumbent mayor of Mirzak were scheduled for March 1986. The office had been bouncing back and forth between the Social Liberal Party and the conservative National Renewal Party for decades; both were widely perceived by the electorate as part of a corrupt and entrenched establishment. | The elections to replace the incumbent mayor of Mirzak were scheduled for March 1986. The office had been bouncing back and forth between the Social Liberal Party and the conservative National Renewal Party for decades; both were widely perceived by the electorate as part of a corrupt and entrenched establishment. | ||
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He ended his period with a 96% approval rating. | He ended his period with a 96% approval rating. | ||
=== Chancellor === | ===Chancellor=== | ||
<br />Linge Chen being sworn in as Chancellor. | <br />Linge Chen being sworn in as Chancellor. | ||
After the PCD won the 1992 election in a landslide, Linge Chen rose to the coveted position of Chancellor of the Republic. Almost concurrently with this, a new communist inspired revolt erupted in and around the western industrial metropolis of Vant, fueled by leftist demagogues. Socialist political forces threatened strikes and open revolt in the capital should the government send in the army to suppress the revolt. | After the PCD won the 1992 election in a landslide, Linge Chen rose to the coveted position of Chancellor of the Republic. Almost concurrently with this, a new communist inspired revolt erupted in and around the western industrial metropolis of Vant, fueled by leftist demagogues. Socialist political forces threatened strikes and open revolt in the capital should the government send in the army to suppress the revolt. | ||